Choose Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Choose Our Life: Beginnings & Always if you want a Casual experience. 11,334 Steam reviews back the pick.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always vs A Date with Death
Our Life: Beginnings & Always and A Date with Death both land in Indie, Free To Play on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Free To Play on Steam. Our Life: Beginnings & Always (2020) is 3 years older than A Date with Death (2023). Our Life: Beginnings & Always scores higher on Steam reviews (99% positive) than A Date with Death (98% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose A Date with Death
Choose A Date with Death if you want a Simulation experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 10,133 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Our Life: Beginnings & Always and A Date with Death sit in Indie and Free To Play on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (99% vs 98% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Our Life: Beginnings & Always |  A Date with Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2023 |
| Genres | Indie, Free To Play, Casual | Indie, Simulation, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 99% positive (11,334 reviews) | 98% positive (10,133 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | GB Patch Games | Two and a Half Studios |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Free To Play on Steam.
- Our Life: Beginnings & Always (2020) is 3 years older than A Date with Death (2023).
- Our Life: Beginnings & Always scores higher on Steam reviews (99% positive) than A Date with Death (98% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Steam Deck: Our Life: Beginnings & Always is Deck Unsupported, A Date with Death is Deck Playable.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always vs A Date with Death — FAQ
- Which is better, Our Life: Beginnings & Always or A Date with Death?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Our Life: Beginnings & Always sits at 99% positive (11,334 reviews), A Date with Death at 98% (10,133). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Our Life: Beginnings & Always or A Date with Death first?
- If you want chronology, Our Life: Beginnings & Always (2020) came out before A Date with Death (2023). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Our Life: Beginnings & Always and A Date with Death similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Free To Play on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.