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In Next Life

An online multiplayer game of crafting, survival, civilization building, and player collaboration. Start in the stone age and live, build, and invent your way to higher civilization. Live and die as well as you can, to gain the experience you need to achieve even more in your next life!

All Reviews:

Mostly Positive (50) - 76% of the 50 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

Dec 21, 2021

Developer:

Dual Decade

Publisher:

Wereviz AB

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English	✔	✔
Japanese	✔	✔
Simplified Chinese	✔	✔
Traditional Chinese	✔	✔
German	✔	✔
Czech	✔	✔

Early Access Game

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Note: This Early Access game is not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“This game is a large undertaking for us, and we want it to become the best it can be. For that to happen, we want to involve the player community as early and as much as possible. We have previous experience of evolving our games after they were released and we think that made them better.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We will keep it in Early Access as long as we are still making major improvements that affect the gameplay substantially. The current estimate is second half of 2024.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“- The crafting system will change so instead of having a percentage chance to succeed or fail, crafting will have a progress bar and your skill and tools determine how quickly you can complete your crafting.
- The tribe system will improve and there will be no need for temporary tribes.
- Clothes will not merely be decorative, but will also have practical impact on your survival.
- More content.
- probably many small improvements as well...”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Maybe roughly 90% complete (May 2024).
The game is playable, enjoyable, and doesn't have any serious bugs that get in the way. We still plan to add a couple of game mechanics before we do the formal 1.0 release.
Even after the full release, the plan is to keep adding to the game for as long as the community supports us. There will be iOS and Android versions released too, with cross play between all platforms.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“It is a possibility that we will raise the price as we add more content to the game, but currently there are no plans for changes except for the ones we have already done during the early access period.
As is customary on Steam, there may be seasonal discounts, but no promises or guarantees about that.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We will use the Steam forum for the players and ourselves to discuss ideas and report issues. We also have a Discord server where players can talk live about their experiences, plan playing together and so on. We will post updates to the Steam page as they happen.”

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About This Game

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.

System Requirements

Windows

macOS

Minimum:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10, Windows 11
Processor: Intel i3 1.3Ghz, AMD Ryzen 3
Memory: 4 GB RAM
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 1 GB available space

Recommended:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10, Windows 11
Processor: Intel i5 1.8GHz, AMD Ryzen 5
Memory: 4 GB RAM
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 1 GB available space

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.