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LiveFebruary 2018 · 8 years ago

One Hour One Life

489estimated playersUp 1.8% this week

53 – 190 daily players

A multiplayer survival game of parenting and civilization building by Jason Rohrer.

One Hour One Life is estimated to have 53 – 190 players a day. Around 110k – 270k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

Player stats

Steam players today

20

Peak concurrent players on Steam today. Other platforms and launchers are not counted.

Estimated daily players

53 190

How many people we think play One Hour One Life on a given day.

Estimated total players

110 thousand270 thousand

How many accounts we think have played One Hour One Life at some point.

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
August 2026~482Up 21%
July 2026~398

Community activity

Daily One Hour One Life community data tracked across Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube.

Steam concurrent players

79% positive · 4,640 reviews

20Down 35% past month

One Hour One Life recently drew 20 peak concurrent players on Steam, below its tracked high of 32 set on Aug 10, 2026. Steam activity is down 35% over the past month. Players have posted 4,640 Steam reviews, 79% of them positive.

Twitch viewers

0 live streams

0Down 100% past week

One Hour One Life recently drew 0 live viewers on Twitch across 0 streams; viewership peaked at 16 on Aug 6, 2026. Twitch viewership is down 100% over the past week.

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Storyline

This game is about playing one small part in a much larger story. You only live an hour, but time and space in this game is infinite. You can only do so much in one lifetime, but the tech tree in this game will take hundreds of generations to fully explore. This game is also about family trees. Having a mother who takes care of you as a baby, and hopefully taking care of a baby yourself later in life. And your mother is another player. And your baby is another player. Building something to use in your lifetime, but inevitably realizing that, in the end, what you build is not for YOU, but for your children and all the countless others that will come after you. Proudly using your grandfather's ax, and then passing it on to your own grandchild as the end of your life nears. And looking at each life as a unique story. I was this kid born in this situation, but I eventually grew up. I built a bakery near the wheat fields. Over time, I watched my grandparents and parents grow old and die. I had some kids of my own along the way, but they are grown now... and look at my character now! She's an old woman. What a life passed by in this little hour of mine. After I die, this life will be over and gone forever. I can be born again, but I can never live this unique story again. Everything's changing. I'll be born as a different person in a different place and different time, with another unique story to experience in the next hour...

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play One Hour One Life?

One Hour One Life has an estimated 53–190 daily players and roughly 110,000–270,000 accounts that have played it in total, as of August 2026. The range is derived from Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, not from server data, so actual numbers may differ.

Is One Hour One Life dead or still active?

No, One Hour One Life is not dead — it is live and playable, with an estimated 53–190 daily players as of August 2026.

How many players does One Hour One Life have on Steam?

One Hour One Life recently peaked at 20 concurrent players on Steam in a single day, and its highest tracked daily peak is 32. This only counts Steam — players on other launchers and platforms are not included.

When was One Hour One Life released?

One Hour One Life was released in February 2018 by Jason Rohrer.

What platforms is One Hour One Life available on?

One Hour One Life is available on Windows and Linux.

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