Underplayed Gems

Life is Paine (2022)

Life is Paine cover
Developer
Jonas Autenrieth
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Indie
Rating
3.7 of 5, 15 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 2.5 hours
Where to get it
Steam
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

It's a gentle, joke-heavy point-and-click adventure where you slowly piece together solutions and chat with odd characters, all while the game's handmade, colorful art and light logic puzzles keep things feeling playful rather than tense.

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What players say

Players praise its humor and inspiration from classic German point-and-click adventures, but consistently warn it is very short, ends abruptly, and has bugs or missing voice lines. Some reviewers were softlocked and could not finish.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.