In Next Life

In Next Life

Dual Decade · February 11, 2026 · Crafting, Survival, Adventure, RPG, Simulation

In Next Life is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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About In Next Life


In next Life is a crafting, survival, and civilisation building game, where collaboration with other players gives you very real advantages (it is possible to play alone, but it will be harder to survive). Your technology level starts at stone age level, and then it's up to you and your tribe to invent and craft tools and technologies such as fire, baskets, spears, ..., in order to survive easier and to advance to new development stages. Time moves quickly and each game played equals one life, including birth, childhood, adulthood and old age.

The goal of each life is to contribute as much as possible to the survival and development of your tribe, children and future descendants. What you leave behind will be the foundation for others to keep building on. The flint spear you invented one life, could turn out to be the difference between survival and annihilation for your whole civilisation. There are hundreds of objects you can craft, collect, cook, and eat. We intend to add at least 1,000 more during the Early Access period.

You start most lives as a baby, who has to have help from adults to survive the first few minutes. Then you age and become an adult yourself (and may have other players as children). If you are skillful, you may be able to live until old age before you die. If not, then you can just try again. This is a survival game where it is fine to die now and then (sometimes your tribe's survival may depend on your sacrifice...). You can always experience more "In Next Life"!

In the grand scheme of things, you are an immortal spirit who loves everything about mortal life and wants to learn and experience as much as possible. You start by living the early stages of (almost) human civilisation, then as your skills and knowledge grows, new ages will open up. No matter what stage of civilisation you find yourself at, it will always be valuable to collaborate with other players. That's how you and the tribe you are part of evolve most efficiently. The experiences you gain while living accumulate over all your lives, and will allow you to improve your crafting skills and become a more valuable tribe member.

In Next Life — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player, Online co-op, Cross-platform multiplayer
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

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

Not recommended Aug 17, 2026
This may be just a skill issue, but I don't think so. This game is very over complicated for what it is, I get it it's set in old times and everything should be hard and complicated but holy sh#t this game is over complicated. Would recommend for players who likes to invest thousands of hours into just one game.
4 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 28, 2026
I am playing it for hours and having fun. it is similar to one hour one life, but easier to learn. I wish many people playing it so the clans can improve faster.
3 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 16, 2026
Absolutely loving it. Cannot get enough. The music at the start is one of the best what I ever heard. I hope there will be updates more, because I am getting close to reach the iron age and I don't want to end there the game.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 10, 2026
it is interestng but i don't like each character only lives to be 50 years old. they should have an age bar noit just a healyh bar.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 27, 2026
Intricate crafting, you really need to work as a team to continue surviving! This game is best played with friends, a constant race against the clock, in a good sense!
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 9, 2026
This game looked like it would be very simular to 'One hour one life' and seems inspired by it. But I'd not say it was the same, the UI controls and achievments really set it apart. I didnt actually get past the tutorial due to my device heating up. I'm using a laptop with Linux Mint, but I dont think thats the issue. Theres another game I played with simular graphic to this and I had the same issues on desktop with Windows. I think the drawn style that moves and flows in that dreamy way may be causing more computation. It's a nice style, just wish it wasn't so heavy. I'd have liked to play the game more, but I cant risk my deivce at this time :(

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