Deserving Life

Room-scale VR escape game where you wake up in chains

Lukas Paul, Gabriel Mittermair · Published by Deserving Life · Released Oct 13, 2017

Reviews: Very Positive; 81% of 166
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update on Steam: 8 years ago; Nov 13, 2017
Minimum PC: GeForce GTX 970; 8 GB RAM · 0.3 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Deserving Life?

Deserving Life is a free, single-player VR escape game designed for the HTC Vive. Trapped in an unfamiliar house, you work through up to eight rooms, examining your surroundings and combining available objects to solve puzzles and find a way out.

For you if...

+you enjoy observing your surroundings and improvising with found objects

Not for you if...

−you prefer seated play to physically moving around a room

What players say

81% of 166 reviews are positive

Players praise the straightforward puzzles and unsettling atmosphere. They frequently describe the game as very short, and some see its scope as closer to a student project than a full horror game.

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Deserving Life system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 970, 8 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7
Processor: Intel i5-4590
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 300 MB available space

Does Deserving Life have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Deserving Life run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 8
Steam features: Family Sharing, VR
Languages: Text only: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Bulgarian, Danish, Czech.

Does Deserving Life use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam