The Good Life

 Switch
Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 19
  3. Negative: 7 out of 19
  1. CGMagazine
    Nov 11, 2021
    75
    The Good Life is a strange mix of photography-game and life-sim, and while it's not perfect, its flaws are covered by a weirdly charming premise.
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  1. Eurogamer
    Oct 18, 2021
    A surprisingly generous and deep life sim from the mind of Swery, but a frustratingly creaky one too.

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User Score
6.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 3 out of 10
  1. vodkaffee
    Oct 22, 2021
    8
    well i wrote a giant review but it got deleted by some net error; just buy the game, is SWERY, is twin peaks with harvest moon and animorphs.well i wrote a giant review but it got deleted by some net error; just buy the game, is SWERY, is twin peaks with harvest moon and animorphs.
    Comparing it to other SWERY titles i must say this must be his less broken game; no huge load screens or weird car physics; very enjoyable, really smooth tbh.
    also this games haaates you, everything is a troll from swery, and im ok with it.

    EDIT: btw those negative journalistic reviews saying "you never have any money and you starve quick" clearly were only playing the main story for the review; this is not a game to run directly to the main story, is a life sim sandbox a la harvest moon; i have played a lot and is clearly designed to be played this way.
    Take your time, take photos, talk with different merchants.

    And SAVE when u can! this game like similar sims only saves when u go to bed.    … Full Review »
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