Short Life

Short Life

gametornado · November 14, 2018 · Indie, Simulation, Adventure, Gore, Free to Play

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

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About Short Life

Short Life is an awesome platform game with a unique twist – you must control our hero and attempt to guide him through a series of different levels. This might sound conventional, but you must also guide him safely without causing him harm or dislodging any of his limbs!

The game contains extra level packs and level editor!
(You need to purchase "Premium membership" to be able to save the created level in level editor or play extra level pack.)

Watch out for various obstacles on each level – you must avoid contact with spikes, jump over mines and look out for other devastating traps. The various traps will cause unimaginable harm to your hero – mines for example will blow your character into tiny gory pieces! This game requires great timing and reflexes and is a huge amount of fun!

- Plenty of traps that are waiting for you
-You can jump, crouch, run and hold to avoid the traps
-Unlock-able heroes
(You need to purchase "Premium membership" to be able to unlock new heroes.)

Short Life is a bizarre and funny rag-doll running and jumping game. What’s your goal? Just don’t die. Try to get to the end of every level without being painfully killed by all those spikes, saws, bombs and many other kinds of deadly traps. Pay attention to the hints on the screen, they could save your life, and also try collect all stars on your way to unlock new characters. How many times are you going to die trying to complete all levels? Life is short? Find out right now! Have fun with Short Life!

The life of a video game hero can be very short, especially when taking unnecessary risks. And the game short life is the specific example, you will help your hero to reach the end of each level alive ... and whole! Or you can also have fun testing all the many ways to die of your character. Cut by a saw, crushed like a mashed pot, pierced by an arrow or exploded by an incendiary barrel, there are dozens of ways to kill your hero.

Short Life — game info

Platforms
Windows
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.

Recommended Jan 10, 2026
its just like pewdiepie's game
1 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 11, 2026
its like happy wheels little brother 8/10 but happy wheels is 9/10
Recommended Aug 21, 2026
i cant tell if the dude's extremely durable or extremely fragile: 30 arrows to the head? no problem slightly higher jump? bye bye kneecap
Recommended May 12, 2026
Kinda gory but still very fun and challenging
Not recommended Apr 10, 2026
boring
Recommended Apr 9, 2026
legal

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