Our Life: Beginnings and Always

Our Life: Beginnings and Always is a nostalgic, choice-driven visual novel and life-sim that lets you create a character and follow their development across multiple life stages, with romantic and intimate content presented only during the game's adult segments while earlier periods emphasize personal growth and non-romantic experiences.

Key Features

In Our Life: Beginnings and Always you can customize name, appearance, and pronouns (he, she, they), make decisions that shape friendships, career paths, and later relationships, and explore four distinct life periods that show changing priorities over time. The narrative totals roughly 397,000 words, providing an estimated 16–24 hours of story-driven play and strong replay value. Accessibility options include adjustable font styles and sizes, and a voiced-name add-on that can optionally pronounce your chosen name.

Advantages

The game treats emotional topics with care, allowing players to experience a range of feelings—sadness, anger, stress, and comfort—in narrative contexts. Deep customization supports gradual identity development across the story, and the core main story is available free-to-play so you can sample the experience before deciding on optional expansions. Long, character-focused storytelling rewards multiple playthroughs and experimentation with different choices.

Disadvantages

Some additional scenes are available through optional paid DLCs, so players seeking every extra moment may incur additional cost. The title includes mature language, crude humor, and suggestive material that appear in adult portions of the story; the game carries an age rating and is intended for mature audiences. The substantial length may feel like a large time commitment for players seeking short sessions, and the central narrative focuses on a small cast and a primary relationship arc, which may not suit players who prefer multiple romance leads or a larger ensemble.

Development Team

Developed by a small indie team and supported by a community of backers, the creators continue to expand the game through optional expansions and supporter programs that offer sneak peeks, bonus art, and exclusive extras, and they maintain regular updates and player communication.

Version Information

Our Life: Beginnings and Always provides the full main story for free, with optional paid DLCs available (three initial expansions priced at $3.99 each and a fourth expansion at $2.99). A voiced-name expansion is offered as a free add-on, and the game totals roughly 397,000 words of narrative content with an estimated 16–24 hours of playtime.