Signs of Life

Buy76%

Mostly Positive · 846 player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Sweet Dog Studios · Open World Survival Craft · Jan 27, 2014

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
15
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Signs of Life?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 846 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 286 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
40% of themes are praise20% are divided40% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
68 of 286 sampled reviews raised it
It's great combination of side-by-side crafting games like Terraria and Starbound with immersive sim elements.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
35 of 286 sampled reviews raised it
If your looking for something better than terraria something with a bit more effort in detail sound and effects + story this is the one.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
25 of 286 sampled reviews raised it
Various craftible weapons, armor, and gadgets, cyberware implants, energy weapons, figuring out alien technology, upgrading the multitool piece by piece are my favourite parts of the game.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
19 of 286 sampled reviews raised it
I like the graphics, I like the idea and the mining and gathering of materials.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay68 reviews
Story35 reviews
Combat25 reviews
Graphics19 reviews
Divided opinion
Audio
100% still recommend
Bugs
67% still recommend
Players complain
Interface
67% still recommend
Difficulty
73% still recommend
Multiplayer
80% still recommend
Crashes
50% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $9.74.

6 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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