About Short Life
You start off as a tiny blob of a baby, wobbling around with zero sense of coordination or safety. From there you guide your little character through a series of goofy life stages—childhood, teenage years, adulthood and beyond—trying to complete simple tasks before you inevitably croak. It’s surprising how something so short and silly can feel like a mini–life story, with ragdoll physics turning every step, fall and misstep into a slapstick moment that somehow never gets old.
The game offers a couple of ways to play: a story mode that gives you bite-sized goals like crossing a street, taking a test or climbing ladders, and a sandbox mode that basically hands you a toy chest of props and tools to see how far your penchant for mayhem can take you. Want to hurl yourself into a giant sawblade, test out a trampoline’s limits or drive off a cliff in a rusty car? Go for it. There’s no moral high ground here—just wildly unpredictable physics and a delightfully dark sense of humor.
What makes “Short Life” stick in your mind is how each little success or disaster is yours to own. You’ll laugh at the ridiculous ways you can end up face-first in a picnic table, then grin when you manage a perfect skateboard trick without splatting. It’s short, it’s silly and it definitely isn’t realistic, but that’s the whole point: it’s a cheeky reminder that life is fragile, over in a flash and best enjoyed with a side of absurdity.