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Life is Pointless

87% positive of 87 Steam reviews

Released: 2019
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Will deManbey.

About the game

Earn points in an attempt to find meaning in your normally pointless existence.

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Dark Humor
Casual
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Simulation

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Very Positive

What players say

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Life Is Pointless explains everything there is to know about it in its title, and I am struck repeatedly as I go about my day with how poignantly I feel about it. It is a simple premise: Leave the game running and it will assign points to every key press you make on your keyboard. The points don't do anything, there is no progression. But somehow, I care about it. It is a beautiful and cyclical irony that keeps me…
110 h played when written. 52 found it helpful.
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Recommended
This game is very moving in the sense that when you sit there and realize what it is you are doing, sitting at your computer and just smashing your keyboard to get points in a video game that absolutely doesn't matter and is completely pointless, you have achieved the state of mind that the developer wanted you to be in. Your life has no point at this moment other than to just press the keys on your keyboard for the…
21 min played when written. 12 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Gameless shovelware masquerading as meta commentary on clicker games. I enjoy a lot of simple games, a lot of incremental games, and a lot of anti-games, and this is not one of them. ---- I originally left the review at that, but after seeing the dev's sarcastic comments on every bit of criticism in his review section, I'll break down exactly why you shouldn't buy this product. It's lazy. It's a lazy attempt at…
43 min played when written. 14 found it helpful.
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