The Use of Life
| App ID | 1483370 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | だらねこげーむず/Daraneko Games |
| Publisher | PLAYISM |
| Franchise | PLAYISM |
| Supported Systems | Windows |
| Technologies | Unity Engine |
| Last Changenumber | 31956700 |
| Last Record Update | 28 October 2025 – 23:49:34 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 21 May 2022 – 11:01:10 UTC ( |
The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG. The main character’s various attachments change in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey.
Additional Information
| Developer | だらねこげーむず/Daraneko Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| controller_support | full | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ReleaseState | released | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | PLAYISM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | 21 May 2022 – 11:01:14 UTC ( |
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| osarch | empty string | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Social Media | https://bsky.app/profile/playismen.bsky.social https://discord.gg/pBKJG5PsVp https://www.facebook.com/PLAYISM https://www.instagram.com/playism_jp/ https://qm.qq.com/q/Tqj2ocx8Us https://space.bilibili.com/476739899 https://www.tiktok.com/@playism_plays https://weibo.com/playismcn https://x.com/daranekogames https://www.youtube.com/@ActiveGamingMedia |
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| Primary Genre | RPG (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Adventure (25), Indie (23), RPG (3), Early Access (70) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steam Release Date | 21 May 2022 – 11:01:10 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 15 July 2025 – 08:03:53 UTC ( |
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| osextended | empty string | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| review_score | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| review_percentage | 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detected Technologies (?) | Unity Engine, cURL SDK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Early Access Release Date | 21 May 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC ( |
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| First seen on SteamDB | 23 November 2020 – 08:37:47 UTC ( |
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Supported Languages
| 4 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles |
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| Japanese | Yes | Yes | |
| Simplified Chinese | Yes | Yes | |
| Traditional Chinese | Yes | Yes | |
| English | Yes | Yes |
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| trailer_name | New PV 2024 EN |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 257066990/movie480_vp9.webm |
| video/mp4 | 257066990/movie480.mp4 |
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| video/webm | 257066990/movie_max_vp9.webm |
| video/mp4 | 257066990/movie_max.mp4 |
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| video/webm | 1483370/774742/71a54ee8550d1023b3ceaeef85bb56f4e229f357/1750993631/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 1483370/774742/71a54ee8550d1023b3ceaeef85bb56f4e229f357/1750993631/microtrailer.mp4 |
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| dash_av1 | 1483370/774742/71a54ee8550d1023b3ceaeef85bb56f4e229f357/1750993631/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 1483370/774742/71a54ee8550d1023b3ceaeef85bb56f4e229f357/1750993631/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 1483370/774742/71a54ee8550d1023b3ceaeef85bb56f4e229f357/1750993631/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 257066990/8d7e61a83995497e76a418bb75fa02d7146f8ec8/movie_600x337.jpg |
| screenshot_full | 257066990/8d7e61a83995497e76a418bb75fa02d7146f8ec8/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 21 October 2024 – 02:47:25 UTC |
User File System
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| quota | 9.54 MiB (10000000) | ||||||||
| maxnumfiles | 1 | ||||||||
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Save File Locations
Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.
Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.
| Platform | Path | Pattern |
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| [All OSes] | [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/TheUseOfLife/TheUseOfLife_Data/ | savedata.json |