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10,998,155 lives lived for a total of 2,941,517 hours
1,783,258 people lived past age fifty-five
957 generations in longest family line
1339 monuments completed, 4571 in progress
Current player arc has been going 619732 years
Previous arc lasted 1228 years

a multiplayer survival game of parenting
and civilization building by Jason Rohrer
2246 Player Reviews, 93% Positive



No DRM

No middle-person

Cross-platform

Open Source
  • Lifetime server account
  • All future updates
  • Unlock on Steam
  • Full source code
  • Tech support included
Available now for $20


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 grandmother'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 grandmother and mother 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...


....Progress Report....
80 natural objects
(latest: Rubber Tree with Pepper Vine)
22 playable characters 3117 human-makeable objects
(latest: Blue Sports Car with Smashed Mosquitoes $30)
124,605 lines of code




What you get
Immediately after your payment is processed, you will receive an email with an access link. You will then be able to download all of the following DRM-free distributions:
  • Windows build
  • GNU/Linux build (compiled on 32-bit Ubuntu 14.04)
  • Full source code bundle (compile it yourself)
The price also includes downloads of all future updates and a lifetime account on the main game server that I am running.

The source bundle includes the editor and server software, allowing you to set up and run your own server or even leverage the engine to make your own game. See OneLife/documentation in the source bundle for instructions.

You can take a look at the system requirements.




93% Positive Reviews:
Recent Reviews:

Recommended
GABRIELLE (371.1 hours on record)
Posted 7 days ago

One Hour One Life is a wonderful game like no other before it. Please give it a try, I'm sure you won't regret it!

Recommended
Kuromi (685.3 hours on record)
Posted 15 days ago

One Hour One Life is an absolute gem in the gaming world. From the moment I started playing, I was captivated by its innovative concept and addictive gameplay. The game's premise, where you only have one hour to live an entire life, adds a thrilling sense of urgency and purpose to every decision you make. It's amazing how such a simple concept can create such complex and engaging gameplay. The gra...

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A. G. N. (390.7 hours on record)
Posted 19 days ago

I am unable to update the zoom mod although I have downloaded the latest version (365). When I boot up the mod game, I get an error message that states "The version of the mod is outdated (expecting version 369 - running version 365)" included is the link on where to download, however I do not see a version 369 anywhere on the github.com site. Please assist! Thank you.

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milky (787.5 hours on record)
Posted 26 days ago

mommy issue simulator

Recommended
barm (68.1 hours on record)
Posted 26 days ago

good.

Recommended
parm (1,101.0 hour on record)
Posted 26 days ago

good.

Recommended
MudBeard (274.9 hours on record)
Posted 38 days ago

JASON UPDATE THE GAME!!!!!!
JASON UPDATE THE GAME PLEASE!!
PLEASE JASON UPDATE THE GAME!
I've been playing the game for a year, and it's fun, but there is so much potential for more fun.

Recommended
Sam (730.3 hours on record)
Posted 55 days ago

Yum is love
Yum is life
Yum ran off
with my ex-wife

Recommended
BubblyBee (3,072.1 hours on record)
Posted 2 months ago

This is the one game I always come back to. It's ruined my life :)

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Morti (4,472.0 hours on record)
Posted 5.1 years ago

I think my time played speaks for itself.

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Luniatji (3,677.6 hours on record)
Posted 2.5 years ago

Great game, would recommend it. Every game is different but the same at the same time, its great.

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demonicblack (3,292.4 hours on record)
Posted 3.8 years ago

even tho i dont like the rift the fixes jason is implementing are really nice

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BubblyBee (3,072.1 hours on record)
Posted 2 months ago

This is the one game I always come back to. It's ruined my life :)

Recommended
Bloom (3,044.3 hours on record)
Posted 2.1 years ago

No life is ever quite the same. Some things are complicated (playing on Mac, well progression, specialty biomes) but once you get over the learning curve its a lot of fun

Recommended
shakir polachek (3,014.4 hours on record)
Posted 14 months ago

no se que pasa pero quiero jugar y constantemente aparecen cosas por favor fijate si podes eliminar a la persona que lo esta haciendo

Recommended
Tea (2,796.1 hours on record)
Posted 2.4 years ago

Been playing since pretty much the beginning and I kinda wanna know how much time I have spend on this game.

Recommended
Tarr (2,695.2 hours on record)
Posted 2.9 years ago

Probably one of the better games you can ever play. Hardest part is learning, then unlearning, then relearning whenever things change. Hours speak for themselves.

Recommended
Nobody (2,606.1 hours on record)
Posted 5 months ago

Just checking my hours. :P

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7% Negative Reviews:
Recent Reviews:

Not Recommended
parsnip (656.4 hours on record)
Posted 26 days ago

fantastic.

Not Recommended
mia (0 seconds on record)
Posted 2 months ago

i couldn't open the door. :( im using a laptop with touch pad, no mouse.

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Siyona (1,224.7 hour on record)
Posted 3.1 years ago

OH, PLEASE.... You've got to upgrade user interface in this game first. Make NO MORE complicated rules and stuff. I am tired to get new ppl to know some rules such as like hierarchical leadership shit or freakin yum system. I think only few players read your update news or forum, but many players get infomation IN THE GAME. You should know that. Sorry for the English. cause I don't speak English. ...

Not Recommended
player8 (1,045.5 hour on record)
Posted 3.8 years ago

The sword was the most fun thing in the game, even after the shift-click update. People were joining raids and having the best lives they had had in the game while doing so. I loved it and I lead maybe over a hundred wars and raids on towns. Then the rift came, causing the crafting players to riot and grief the life out of it, giving us a moment of freedom when it was lifted. I even made a map in ...

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Update: Rail Buffer
June 2, 2023

https://i.imgur.com/ubwvN35.png

I've finally made it through all of the submitted code issues this week, and I've started on the content issues.

You can now put a temporary buffer stop in the middle of a rail line as a stopping point for rail carts, allowing you to stop and load a cart before letting the cart continue onward. Buffer stops can also be used as safe temporary end-caps for partially-built rail lines, allowing you to build a long line slowly over time while still using the completed portion.
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Fan Art: by Yamina S.
December 18, 2021

https://i.imgur.com/KpnoV1u.jpeg

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User Story: The Tale of Scott Silverthorn, by MaggieMurdoch
October 30, 2018

this is a tale of one of my last lives, sometimes I live very mundane and uneventful lives but other times I find one that stays with me and makes me think about it...This was one of those lives.

I was born a baby boy to a woman named Samantha Silverthorn in a tiny settlement, as I was born my older brother Lason was visiting, my mother had six children before me and had one after me, surviving to adulthood there was only me, my big brother Lason, my big sister Freyja and and my younger sister Liza. When I was born my mother gave me a single snake skin boot.
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The thinking behind One Hour One Life
How to Deal With A Crisis of Meaning
Bonsai: the Endless Ritual | Extraordinary Rituals | Earth Unplugged
Power of the Market - The Pencil
Primitive Technology: Forge Blower
Last Day Dream
The Game Design Challenge 2011: Bigger Than Jesus Panel at GDC 2011
334 Time Life - Rock A Bye Baby - 1976
Louis CK on Returning to Comedy and His Infamous Leaked Set




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