One Hour One Life Reviews

I don't know how to enter multiplayer mode.

If you’ve ever wanted to be born, live an entire life, raise kids, starve to death, get griefed by a toddler, and bury your pixel mom all in under 60 minutes… One Hour One Life is your absolute fever dream come true. This game is insanely out of the box. No quests. No inventory glows. No glowing arrows saying “go here.” You’re born—naked, afraid, hungry—and if you’re lucky, into the arms of a kind stranger playing your in-game mom who may or may not ditch you in the snow. From that moment, you’re living a real-time human life: one minute = one year. Sixty minutes to go from helpless baby to grizzled old legend. And oh, the emotions. You think you’re here for the crafting, but then suddenly your in-game dad dies while harvesting wheat and you’re left to bury him next to the old stone oven. Your screen reads: “You buried John.” And you’re like… why am I crying over a 37-pixel man named John who only taught me how to plant carrots? Because this game gets you, that’s why. The new updates? Absolute chef’s kiss. The addition of new materials, tools, and complex crafting chains add so much depth to the game. Sure, it’s harder now. You might accidentally craft a cursed bucket instead of a bread oven. But once you get the hang of it, you’re playing 4D civilization chess. And yes, the learning curve feels like it was carved out of granite by a flint chisel. You will die of starvation while trying to figure out how to cook a pie. You will mess up the loom and destroy the last hope your family had of survival. And you will be publicly shamed in all-caps by someone named “Gran Gran” yelling “WHY U WASTE BOWL.” But still… it’s all so worth it. Every generation builds on the last. You plant seeds your grandchildren might harvest. You write notes. You create traditions. You learn to say goodbye. It’s everything you never knew you wanted in a game—existential dread, chaotic toddlers, awkward family dinners, accidental murder via bad stew, and heartbreakingly beautiful funerals under the old maple tree. I just wish it could go on forever. I wish my sons and daughters could carry on my farm, my legacy, my pie recipes. But they grow up. They die. I die. And then… I’m born again, to someone else. A new life. A new chance. And maybe this time, I won’t forget how to make adobe. 10/10 – A chaotic, brilliant, emotionally devastating simulation of life. Love, John (That’s what my pixelated mom named me in my last game, miss you mom, RIP.)

Remember how people interacted before social media? IF not, imagine being born into a world as a baby, and living your life with a community and family that loves and supports you. It's amazing. The community in this game, albeit grossly too low for such an underrated GEM of a game, no other community, INCLUDING real-life, is as integrated as the community playing this game. Why? How? You must rely on one another to live your best life in this game. You're born from another real player. You live your entire in-game life with whatever actions you'd like to take, but thrive when working as a collective with your community and the family you're born into. Should you play this game? YES YES YES YES Do I play this game all the time? NO, it's like spectacularly surprising but satisfying and emotionally impacting music with a fine glass of wine that hits a sweet spot but sometimes has a bitter aftertaste yet you're still somehow quite grateful you played. Each playthrough is usually different, and sometimes by orders of magnitude. Variability is nearly endless in terms of how/what/where the community you're born into is like. I don't recall EVER leaving a review on ANY game in the past, but this game not only deserves a 10/10 considering it was developed and managed/updated entirely by ONE person. MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT IMO: No other game has EVER made me actually want to engage with the community or be apart of the community in a mutually beneficial fashion, and even more important than that, the EMOTIONAL IMPACT this game can have in a SINGLE HOUR, a SINGLE digital life in a digital 2D world, can bring one to tears. Play this game and you'll feel alive. Live, laugh, love, cry, die, and do it all over again :) P.S. I could go on exhaustively detailing specific subtle aspects I absolutely adore about this game, particular small bits I may find frustrating, or entirely complex narratives akin to that of a genuine real life you'll feel you lived once your playthrough ends. P.S.S. This game has an idiosyncratic unique touch that will make you wish you could have lived longer. Can't say that about ANY other game. DISCLAIMER: You may be born into a tumultuous community dealing with death of their lineage or being on the cusp of such, chaos, murder, abandoned as a baby. OR you may be born to a loving mother who takes care of you before you can speak, dresses you, gears you up, carries you, feeds you, gives you a tour of the town, asks if you're new, helps with any questions, and watches over you until she passes. Final Note: Emotional impact potential is unmatched with this game, as NO other game can evoke such true variety of emotions and with such intensity. The words aren't enough as describing this game and what's liked/disliked is genuinely ineffable, albeit I tried my best to be succinctly detailed and cover the gist of it. PLAY THIS GAME. SHARE THIS GAME. PLAY THIS GAME WITH FRIENDS. INCREASE PLAYER COUNT BY CONVINCING EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO START PLAYING THIS GAME. If the player count being at 35-40 can still be enough to want to play, and experiences can be had that will never be forgotten for the rest of your REAL life, then imagine the potential if there were say 100 or so players online playing this game. It's the closest to a re-imagining of actual life, but in a video game. If a game could have a heart, this one definitely would.

Amazing and very imaginative concept for a survival game. I hope it grows or at the very least it becomes the base for something even greater.

every time i play this game i lie to people and they give me stuff because they think im dying

got born into a poor family, my grandma gave me wine, i ran into the forest and my mom gave me shrooms and ran away 10/10

This game made me believe in people again. In my very first life, I spawned as an Eve and had no idea what I was doing. I couldn’t even figure out how to feed myself. But then something amazing happened, my own children started helping me. They fed me, dressed me, and even taught me how to play. That moment stuck with me. Total strangers, taking the time to help someone who had no clue. The community in this game is something else. People really do teach, share, and look out for each other. Now, every time I’m born into a new family and I manage to make food or build something useful, I like to think I’m helping someone else the way others helped me. That’s what this game is about, at least for me passing things on, even in small ways. It’s beautiful.

I don't know why, but the art style this game uses reminds me of a kids show I used to watch when I was younger... Also this game is cool B)

Very difficult and fun game, reccomend it allot if you want a fun, muliplayer, hard survival expirience.

Enjoyed the game and had a lot of fun times like helping my child make a glass bottle. Don't really play anymore because of the dying player base and lack of updates. Because of that I would probably recommend people go play the free version, 2HOL.