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The Game of Life

Attend college, accept a job and play minigames in this interactive app that is fun for the whole family. Watch as board piece characters come to life and make their way through the various stages of life on…

14 July 2016

The Game of Life is a card & board game, released 14 July 2016 on iOS.

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What The Game of Life is

The Game of Life was released in 2016. It is available on iOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Attend college, accept a job and play minigames in this interactive app that is fun for the whole family. Watch as board piece characters come to life and make their way through the various stages of life on this spectacular, 3D animated reworking of the familiar physical board. The Game of Life features a new, unique and much-anticipated multiplayer mode. Online matchmaking lets you play in a whole new way online. Match and play against other online players as you all spin and race in the direction of the last yellow tile; retirement.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the The Game of Life series

The Game of Life is the 28th of 38 entries we hold in the The Game of Life series. It arrived 8 months after The Game of Life. The next entry was The Game of Life 2 in 2020.

See all 38 The Game of Life games in release order →

What it launched against

The Game of Life launched on 14 July 2016, within three weeks of Inside, Abzu, Overcooked! and Starbound.

Released around the same time: Inside, Abzu, Overcooked!, Starbound.

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When did The Game of Life come out?
The Game of Life was released on 14 July 2016 for iOS.

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