In Next Life
Released Feb 2026
An online multiplayer game of crafting, survival, civilization building, and player collaboration. Start in the stone age and live, build, and invent your way to higher civilization. Live and die as well as you can, to gain the experience you need to achieve even more in your next life!
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Not yet
Released, content planned but development status unclear
Low confidence
Content Planned
Development Uncertain
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
In Next Life launched in Early Access and transitioned to a free-to-play 1.0 release on February 11, 2026, as announced by the developer on January 26, 2026. The store description explicitly states that the developer intends to add "at least 1,000 more" craftable objects, which is a concrete commitment to future content.
Throughout its Early Access life, the game received a consistent stream of substantial feature updates: Iron Age content (March 2023), new animals and food systems (May 2023), ocean biomes and fishing (September 2023), family and oath-bonding systems (December 2023), a tech tree overhaul (April 2024), transportation and rideable animals (May 2024), and a climate/temperature system (June 2024). This established a cadence of roughly one major feature update every 2–5 months.
However, the last developer communication of any kind was the June 17, 2024 feature patch. As of October 1, 2026, the developer has been completely silent for over 15 months — well beyond the historical 2–5 month update window. The game formally launched as free-to-play in February 2026 with no accompanying patch notes or developer post, and there has been no communication since. The developer's commitment to add at least 1,000 more objects remains outstanding, but there is no evidence that this work is actively ongoing. The extended silence makes it impossible to confirm whether the promised content is still being developed.
Evidence
Developer announced the game would leave Early Access and become free-to-play on February 11, 2026, with in-game purchases replacing the upfront price.
Climate Changes feature patch — the last developer communication of any kind, as of October 1, 2026. No updates, patches, or announcements have appeared in over 15 months since this date.
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Developer
Publisher
Wereviz AB
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op
About this game
In next Life is a crafting, survival, and civilisation 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 tribe to invent and craft tools and technologies such as fire, baskets, spears, ..., in order to survive easier and to advance to new development stages. Time moves quickly and each game played equals one life, including birth, childhood, adulthood and old age.
The goal of each life is to contribute as much as possible to the survival and development of your tribe, children and future descendants. What you leave behind will be the foundation for others to keep building on. The flint spear you invented one life, could turn out to be the difference between survival and annihilation for your whole civilisation. There are hundreds of objects you can craft, collect, cook, and eat. We intend to add at least 1,000 more during the Early Access period.
You start most lives as a baby, who has to have help from adults to survive the first few minutes. Then you age and become an adult yourself (and may have other players as children). If you are skillful, you may be able to live until old age before you die. If not, then you can just try again. This is a survival game where it is fine to die now and then (sometimes your tribe's survival may depend on your sacrifice...). You can always experience more "In Next Life"!
In the grand scheme of things, you are an immortal spirit who loves everything about mortal life and wants to learn and experience as much as possible. You start by living the early stages of (almost) human civilisation, then as your skills and knowledge grows, new ages will open up. No matter what stage of civilisation you find yourself at, it will always be valuable to collaborate with other players. That's how you and the tribe you are part of evolve most efficiently. The experiences you gain while living accumulate over all your lives, and will allow you to improve your crafting skills and become a more valuable tribe member.
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Last evaluated Oct 1, 2026
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