Lifeline

3 Minute Games, Inc.

About this game

Lifeline is a playable, branching story of survival against all odds. You will help Taylor make life or death decisions, and face the consequences together.

Acclaimed writer Dave Justus (Fables: The Wolf Among Us) weaves a gripping interactive story through the aftermath of a crash landing on an alien moon. Taylor is stranded, the rest of the crew are dead or missing, and Taylor’s communicator can only reach you.

Lifeline pioneered a new narrative experience enabled by modern devices. This story plays out in real time as Taylor works to stay alive, notifications deliver new messages throughout your day. Keep up as they come in, or catch up later when you’re free.

Or, dive in and jump back to earlier points in the story, and see what happens when you make a different choice. Simple actions can have a profound effect. Complete any single path to restart the story and unlock this mode.

Lifeline is a deep, immersive story of survival and perseverance, with many possible outcomes. Taylor is relying on YOU.

Supports Wear OS!

You can play Lifeline in any of these languages:
English
French
German
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Japanese
Spanish
Korean

Internet connection not required. No in-app purchases and no ads.

Praise for Lifeline:

“I’ve played many games that I find engrossing, but Lifeline may be one of the first that changed the way I thought about my daily routine, which leapt off the screen and became a part of my lived experience.” - Eli Cymet, Gamezebo

“I felt an immediate attachment to a fictional character pinging me from a strange galaxy to my wearable.” - Luke Hopewell, Gizmodo Australia

“For a few brief hours I cared – really cared – about the fate of a completely fictional character. I don’t think any other game I’ve played has made me feel that way before.” - Matt Thrower, PocketGamer

Lifeline was created by:
Dave Justus
Mars Jokela
Dan Selleck
Colin Liotta
Jackie Steege
Wilson Bull
Jason Nowak
Ben “Books” Schwartz

Ratings and reviews

Wow. A fantastic journey over a few days that has plenty of intrigue, development, peril and choice. I came to truly root for Taylor despite his flaws and felt my decisions had real weight as the story unfolded. There were times where I felt torn between choices, almost never felt I didn't like either one. Only criticism is I wish there was a longer wait between messages in some parts (immediately after a choice). Absolutely outstanding example of a great concept done well.

I enjoyed this interactive, real time story. Being forced to wait for messages, as you guide the protagonist, was the right call (albeit fast play and rewind options become available after the first play through). Note it's quite short, you don't have a huge amount of genuine options/alternatives and it's actually quite hard to kill the person you're guiding. Bear this in mind and the limited replayability it means and you won't be disappointed - it's a bit different and good, cheap fun.

This game is fully immersive and fun. You can even rewind again if you want to try and see where the other choices lead you. Finally, a game without ads! You can just follow the journey and experience life in outer space for a while. There is even the option to speed up the game if you don't want to wait for responses, but I found the suspense of waiting added to the authenticity of the main characters' experiences.

What's new

Bug fixes