Deserving Life
Released Oct 2017
Deserving Life is a room-scale virtual reality escape game for the HTC Vive and was developed by students in the Media Technology and Design program at the Hagenberg Campus of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. Can you find a way out of your misery?
82% positive · 146 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Deserving Life is a free-to-play VR escape game developed as a student project at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. It launched on October 13, 2017 as a finished product, with the developers explicitly noting that development was complete ("a completed Steam release") and that the game was made free due to its short playtime (~25 minutes). A follow-up patch on November 13, 2017 added language support and fixed several bugs, with a note that more language translations were on the way. That November 13, 2017 update is the last recorded developer communication. No further posts, DLC, or content announcements have been made since then. The game was conceived and shipped as a self-contained student project, and there is no indication the developers planned or delivered any additional content beyond those early maintenance patches.
Evidence
Developers announced the game's release, describing it as a completed Steam release evolved from a student project. Made free due to short playtime (~25 minutes).
Version 1.2 patch added language localizations and fixed several bugs. Mentioned more languages on the way, but no content additions announced. Last developer communication on record.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Deserving Life
Achievements
8
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Deserving Life is a room-scale virtual reality escape game for the HTC Vive and was developed by students in the Media Technology and Design program at the Hagenberg Campus of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria.
You awake to find yourself chained down in an unfamiliar house. Can you solve all the riddles and find your way to freedom?
Interact with your environment and combine the available resources to overcome each obstacle and find a way out of your misery. Up to eight individual rooms await you, each packed with a series of challenges that were specially designed for the HTC Vive's room-scale features.
You’re alive. But can you escape?
You awake to find yourself chained down in an unfamiliar house. Can you solve all the riddles and find your way to freedom?
Interact with your environment and combine the available resources to overcome each obstacle and find a way out of your misery. Up to eight individual rooms await you, each packed with a series of challenges that were specially designed for the HTC Vive's room-scale features.
You’re alive. But can you escape?
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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