Life Tastes Like Cardboard overview

Demensa | Sep 22, 2019 | game

Released

1players observed · 23 September 2026 - 12:12:57 UTC

Indie Emotional Surreal Dark Walking Simulator Steam Store

Latest observed players1 · 23 September 2026 - 12:12:57 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak2
Units sold (VGI)12,184
Revenue (VGI)No data available
Review score95% positive

Life Tastes Like Cardboard dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

Latest observed players1 · 23 September 2026 - 12:12:57 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak2
Units sold (VGI)12,184
Revenue (VGI)No data available
Review score95% positive
Total reviews325
Release dateSep 22, 2019
DeveloperDemensa
PublisherDemensa

Genres: Indie

Company pages: Developer: Demensa Publisher: Demensa

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Game overview

Overview

Life Tastes Like Cardboard comes from Demensa and is published by Demensa. It arrived on Steam on Sep 22, 2019, and it sits naturally among Single-player and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Life Tastes Like Cardboard's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 1 players at 23 September 2026 - 12:12:57 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 95% positive across 325 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Life Tastes Like Cardboard is available in 1 languages including:

English

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Platform	Type	OS	Processor	Memory	Graphics	Storage
Windows	Minimum	Not listed	Not listed	2 GB RAM	I developed this using Intel HD Graphics 2000, so as long as you have a graphics card, that isn't completely ancient, you should be ok.	2 GB available space
Windows	Recommended	Not listed	Not listed	4 GB RAM	Not listed	Not listed

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Life Tastes Like Cardboard has sold up to 12,184 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Life Tastes Like Cardboard overview details

Life Tastes Like Cardboard combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

A game about boredom and self-pity. It's about myself mostly. You walk around and press the 'interact' button. This is my first game. Sorry.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Life Tastes Like Cardboard is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 1 players at 23 September 2026 - 12:12:57 UTC, a tracked peak of 2, and 95% positive reviews.

Overview facts

Field	Value
Game	Life Tastes Like Cardboard
Steam App ID	1114090
Type	game
Release date	Sep 22, 2019
Developer	Demensa
Publisher	Demensa
Price	Free to play
Platforms	Windows
Genres	Indie
Categories	Single-player, Family Sharing
Supported languages	English
Website	Not available

Player and review overview

Metric	Value
Latest observed players	1 · 23 September 2026 - 12:12:57 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak	2
Positive reviews	310
Negative reviews	15
Total reviews	325
Positive percent	95%
Review type	Very Positive
Recommendations	Not available
Average playtime	343 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

Field	Value
Steam release date	Sep 22, 2019
Official Steam feed update (UTC)	Not available
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)	23 September 2026 - 12:12:57 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)	23 September 2026 - 12:12:57 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)	23 September 2026 - 12:12:57 UTC

Overview tags

Indie Emotional Surreal Dark Walking Simulator Experimental Abstract Free to Play Psychological Horror Gore

Content descriptors

This game is aimed at mature audiences and deals with topics such as suicide, self-harm and mental illness.

Support and legal notes

Field	Value
Support email	[email protected]
Support URL	Not available
Legal notice	Not available

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

Reference	Link
SteamPulse canonical	https://steampulse.org/game/1114090
Steam Store	https://store.steampowered.com/app/1114090/
Steam Community	https://steamcommunity.com/app/1114090
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IGDB search	Search IGDB for Life Tastes Like Cardboard

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Life Tastes Like Cardboard?

Life Tastes Like Cardboard's latest SteamPulse observation records 1 players at 23 September 2026 - 12:12:57 UTC, with a tracked peak of 2 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 6 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is Life Tastes Like Cardboard growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 0 players; the highest observed daily value is 1 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Life Tastes Like Cardboard?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (52.8%), Canada (6.9%), Germany (2.8%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (43.4%), Canada (6.2%), China (4.1%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (56.1%), Canada (5.6%), China (3.8%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (37.9%), China (6.6%), Canada (5.6%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Life Tastes Like Cardboard?

Life Tastes Like Cardboard currently sits at 95% positive across 325 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 310 positive reviews and 15 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Very Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Life Tastes Like Cardboard have?

Life Tastes Like Cardboard currently has about 303 tracked Steam followers as of 23 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for Life Tastes Like Cardboard?

Life Tastes Like Cardboard is currently listed as free to play on Steam, so there is no paid entry price to compare against an older baseline. SteamPulse still keeps tracking store state, discount fields, and future pricing changes in case that status changes later.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Very Positive

95% positive, 310 positive, 15 negative

Price and discount

Free to play

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Family Sharing

Achievements

Not available

Platform releases

Steam 23 September 2019

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: I developed this using Intel HD Graphics 2000, so as long as you have a graphics card, that isn't completely ancient, you should be ok. Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: A display resolution of at least 1024x768 is highly recommended

Recommended requirements

Recommended: OS *: Windows 7, 8, or 10 Memory: 4 GB RAM Additional Notes: This game was primarily designed for a display resolution of 1920x1080

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