Game overview
Life is Hard
Life is Hard is a godsim town simulator game developed by a two-man-team. Your main aim here is to manage your town. Expand your domain, prevent famine, make war, trade with others, attract new people. Make history!
- Last tracked players
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- All-time peak
- 2
- 24-hour change
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- Steam reviews
- 63.1% positive 556 reviews · via SteamSpy
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Game concept

Your main aim here is to manage your town. Start with a small village with just 4 settlers and turn it into a prosper town with beautiful buildings, crowded markets and strong walls. Expand your domain, prevent famine and pestilence, make war, trade with other settlements, attract new people, craft armor and weapons. Make history!
Godsim element

Start the path by choosing your patron - one of six ancient gods. Every one of them provides unique magic spells and a hero to help your reign. Would you use Light spells to heal your soldiers or is it more fun to raise your enemies as obedient undead soldiers with help of the God of Darkness? It's up to you to deside! But be careful - if you don't appease your god he will call his wrath upon your settlement!
Storyline

Protect your settlers from Tenebris the Necromancer and find out what happened to these lands. Free yourself from the yoke of the Northern Kingdom. Or is it better to become their loyal vassal? Make you choice, but remember - every medal has its reverse.
Hard and challenging, because Life is Hard

Whatever you choose, your path won’t be easy. You'll have to start over and over again, trying many different playing styles, before finding your own way to survive in this unfriendly world. With every failure you'll get a little bit closer to success.
Every attempt is unique

Your settlers have personal traits and skills, so your settlements will never be the same. Drunkard miners and chatterbox woodcutters will make the game even more fun!
Beautiful soundtrack and professional voiceover

An original soundtrack with more than 10 themes by Vitaliy Ruzankin awaits you in Life is Hard along with a voiceover in two languages (English and Russian) done by professional actors.
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Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- OS *: Microsoft® Windows® 7 with Service Pack 1, 64-bit installation
- Processor: 32 or 64-bit, with clock frequency higher than 1.6GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: with memory size larger than 2 GB and DirectX® 10/OpenGL 3.0 support
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: Сompatible with DirectX® sound card (if you want to play with sounds)
- Additional Notes: 64-bit system configuration, last graphic drivers.
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: Microsoft® Windows® 10, 64-bit installation
- Processor: 64-bit, with clock frequency higher than 2.5GHz
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: with memory size larger than 4 GB and DirectX® 11/OpenGL 4.2 support
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 3 GB available space
macOS
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Apple® Mac OS X® 10.8
- Processor: 64-bit, with clock frequency higher than 1.6GHz
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: with memory size larger than 2 GB and DirectX® 10/OpenGL 3.0 support
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: Сompatible with DirectX® sound card (if you want to play with sounds)
- Additional Notes: 64-bit system configuration, last graphic drivers.
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: Apple® Mac OS X® 10.10 or newer
- Processor: 64-bit, with clock frequency higher than 2.5GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: with memory size larger than 4 GB and DirectX® 11/OpenGL 4.2 support
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Linux
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Ubuntu 14.10, SteamOS
- Processor: 64-bit, with clock frequency higher than 1.6GHz
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: with memory size larger than 2 GB and DirectX® 10/OpenGL 3.0 support
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: Сompatible with DirectX® soundcard (if you want to play with sounds)
- Additional Notes: 64-bit system configuration, last graphic drivers.
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: Ubuntu 16.10 or newer
- Processor: 64-bit, with clock frequency higher than 2.5GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: with memory size larger than 4 GB and DirectX® 11/OpenGL 4.2 support
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Game details Languages, features & support
- Publisher
- Pirozhok Studio
- Achievements
- 31
- Features
- Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
- Languages
- English*, Russian*
*languages with full audio support - Support
- [email protected]
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features
Can I Play This?
Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.
Structured language support (2)
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Game Insights
Buy Verdict
Decent deal at 0% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.
Value Score
Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 89th percentile. Priced as Market at $9.99.
Genre Benchmarks
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