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Strange Scaffold · Published by Frosty Pop, Strange Scaffold · Official site ↗
Very Positive — 84% positive (386 reviews) · 11 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
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£6.39
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4 Sept 2026Lowest: £6.39 · Highest: £6.399 Oct 2026
Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy · 2024 · More £5 - £15 games
In Life Eater, you must navigate the dark fantasy world as a kidnapper, making difficult choices that affect others while hoping to appease an uncertain deity.
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About the Game
Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator. Play as a modern-day druid living in suburbia, holding down a dead-end job to pay for your true vocation: conducting the annual ritual that keeps the world from ending.To delay the end of the world, you must sacrifice a number of specific - but vaguely-described - human beings every year. Use a video editing-inspired interface to discover the story of your victims' lives, one schedule block at a time. Pry into the most intimate details of your targets' schedules, and when the time is right: abduct them before the authorities can find your lair. Time is short and your list of names is long. Choose your options wisely... and pray that the dark god you serve is even real.
Features:
- Use an innovative "timeline" interface for a new kind of analog horror game.
- Get to know the unsuspecting targets of your town, intimately.
- Replayable blend of authored and generated stories.
- Fully voiced story mode featuring Xalavier Nelson Jr. and Jarret Griffis.
- Original atmospheric soundscape from David Mason, the composer of DREDGE.
- An additional Endless mode, featuring decades of procedurally-generated targets.
System Requirements
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Minimum:
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD 2.5 GHz or superior
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any DirectX 11 or 12 compatible card
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Supported Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Controller Hotfix (v1.3.12)
Hello all, just a quick patch for players using gamepad. All organs can now be selected using navigational controls during the ritual. Life Eater Patch v1.3.12 Notes Fixed issue with controller navigation getting blocked during ritual.Read full article on Community Announcements (the.timothy.joseph)AnnouncementsOfficial
Endless Mode Has Been Unlocked
With this update, you can live in the world of Life Eater forever. Fulfill the requests of your dark god... until you fail. Collect ZEAL by systematically analyzing the lives of your targets and breaking down every detail of their procedurally-generated schedules. Get the highest score possible in your own personal gauntlet of nightmares, courtesy of Zimforth. Good luck. Patch Notes for Endless Mode: Life Eater Patch v1.3.10 Notes Endless Mode has been unlocked Endless leaderboard has been added to the main menu to track your top 5 local runs Profiles have been unlocked for separate story progression and identifying Endless runs The amount of hours of sleep to consider for Watering the Flower is now different for each target Game font size is now adjustable More general UI tweaks and fixes Life Eater Patch v1.3.11 Notes Corrected music track for Endless Reduced maximum font size (If you've seen this announcement before, shh no you haven't. The purple light tricked you!)Read full article on Community Announcements (the.timothy.joseph)Patch NotesOfficial
Endless Mode Has Been Unlocked (v1.3.10)
With this update, you can live in the world of Life Eater forever. Fulfill the requests of your dark god... until you fail. Collect ZEAL by systematically analyzing the lives of your targets and breaking down every detail of their procedurally-generated schedules. Get the highest score possible in your own personal gauntlet of nightmares, courtesy of Zimforth. Good luck. Life Eater Patch v1.3.10 Notes Endless Mode has been unlocked Endless leaderboard has been added to the main menu to track your top 5 local runs Profiles have been unlocked for separate story progression and identifying Endless runs The amount of hours of sleep to consider for Watering the Flower is now different for each target Game font size is now adjustable More general UI tweaks and fixes Edit Note: This announcement has been reposted in the correct category so that everyone could see it. Apologies for the doubling, and thank you for playing Life Eater!Read full article on Community Announcements (the.timothy.joseph)Patch NotesOfficial
Update #2 (v1.2.4)
Hello loyal servants of Zimforth! We have a quick patch for you as we approach the release of the Endless Mode coming next week. Today's update includes an expansion to how Watering the Flower functions, as well as several quality-of-life improvements. Life Eater Patch v1.2.4 Notes A setting has been added to toggle off the "TV Static" effect, which can improve recorded video sizes and streaming quality The specific organs required for each step of the Ritual are now different for each target The first step of the Ritual has been expanded to include an alternate organ Clicking standard revealed blocks will now zoom to focus on that block Many general UI tweaks and fixesRead full article on Community Announcements (the.timothy.joseph)Patch NotesOfficial
Update #1 (v1.1.0)
Hello everyone, we have some updates to aid you in your continued service to Zimforth! Life Eater Patch v1.1.0 Notes Gamepad is now fully supported Several improvements to UI and navigation Strikes no longer fully reset Suspicion meter Downtime actions have been rebalanced New tutorial buttons have been added Performance and memory have been improvedRead full article on Community Announcements (the.timothy.joseph)
