Descend into lethal dungeons, bring your loot home, and build a life beyond the gates. A free pre-alpha action RPG with limited daily lives, deep progression, crafting, building, farming, and a 120+ skill passive tree.

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What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Real Life is developed by a solo developer and combines systems that must be tested together: combat, high-consequence death, progression, crafting, building, farming, character creation, and future online infrastructure. Early Access allows the connected loop to improve through real player feedback while the current state remains transparent.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“The game is expected to remain in Early Access through at least 2027. This is a development target, not a guaranteed release date, and may change as systems, content, localization, online infrastructure, and optimization are completed.”

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

“The intended full version will offer broader and more polished content, improved onboarding and balance, stronger save and online reliability, better optimization, and a more complete world loop. Features are announced as shipped only after current-build acceptance.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Pre-Alpha 0.0.0.18 contains the current dungeon and return foundation, limited lives and full-loss penalty, character stats and activity progression, a 120+ skill passive tree, building, farming, current Food, Alchemy, and Campfire crafting, the limited current Character Editor, LAN and Direct-IP tools, and player settings. Several larger online and world systems remain future work.”

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

“Offline single-player is intended to remain free. Future public online services may use a subscription to support server costs, but the final price, whether it is required, and any way to earn access through play are not implemented or guaranteed. Active purchase terms will be disclosed before they become available.”

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

“🙏 Community Support

I hope many will join my Discord server to help identify bugs and other issues.
You will also be able to share your wishes and ideas for improving the game.

Your support and feedback are crucial for the development of Real Life!
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About This Game

Risk the descent. Build what survives it.

Every expedition asks how much you are willing to risk before returning home. Explore dangerous dungeons, fight for useful loot, and carry the results of each run into a persistent character and homestead loop.

The implemented prologue begins with a teenager left unable to walk after a traumatic accident. A fictional experimental neural interface connects him during sleep to a dungeon realm between times and sets him on the path toward the mystery of a transformed future Mecca. The later New Mecca questline is still planned.

Death protection is limited. An account can hold up to five daily lives: two base lives, one Prime bonus, and two subscription bonuses. A protected death consumes one durably saved life. With no life remaining, the full-loss penalty returns combat progression, developed stats, and carried inventory to the protected starting baseline. Lives refill to the account's owned limit after 06:00 Moscow time.

Shape a build through classic attribute allocation, activity progression, and a branching tree of more than 120 passive skills. Between expeditions, place structures, cultivate crops, prepare food, practice alchemy, and use personal or Campfire crafting with recipes available in the current build.

The current Character Editor offers 20 male heads, 12 skin tones, one fixed male body, and controller-ready Appearance, Stats, Build, and Name flows. The current network surface is limited to LAN and bounded Direct-IP tools.

Real Life is designed as fully halal entertainment within Islamic, Sharia-informed ethical boundaries. Its lore explores intention, accountability, justice, mercy, and the consequences of choice. It contains no nudity or sexual content.

  • High-risk dungeon expeditions and a persistent return loop
  • Limited daily death protection and a severe no-lives penalty
  • Attribute allocation, activity progression, and 120+ passive skills
  • Building, farming, Food, Alchemy, and Campfire crafting
  • A current male Character Editor with 20 heads and 12 skin tones
  • Single-player plus current LAN and Direct-IP session tools
  • Graphics, typography, and color-vision settings after packaged acceptance

Real Life is still pre-alpha. Content, balance, saves, interface, networking, and performance may change substantially during Early Access.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Generative AI tools helped draft and translate Steam store text and create temporary marketing illustrations shown in the About section. These illustrations are not gameplay screenshots and are intended to be replaced with real captures. The game does not generate content during play and does not connect to external AI services.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

The game contains fantasy violence, blood, death, and potentially disturbing psychological themes. The prologue may reference tobacco and alcohol. The game contains no nudity or sexual content.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 55 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 11
    • Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900
    • Memory: 32 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 5090
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 55 GB available space
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