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Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Deserving Life is a room-scale virtual reality escape game for the HTC Vive and was developed by students in the Media Technology and Design program at the Hagenberg Campus of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. Can you find a way out of your misery?
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Free To Play · 2017 · More free games
Deserving Life offers a unique room-scale virtual reality experience where you must navigate through your misery to find an escape. Developed by students in the Media Technology and Design program, this free-to-play title invites you to explore and uncover the way out.
About this game
ANNOUNCEMENT:
About the Game
Deserving Life is a room-scale virtual reality escape game for the HTC Vive and was developed by students in the Media Technology and Design program at the Hagenberg Campus of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria.You awake to find yourself chained down in an unfamiliar house. Can you solve all the riddles and find your way to freedom?
Interact with your environment and combine the available resources to overcome each obstacle and find a way out of your misery. Up to eight individual rooms await you, each packed with a series of challenges that were specially designed for the HTC Vive's room-scale features.
You’re alive. But can you escape?
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i5-4590
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Storage: 300 MB available space
- VR Support: SteamVR. Room Scale 2m by 2m area required
Recommended
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel i7-4770
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
- Storage: 300 MB available space
Supported Languages
English, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Bulgarian, Danish, Czech
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Language Update (v1.2)
http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30827318/f89ab745591d30151ddbc5a219ad4d48ff3acc88.jpg New supported languages for Deserving Life! We are pleased to announce part one of our update for supported languages. Special thanks to the translators who made this possible: Danish - Victor Fisker Czech - XzibitusaK Portuguese-Brazil - Marcus Vinicius Santos Spanish - Juan "Psycho Kurt" Buleo Bulgarian - Todor Ilkov And even more languages are on the way! If you find any flaws or mistakes in the translations, please feel free to share your findings in the LANGUAGES THREAD. Thank you for your help! Bug Fixes - Candle can't be taken with you down to the hallway anymore - Fixed a bug where important objects wouldn't teleport back after leaving the playspace. - Fixed a bug where you were able to open the gate in the basement without solving the bullet riddle. - Some minor bug fixesRead full article on Community Announcements (Perry)Patch NotesOfficial
Language Update (v1.2)
http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30827318/f89ab745591d30151ddbc5a219ad4d48ff3acc88.jpg New supported languages for Deserving Life! We are pleased to announce part one of our update for supported languages. Special thanks to the translators who made this possible: Danish - Victor Fisker Czech - XzibitusaK Portuguese-Brazil - Marcus Vinicius Santos Spanish - Juan "Psycho Kurt" Buleo Bulgarian - Todor Ilkov And even more languages are on the way! If you find any flaws or mistakes in the translations, please feel free to share your findings in the LANGUAGES THREAD. Thank you for your help! Bug Fixes - Candle can't be taken with you down to the hallway anymore - Fixed a bug where important objects wouldn't teleport back after leaving the playspace. - Fixed a bug where you were able to open the gate in the basement without solving the bullet riddle. - Some minor bug fixesRead full article on Community Announcements (Perry)AnnouncementsOfficial
SteamVR Home Collectible for Deserving Life
Deserving Life just received a Collectible Item which you can place in your SteamVR Home Environment. Pizza is Life! Check out the kidnappers delicious leftover: http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30827318/2b53ec60d020107d83c035ba318679b9f7095203.png Upcoming Announcement A new patch containing bug fixes and an announcement will follow on the 13th of November. Best Regards!Read full article on Community Announcements (Perry)Patch NotesOfficial
SteamVR Home Collectible for Deserving Life
Deserving Life just received a Collectible Item which you can place in your SteamVR Home Environment. Pizza is Life! Check out the kidnappers delicious leftover: http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30827318/2b53ec60d020107d83c035ba318679b9f7095203.png Upcoming Announcement A new patch containing bug fixes and an announcement will follow on the 13th of November. Best Regards!Read full article on Community Announcements (Perry)AnnouncementsOfficial
Release Today!
Deserving Life has come a long way from an initial student project to a completed Steam release. Because of the fairly short average playtime of only 25 minutes, we have decided to provide the game for free. We hope you enjoy playing it and don't hesitate to reach out to us in the BUG THREAD or create a new thread for questions and other topics.Read full article on Community Announcements (Perry)
