# Play This Life: Legacy Edition — user reviews > 94 indexed App Store user reviews of Play This Life by LUCK-IT, rated 4.00/5 from 71 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/play-this-life-legacy-edition/id1633869557/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/play-this-life-legacy-edition/id1633869557.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 36 · 4★ 17 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 7 ## What do users think of Play This Life? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Engaging life simulation gameplay with high replayability - ✨ Detailed and realistic character descriptions - 🔄 Frequent updates adding new content and features - 🏠 Unique multi-generational legacy system - 🌍 Diverse location-based gameplay mechanics - 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family and relationship building mechanics - ♿ Accessibility features for visually impaired users - 🎨 Creative character portrait system - 📱 Better than comparable games like BitLife - 🎪 Dollhouse freeplay mode for experimentation **Cons** - ⏰ Time system moves too quickly, limiting actions per year - 💰 Housing and property costs are prohibitively expensive - 😞 High difficulty curve leading to frequent early deaths - 👶 Children frequently taken away by social services - 💔 Extremely difficult to find romantic partners and marry - 👨‍💼 Limited job options and difficult job acquisition - 🎓 Unclear requirements for education and career progression - 🚫 Cannot customize character appearance at game start - 💸 Premium version lacks promised features over free version - 🔄 Generational skip forces restart instead of continuing as child - 😔 High suicide and depression rates in gameplay - 🏚️ Characters frequently become homeless despite efforts - 🐛 Frequent glitches and technical issues - 🔊 No audio settings or mute option available **Commonly reported bugs** - Children not accompanying parent when moving internationally - Disease cure triggering false betrayal accusations - Characters not graduating university despite attending classes - Job purchase error - money deducted but house not obtained - Donor egg/sperm feature causing errors preventing generation continuation - Game progressing time automatically without user input - Expulsion from school without clear reason or instructions - Children disappearing from home tab after age 6 - Game not saving progress properly - Glitchy character portrait generation - Inconsistent relationship status with parents - Missing siblings not appearing in family tree - Unclear gift-giving mechanic - Job application system not functioning properly - Inheritance system not working as intended **Most requested features** - Ability to pass wealth directly to children instead of grandchildren - Loan system for financial assistance - Character customization at game start (appearance, gender, wealth) - Crime career paths (thief, assassin, police officer) - Business ownership and entrepreneurship mechanics - House remodeling and improvement features - Travel and exchange programs without permanent relocation - Royalty and nobility career paths - Pet ownership and breeding system - Modeling and acting career options - Dating app for easier partner matching - Adoption center feature - More mental health conditions (autism, ADHD, anxiety, trauma) - Therapy and mental health treatment options - Ability to see nieces and nephews - Private and elite school options - More time per year or unlimited time for premium version - Year-skip button for faster progression - Action counter showing remaining actions per year - Clearer profile pictures with eye color details - More diverse career options beyond science-focused jobs - Easier fitness and health improvement mechanics - Better age-appropriate social event matching - Improved inheritance system from grandparents - War and country conflict mechanics - Custom life creation mode - Automatic translation for non-English speakers - Settings menu for music and sound control ## Newest reviews (17 of 94) ### 3/5 — Love the idea! *2026-08-20* This game is great and the art style is really good! I just wish we had more time each year to do more things. It feels so difficult to develop a great relationship with your whole family without sacrificing school time. Also it feels basically impossible to find a partner that doesn’t end up leaving you as soon as you date them. I’ve played so many times and I’ve never succeeded at romantic relationships. Maybe it’s just a me issue but other than that I love the way the game looks and the updates that are being added to the game. :) **Developer response:** Thanks for playing Play This Life, halibcat! As with real life, there's always someone out there who truly loves you, who will never leave you, no matter what. You just have to find them first and not waste time with those who don't care. Hope this helps 😉 ### 3/5 — Would like customization at start and keep our wealth *2026-08-01* 1. I don’t want to start over on wealth when character dies, sure we pick their children to live next as but even then getting it back is not likely due to less chance of inheriting it back, having to get all that money back is a hassle would prefer all of our money was given to our pick of who to continue our life as. 2. We need slots to have multiple saves of our lives. 3. The character’s face/customization needs an update which is possible now if you all hire an artist or use AI. 4. We also need a guide book or article that explains everything in game/how to fix something. 5. Would love to pick our starting funds, etc. at start of game as well not randomized as people who like this genre loved customization(what family we are born into rich or poor or inbetween, what country, etc.) **Developer response:** Thanks for playing Play This Life, NightimeOwl-Girl! Yes, we will be adding customisation of physical attributes in the next update. For wealth level and country of birth, you can make the play people of your previous lives work towards become wealthy and move them to the country you desire to make all your dreams come true 😉 ### 4/5 — Love this game, amazing *2026-07-28* I really enjoy playing this game daily, I just wish the last update was better like the better deaths update and the love game update those were amazing. I wish we could have more faces and hairstyles also more knowledge into backgrounds is cool, also more dialogue and surprises ### 3/5 — Male based game *2026-07-01, version 1.0.39* This app is soo good but you should add to at least be able to be a female since we paid for the game, I just feel like every time I get a character it’s a male and the females are never very wealthy. I just feel like it’s male based it’s a very good game tho I just hate having to be on the game for hours tryna be a very wealthy girl. ### 4/5 — Great game *2026-06-21* Oh my gosh words can’t explain how obsessed I am with this game. Y’all are so creative with these updates and adding new things to this life simulator game the other games don’t include. And I love how y’all aren’t money hungry please don’t you ever become money hungry, like you guys added ed, the new update with the NPC’s may become blind deaf, physically disabled, and our characters can end up that way and we can also become caregivers to those who are like, I just love that you guys add things that people actually go through instead of making the whole game a freaking fairytale because a lot of life simulators do that and I don’t like that. I’m like “please be realistic with this stuff. Don’t try to make it a freaking fairytale.” But I do have one thing I think you guys should suggest us being allowed to pass down to our child instead of passing down to our child’s child after death because like one day I got a bunch of money and then I die but before I died, I chose who’s gonna inherit my will, and then I choose my child, but then I move onto the child’s child then I look at the status of the wealth that my child’s child parent, which would be my child. The wealth literally goes from High to low and I get so confused like how much has changed since my character was dead to the point that you spent all my money and all of a sudden we’re poor like I literally built you up from the trenches and you got back to the trenches, so I would really appreciate if y’all could like maybe fix that cause it’s really confusing sometimes. I mean, yes it can be realistic because some people do inherit their parents money and then later on they end up spending it on a bunch of stupid stuff, but I would really like if y’all would allow us to just pass down or like at least have the option to pass down just to your child and not your child’s child just for that reason. **Developer response:** Thanks for loving Play This Life so much, Little emoji! We have noted your suggestion and will keep it in mind for future updates 😊🥰 ### 3/5 — Suggestions *2026-05-22* I really love the game. I be on top of every update. There’s nothing wrong with the game, however, would you guys add like loans? Sometimes I don’t be having enough money saved up for my kids and I can’t pay for their education. It would be nice to have loans to help out with the money situation and you can scruze up that idea and make it fun for the game. Other than that, the game is perfect **Developer response:** Thanks for loving Play This Life, Skye! Yes, we can add loans one day. In the meantime, how about some crime for that extra cash? We've added more crime options in the latest update 😉 ### 5/5 — Don’t sell out! *2026-01-07* We may have lost Instlife , We ain’t losing this one! **Developer response:** Thanks for your support, ShadoW chas3r! Please help tell all your friends about us too 😊 ### 4/5 — Won’t allow generations :(:( *2026-01-05* Great game, though a bit more difficult than I’d expected. Surviving is quite hard and when I try to continue as my child it won’t let me and will create a whole new random life. Aside from that though it’s a good game. **Developer response:** Thanks for playing Play This Life, Spoonz&forx! After your previous life ends, it is actually your next parent that you are selecting to be born to. Thus you get born as their child, not them, which is why it is always a whole new life. You can still play with the same family for generations that way 🤓 ### 5/5 — Legal *2025-12-09* Vale a pena! **Developer response:** Obrigada por adorar Play This Life, Jessica! Conte para todos os seus amigos! 🤓 ### 5/5 — Wow. *2025-11-28, version 1.0.28* you know I never give reviews, but you’ve guys recently have given great updates on the game and I love the realism and description in detail and everything!! keep up the good work! ### 5/5 — suggestion *2025-10-02, version 1.0.26* i really feel as if yall should add pets ! a pet store like dogs cats etc and have them to where you can build relationships with r hen and they can breed to have puppies ### 3/5 — It’s cool *2025-10-02* It would be nice if we could customize our character’s and spouse’s skin and hair and eyes at anytime in game, and customize wealth we are born into as a included feature for those who paid premium, oh and what country we are born into as well. Please consider adding it as a feature, thank you for listening and enjoy your day! **Developer response:** Thanks for playing Play This Life, NightimeOwl-Girl! Yes, we will be adding customisation of physical attributes in the next update. For wealth level and country of birth, you can make the play people of your previous lives work towards become wealthy and move them to the country you desire to make all your dreams come true 😉 ### 4/5 — Avatar update *2025-09-14, version 1.0.25* I love it but can we choose our own genetics ??? Maybe a little more time in the lifespan ???😭 other than that I’m addicted I find myself locked in for hours!!! ### 4/5 — Good *2025-08-31, version 1.0.25* It’s pretty good it just need a few more updates and things in the game and it would be perfect. Start adding things like Bitlife not fully like Bitlife but like them and don’t make it where you got to pay for the things. ### 4/5 — Pretty good but 1 suggestion *2025-08-27, version 1.0.25* We should be able to see nieces and nephews too but other than that this is definitely worth the purchase ### 5/5 — Super fun - gr8 updates *2025-08-10* 100% better than BitLife in every way. They release actual content that builds onto existing mechanics. The 'dollhouse' option is also a really good addition for freeplay. The character portraits sometimes look a little goofy but I think it adds charm ‼️‼️ it isn't a corporate shill like most games on the AppStore. **Developer response:** Thanks for loving Play This Life, Jodoo12! We're just trying to build the game of our dreams here and so super happy to see you enjoying it too 😁 ### 4/5 — Questions and updates *2025-07-16* This is a good game, but I have a couple questions to ask. Every time it’s difficult to get jobs I look at the suggestions I need to get and I try to do those things but it’s very hard to get the part-time and the full-time jobs I want, even if I get the required education And even if I have a part-time job, it says I still need one year or a degree but it doesn’t specify what degree and what job I need for a certain amount of years. Also, it’s very very hard to find partners and to get married and to have children. The game is always showing all the things. My closest character friends are doing, but I always end up homeless or poor and if not that then just mostly end up focusing on my career, even if I try to find partners, even if I try to be more extroverted, it doesn’t help because I always end up an introvert so what suggestions would you have? Also, it doesn’t help that the house is for property sale and for rent are quite expensive and it takes a lot of time just to get one apartment so what do you think I should do? **Developer response:** Hi Alyal4, thank you for loving Play This Life, your appreciation definitely makes us code faster! To answer your questions: The clock is on the upper right corner of the game, next to "Life Log". For cheaper housing options, you could try living in hostels or hotels, or get free shelter by moving in with friends and family. For higher odds of pregnancies, as with real life, try making a baby at a younger age, with younger partners, and the odds of having a baby will increase tremendously. Hope these help! 😊 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Depressing and kinda horrible *2026-08-09* Every single character I have played as has gotten sick and died or become depressed and end themselves. If I knew that this would happen in 98% of the games played I would’ve never purchased the bonus pack. No matter how rich they become, no matter how well they do in school, EVERY SINGLE GAME HAS SOMEONE TRAUMATIZE MY PLAYER AND THEN THEY’RE JUST UNHAPPY FOR THE REST OF IT. It’s frustrating and I keep having them do fun things like concerts, socializing, eating fine dining, going to therapy, etc. and none of it ever matters because they just get depressed and die. ### 1/5 — Dollhouse *2024-10-18, version 1.0.18* Would give 5 stars but when i play dollhuse mod j dont live till i am 100 i die around when i am 20-30 ### 1/5 — I paid for this? *2024-06-05* I decided to get this version so I could have big families and everything but each time I die and try to play as one of my children, it starts me with a random life. Not worth the money, is a scam. **Developer response:** Hi Ysaroi, all next lives are the lives of the children of the person you selected when choosing who to be your next parent. It won't be the life of the parent itself. In any case, thanks for trying Play This Life! ### 1/5 — Waste of money, I requested a refund *2024-04-25* The only difference between this game and the free version, is that it doesn't contain ads. Everything else it promises doesn't work, not to mention it's glitchy. If this game actually kept it's promises (like letting you continue through the generations), I'd give it 5 stars (even with the glitches), because it's really challenging! **Developer response:** Hi NotYourSoup, we've added more differences in recent updates. You may try updating the game for the updated experience. Thanks for trying Play This Life! ### 1/5 — Dont get this. *2024-01-04, version 1.0.10* Game does not save progress. You cannot get jobs you applied for. 6th life where my person was suicidal - couldnt get a job in any of these lives. The job options are like 5 options. No way to make money. ### 1/5 — DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS *2023-05-04, version 1.0.06* GAME IS ABSOLUTELY TRASH, DOESNT MAKE SENSE MOST OF THE TIME, I RECOMMEND PUTTING YOUR MONEY TOWARDS BITLIFE BECAUSE AT LEAST ITS MORE FUN AND UNDERSTANDABLE! THEY DONT EVEN HAVE A SETTINGS SO YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE TRASHY INTRO MUSIC, I WOULD RATHER POUR BLEECH INTO MY EARS THEN LISTEN TO IT AGAIN! ### 1/5 — Why? *2023-01-05, version 1.0.04* Impossibly hard and nothing good will ever happen to you in this game. No matter how hard you work you will never get the scholarship, a job or have any success ever. To the developers I say… who hurt you? ### 1/5 — Can’t progress *2022-08-25* Have tried several times and haven’t made it past mid 30s, due to dying by being mauled by a dog, sars and other random stuff again and again **Developer response:** Hi Patrick, thanks for playing Play This Life! The odds of death are randomised so play more to experience different lives. ### 2/5 — Question and disapointed *2026-07-02* Why you Said you could Create your own lineage, i cant even do that we dont even get to choose the country or anything. **Developer response:** Hi HOX99, don't fret, you can choose your country in your next life by moving to it in your previous life. Basically anything you want in your next life, you will have to work for it in your previous life by moving, suggesting names, marrying people with a certain look, becoming wealthy, etc. Hope that helps! 🤓 ### 2/5 — Problems faced by Arab players *2026-04-09, version 1.0.34* Hello it is a good game and I enjoy it very much but there is a problem facing me which kills the fun and it is not Arabic language for the application and I hope that the game developer adds the Arabic language And thank you for this game ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Some things I would like to see *2026-08-18* The game is great and while I do enjoy the bully update, I feel like nobody ever protects me, but when I do it people protect others from me. I might just not have a strong enough relationship with people. But I feel like there should be a relationship update where other people can ask you to be their friends or we should be able to talk to classmates/coworkers before deciding to make them our friend. Parents in countries where arranged marriages are common should also try to give us a marriage, especially if we’re in a village where everyone knows everyone. I also wish fame was easier to attain and there were more ways to get famous. Modeling, doing sports, and making getting an acting job easier. It is a little annoying when you have the exact skill sets for a job and it just doesn’t show up in the job menu. I feel like at least 2 jobs should show up every year with your skill set, but this doesn’t mean they have to have good pay or good hours or even accept us. Just would make applying for the job we want easier. **Developer response:** Thanks for loving Play This Life, justinbiebersmaingf123! We have tried to fix the bug you mentioned in the latest update. Kindly update to see if that stops it. And an adoption update will be here soon so stay tuned! 🤓 ### 5/5 — Great example of a mobile life sim *2026-08-14* I don’t usually write reviews, but I felt I needed to for this game, I have had this game since 2023 and can confidently say it’s only gotten better. There are a few bugs here and there, but it’s still a great game I adore the mechanics and being able to be born in nearly any country, my experiences are never the exact same and I love that! **Developer response:** Wow, since 2023? Thanks for loving Play This Life so much, Joey! We can promise you it will only get even better, so stay tuned 🤓 ### 5/5 — Game is amazing! *2026-07-26* Just wanted to start off with the fact your game is great and I love the difficulty of it. Makes it feel like I’m actually playing with life. However, there is this small bug that I only run into sometimes. It stops me from gaining money and losing money, but labels me as dirt poor even if I have a lot of money. My yearly expenditures are replaced with NaN$ I’m not sure what that means. That’s the only issue I really run into. Everything is great though! I wish we could adopt children though. I hate paying 200k for a surrogate and it just doesn’t work out lol **Developer response:** Thanks for loving Play This Life, justinbiebersmaingf123! We have tried to fix the bug you mentioned in the latest update. Kindly update to see if that stops it. And an adoption update will be here soon so stay tuned! 🤓 ### 5/5 — Need help! *2026-05-23* I love this game! I’m always looking forward to your updates!! I can’t find where to go to perform criminal actions? I need some help haha :) **Developer response:** Thanks for loving Play This Life, J! To be a criminal, either you have to be rebellious enough to know where to go look for illegal jobs to apply for, or, in the latest update, you can just go out and commit crimes on your own whenever. Hope that helps 🤓 ### 5/5 — amazing game!! *2026-05-20, version 1.0.36* it is absolutely wonderful, but I look like the option for us to be singers or Olympic athletes I feel that could be very fun. Very good game. Keep up the great work. ### 5/5 — Pass down to children directly *2026-03-25* I loveee this game, it’s one of my favorite life sims out and I’ve been playing since the beginning. The only thing I wish for and have been wishing for is being able to pass on to my child and not my grandchildren, it’s impossible to keep and pass on wealth that way and I hate having to constantly restart my wealth or hope I get a good inheritance from the money I made in my last life . **Developer response:** Hi KKKK161202, thanks for loving Play This Life! We have noted your feedback, have reduced how much time it takes to make friends and work in the latest update, and will continue to try to add more time in the game in future updates. In the meantime, your play people can visit or hire time-saving services like fast food joints, laundromats, nannies, etc to get more time as it is. Hope that helps! ### 5/5 — Promising game! *2026-02-26* Keep up the good work and I bet this will be something really neat! Also you may want to change the name of the app, “legacy edition” usually implies that this is an older or discontinued version of the app in English, it kind of confused me when I was buying it. Otherwise it’s been a fun game so far! **Developer response:** Thanks for loving Play This Life, Sean! And thank you for your feedback! It will be kinda hard to change the game name right now but we will certainly keep your comment in mind for future games 🤓 ### 5/5 — Retiro o que eu disse!! *2026-02-13* Muito bom, está melhorando a cada atualização. Tem alguns bugs é claro, por exemplo: Quando eu vou curar um personagem de alguma doença, por algum motivo ele começa a falar que eu traí ele? Aconteceu umas 3 vezes. Quando eu me mudo para algum lugar fora do país, as crianças não vêm junto por algum motivo? Depois elas me odeiam e eu nem sei como arrumar isso. Outra coisa, dando ideias: Queria poder viajar ou fazer intercâmbio, sem ter que se mudar completamente pra outro lugar. Também queria poder virar um policial ou ate mesmo ladrão ou assassino, mas só to passando uma ideia. O jogo grátis é bom, mas incompleto e muito difícil, principalmente por causa do sistema de tempo, que o jogo pago tem a opção de desabilitar, o que faz sentido. No fim, esse jogo é muito bom e graças às atualizações constantes, está ficando cada vez melhor. Outra coisa importante: eu sei falar e entender inglês, mas muitas pessoas do Brasil não sabem e para conseguir atrair mais jogadores, é necessário ter mais acessibilidade. Seria possível colocar uma tradução automática e ir melhorando aos poucos? Estou torcendo por seu sucesso. English Version: It’s a good game and it’s getting better with each update. There are some bugs of course, for example: When I’m going to cure a character of some disease, for some reason he starts saying that I betrayed him? It happened about 3 times. When I move somewhere out of the country, the children don’t come along for some reason? Then they hate me and I don’t even know how to fix it. Another thing, giving ideas: I wish I could travel or do an exchange, without having to move completely to another place. I also wish I could become a policeman or even a thief or murderer, but I’m just passing on an idea. The free game is good, but incomplete and very difficult, mainly because of the time system, which the paid game has the option to disable, which makes sense. In the end, this game is very good and thanks to the constant updates, it is getting better and better. Another important thing: I can speak and understand English, but many people from Brazil don’t know and to be able to attract more players, it is necessary to have more accessibility. Would it be possible to put an automatic translation and improve it little by little? I’m rooting for your success. **Developer response:** Olá LaBelleEpok, obrigado por jogar Play This Life! Infelizmente, as coisas são muito caras onde moramos, então é difícil encontrar algo mais barato. No entanto, certamente faremos o possível para que valha cada centavo! Para saber mais sobre como jogar Play This Life, você pode conferir nossas postagens nas redes sociais ou perguntar para nós ou para seus colegas jogadores lá. Tentaremos responder a todas as suas perguntas sempre que pudermos, então pergunte! 😉 ### 5/5 — Things i’d love to see *2026-01-29* I love this game , and all the recent updates have been amazing. However I do wish we could start businesses , and remodel houses of just improve them in general or work as an adult film start and in general have more ways to become famous. Or the ability to end up in jail. Or even to be royalty **Developer response:** Hi janv333, in the last update, we've added a Dollhouse mode option in settings that turns off auto-ageing. Hopefully that helps! We've also noted your other wishes for consideration during future updates. Thanks for loving Play This Life! ### 5/5 — Amazing just needs a little improvement *2026-01-27, version 1.0.31* Half of Everything about the game is good but when I’m a actor it’s super hard for me to get good roles other then that the game is great better then BitLife that’s for sure keep it up --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*