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In Next Life

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77%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
77% User Score Based on 57 reviews

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In Next Life is a single player and multiplayer open world role playing game with fantasy and historical themes. It was developed by Dual Decade and was released on February 11, 2026. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

In next Life is a crafting, survival, and civilization building game, where collaboration with other players gives you very real advantages (it is possible to play alone, but it will be harder to survive). Your technology level starts at stone age level, and then it's up to you and your village members to invent and craft tools and technologies such as fire, baskets, spears, ..., in order to survi…

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77%Audience ScoreBased on 57 reviews
story3 positive mentions
grinding1 negative mentions
  • Engaging survival and crafting gameplay that rewards teamwork and cooperation, especially with friends.
  • Beautiful art style, smooth animations, cozy ambiance, and immersive sound design including memorable music.
  • User-friendly crafting system with recipe books and a manageable learning curve compared to similar games.
  • Very low and unstable player base, causing difficulties in multiplayer progress and creating a lonely experience.
  • Complex and sometimes overly complicated crafting steps and mechanics, which can be frustrating and overwhelming.
  • Harsh survival aspects like very fast hunger depletion and short lifespans, combined with a paywall for persistent servers.

  • gameplay

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    27% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 27% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers a fun and rewarding survival-crafting experience with enjoyable mechanics, appealing especially to fans of this genre. It balances challenge and casual play well, allowing solo progression and discovery of new systems, though some minor annoyances like certain mechanics and controls exist. Overall, it's highly recommended for those who appreciate crafting and resource management but less so for players seeking pure building or minimal resource gathering.

    • “I would recommend the game to anyone who likes this survival-ish/crafting type of gameplay. You can treat it as a buy-to-play game and pay a small amount at the start to get your own tribe island going to play solo or allow randoms to join.”
    • “The art, animation, sound design, systems, and core gameplay all merge together to make a very replayable, sometimes tense but beautiful and rewarding game!”
    • “It was a process to learn and search the Discord for some information, but most main features were pretty easy to pick up and understand while still feeling rewarding when you learn or discover a new mechanic.”
    • “No, I wouldn't recommend this game if you are eyeing it as a builder, or if having to source and eat for a majority of gameplay is not your thing.”
    • “I prefer casual gameplay with avoidable challenge.”
    • “It's well made and has few critical bugs considering how many different complex ways there are to craft things (mostly just annoyances like the walls not being see-through on approach and the sand wall not keeping out the worms, or awkward carrying mechanics).”

  • story

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The story missions provide helpful guidance but lack charm and some content is locked behind progression, which can be frustrating. However, the ability to create personal goals and repeat easier quests adds enjoyable flexibility and enhances the overall experience.

    • “The missions for ages are pretty cool, although I do dislike that some things are locked behind progression, such as all forms of farming.”
    • “Also, being able to repeat "easy" quests that re-appear on your list to progress allows you to bypass lengthier and harder to do quests.”
    • “Other than that, I love what the quests and missions add to the game.”
    • “Third, the instructions and missions are helpful, but they lack any real charm.”
    • “Also, being able to repeat 'easy' quests that re-appear on your list to progress allows you to bypass lengthier and harder-to-do quests.”

  • graphics

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The graphics are praised for their cozy, appealing art style that enhances the game's ambient atmosphere. Players appreciate the visual mood and note the developers' responsiveness to feedback, contributing to an enjoyable experience.

    • “Graphics and ambiance are so cozy.”
    • “Love the graphics and the ambient atmosphere.”
    • “The art style is really nice and the dev team listens to suggestions and bug fixes on their Discord pretty regularly.”

  • music

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, -25% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The music is highly praised, especially the opening track, which is considered exceptional. Recent additions have improved the overall experience, though some users note a lack of variation in game music during gameplay.

    • “The music at the start is one of the best I have ever heard.”
    • “The newly added music makes the overall experience much better now.”
    • “Some changes in game music are missing, which would be nice or isn't intended currently.”
    • “During the beginning, there was no music in the menu or at the end of a life.”
    • “Some changes in the game music are missing, which would be nice or aren't intended currently.”

  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game is praised for its beautiful art, animation, and sound design, which combine with engaging systems and core gameplay to create a highly replayable and rewarding experience. Its tension-filled yet captivating game loop keeps players coming back.

    • “In Next Life is a beautiful game with gorgeous art and animation and has a very interesting and replayable game loop!”
    • “The art, animation, sound design, systems, and core gameplay all merge together to make a very replayable, sometimes tense but beautiful and rewarding game!”

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users praise the game’s atmosphere for its immersive ambient sounds and impressive graphics, which together create a captivating and engaging environment.

    • “Love the graphics and the ambient atmosphere.”

  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is noted for having engaging missions, but some players are frustrated by key features like farming being locked behind progression, which can limit early gameplay variety.

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In Next Life is a open world role playing game with fantasy and historical themes. Common tags for In Next Life include free to play, indie, 2.5d, life sim, crafting and others.

In Next Life is available on PC, Mac OS, Phone, iPad and others.

In Next Life was released on February 11, 2026.

In Next Life was developed by Dual Decade.

In Next Life has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked In Next Life for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

In Next Life is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Draconia, The Wild Eight, Sapiens, Eco, CryoFall and others.