Skip to content
SIB

All games

Our Life: Beginnings & Always header art

Our Life: Beginnings & Always

A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

Verdict

Verdict coming soon: the jury is still reading

Buy, Wait, and Skip land in the next pass. Nothing on this card can be bought.

Player sentiment

Player sentiment is from Steam (PC) reviews.

All time

98.7%

13,793 reviews

12 months

98.2%

1,214 reviews

90 days

97.5%

281 reviews

30 days

97.9%

95 reviews

Stable+0.2 pts versus the previous 90 days

Review history

050100

Bars are review volume. The line is the positive percentage. Periods under 10 reviews are faded.

What players are saying

Positive

  • For something that is free I cannot believe how good this game is!! I have all the DLC's but honestly the base game is brill on it's own. I love all the characters and the way the story develops, its so well written and not to mention the art is beautiful. This game has set the standard for VN for me.
    410h 24m played at review · 9 Sept 2026
  • No game has made me cry like this since I played Outer Wilds. I played it all night. Then had to come back and play it again after I bought the DLC. I cannot recommend this game enough, not just for the replay ability, but the extensive customization you can do as well, the fact choices actually matter and carry forth. That I can play my character a certain way and have it acknowledged and reflected in how other characters see them. If you enjoy visual novels. You will not regret it.
    8h 22m played at review · 11 Sept 2026
  • This game was surprisingly good. I did not expect much given how it was free, but all my expectations were exceeded. I suppose it was one of the highest rated free games on steamdb for a reason. This game is really pleasant. It's cozy and charming; a great break from fps games and homework. The writing is not cringe... at least not all the time and it isn't corny. The developers really put a lot of thought and effort into it. choices feel like they matter because they actually lead to different dialogue. The variety of choices was appreciated. Many instances felt like I had actual freedom in what my choices were. At least for the selection of options given of course. The story was nice. It does its job of being a pleasant slice of like walkthrough. I don't feel like there were any plot holes or inconsistencies. For what it is this game is on the higher end of quality. I definitely recommend this game for anyone who likes to read and or play calm games.
    29h 52m played at review · 2 Sept 2026
  • I'll feel sick and robbed for the rest of my miserable life. I had a Cove growing up. I wonder how he's doing, if this could have been us. I miss the beach.
    31h 19m played at review · 13 Sept 2026

Negative

Not enough reviews yet

Available on

Availability only. Player sentiment is from Steam (PC) reviews.

Genres

Price
Free
Release
2020-11-16
Developer
GB Patch Games
Publisher
GB Patch Games

Similar games

Creator coverage

YouTube coverage coming soon

Where to buy

Steam, plus partner stores where a link has been added. Partner stores are labelled Affiliate.

Method

Reviews read
0
Kept
0
Excluded
0
History window
2020-11-01 to 2026-09-28
  • Under 60 minutes played at review: 0
  • Under 20 characters of text: 0
  • Received for free: 0

Sources: Steam.

Last updated

Read the full method