Fit check
Is Signs of Life worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want science-fiction survival with platforming and exploration
- Small groups seeking online cooperative survival gameplay
- Sandbox players who enjoy mining, gathering, and crafting equipment
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly linear adventure rather than an open-ended survival sandbox
- Players who prefer realistic settings instead of alien creatures and science-fiction lore
- Players looking for a purely combat-focused game without resource gathering and crafting
Our take on Signs of Life
Its defining structure is the blend of procedurally generated areas with hand-built locations, giving exploration a mixed authored-and-generated format.
What is Signs of Life?
Signs of Life combines platforming, survival, and sandbox exploration on an alien planet.
The world mixes generated areas with locations built by hand. Players investigate mysterious places, extract blocks and resources, hunt and gather materials, and encounter both hostile and non-hostile creatures. Crafting uses ores, materials, and animal organs to produce weapons, armor, gadgets, furniture, and other equipment. The story follows a survivor from the escape pod of the Hephaestus colony ship, accompanied by the malfunctioning artificial intelligence AGIS, after a disastrous mission near the destination planet. Online co-op multiplayer is included, alongside a setting populated by unusual alien life and some familiar creatures.
How Signs of Life plays
- 01Mixed World Generation
- Exploration combines procedurally created areas with locations made by hand.
- 02Resource Gathering
- Mining, hunting, and gathering provide ores, materials, and animal organs for later use.
- 03Equipment Crafting
- Crafting covers weapons, armor, gadgets, furniture, and other items.
- 04Online Cooperative Play
- The game includes multiplayer for online cooperative sessions.
Signs of Life compared to similar games
Signs of Life and Mr. Prepper both combine survival with crafting, but Signs of Life places that loop in a sci-fi platforming sandbox focused on alien exploration, mining, and creature encounters. Mr. Prepper centers on building an underground shelter and preparing for a possible nuclear war while dealing with an authoritarian government.
Signs of Life: platforms & release
Is Signs of Life worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want science-fiction survival with platforming and exploration. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly linear adventure rather than an open-ended survival sandbox.
Where can I download Signs of Life?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Signs of Life's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Signs of Life on?
Windows only.
