Life Eater

Life Eater

Strange Scaffold · April 16, 2024 · Horror, Interactive Fiction, Simulation, Point & Click, 1990's

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$0.36-95%
lowest tracked $0.31
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Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
-50%
$7.49
$14.99
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GOG
GOG
Standard Edition · DRM-Free
$14.99
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Cheapest Life Eater keys — keyshops

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Driffle INC
Standard Edition · Steam
$0.48
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YUPLAY
Standard Edition · Steam
-97%
$0.57
$16.58
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Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$0.36
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Loaded
Standard Edition · Steam
-93%
$1.09
$15.39
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Life Eater price by region

Life Eater costs €0.14 in Europe (EUR), $0.36 in the United States, £0.36 in the United Kingdom, $0.36 in Georgia (USD), zł0.77 in Poland, CA$0.81 in Canada, R$2.46 in Brazil, A$10.97 in Australia and NZ$10.99 in New Zealand right now.

Cheapest Life Eater offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Europe (EUR) €0.14 −98% €7.39 €0.14 7
United Statesyour region $0.36 −95% $7.49 $0.36 6
United Kingdom £0.36 −94% £6.39 £0.36 5
Georgia (USD) $0.36 −96% $8.49 $0.36 6
Poland zł0.77 −98% zł33.99 zł0.77 4
Canada CA$0.81 −92% CA$9.74 CA$0.81 3
Brazil R$2.46 −90% R$23.49 R$2.46 3
Australia A$10.97 −50% A$10.97 — 2
New Zealand NZ$10.99 −50% NZ$10.99 — 2

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Life Eater

✦ AI summary

Play as a suburban druid juggling a mundane day job with an ancient ritual that keeps the world from ending, hunting down specific victims using an innovative timeline interface to map their schedules and routines. Uncover deeply personal stories through a video editing-style system while racing against the clock to abduct your targets before discovery, blending intimate character knowledge with moral horror in a darkly inventive take on analog terror.

Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator. Play as a modern-day druid living in suburbia, holding down a dead-end job to pay for your true vocation: conducting the annual ritual that keeps the world from ending.

To delay the end of the world, you must sacrifice a number of specific - but vaguely-described - human beings every year. Use a video editing-inspired interface to discover the story of your victims' lives, one schedule block at a time. Pry into the most intimate details of your targets' schedules, and when the time is right: abduct them before the authorities can find your lair. Time is short and your list of names is long. Choose your options wisely... and pray that the dark god you serve is even real.

Features:

  • Use an innovative "timeline" interface for a new kind of analog horror game.
  • Get to know the unsuspecting targets of your town, intimately.
  • Replayable blend of authored and generated stories.
  • Fully voiced story mode featuring Xalavier Nelson Jr. and Jarret Griffis.
  • Original atmospheric soundscape from David Mason, the composer of DREDGE.
  • An additional Endless mode, featuring decades of procedurally-generated targets.

Life Eater — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Oct 1, 2026
Such a cool concept for a game brought down by bland, repetitive and overall bad gameplay. Was told such great things but Life Eater but sadly did not live up in the slightest.
Recommended Sep 10, 2026
I expected there to be more content to the actual gameplay than their was, like I figured that the rules you might have to remember or the things to memorize might vary a lot more, but it was a lot more repetitive than I expected. That being said, the gameplay still WAS really fun, and I did find the narration and reasoning behind the main character really compelling, it definitely kept me engaged enough and meant there was a break from the repetition of the gameplay. Overall I did like it.
Recommended Sep 6, 2026
A morbid game that honestly is absolutely hypnotizing. Gameplay loop is hard to understand at first but once it is understood, it draws you in, the different modifiers adding a nice level of challenge. The story, music, and voice acting is all absolutely beautiful in the saddest way. If you're into this style of game, definitely a buy for the price - even more so with the addition of endless mode.
Recommended Sep 1, 2026
Honestly can't recommend this game enough. The gameplay might be a bit meh to be honest (even getting a bit repetitive) but the story more than makes up for it. It costs about the same as a movie ticket and last around the same time aswell, with myself being able to complete it fully in 3 hours and HowLongToBeat clocking it at 3.5 (humble flex I know) It's worth the money and if you get it on sale then even moreso
Recommended Aug 31, 2026
now i understand what the titles mean theres no intro to the game and I was a little confused about which bones I was supposed to break at first, later I realise some factors mean basically nothing in story mode. I cant believe almost no one carries arms is this really America? the story is surprisingly short. I like the game title.
Recommended Aug 28, 2026
Honestly one of my favourite games of all time. I feel i should say, while i did not dislike the actual gameplay, there was only one section i can really say i actively liked. This is not a game you are playing for the gameplay. Everything else is bloody brilliant, The art, the soundtrack, the writing, the story, the voice acting(my god the voice acting) Genuinely phenominal, 10/10

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