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Life is a Race

Life is a Race is a simple game which metaphorically depicts the human life as a course to be run as fast as possible. The player must click the left mouse button rapidly to make the on-screen character rush…

20 June 2008

Life is a Race is an arcade developed by Cactus, released 20 June 2008 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Life is a Race is

Life is a Race is an arcade game developed by Cactus and released in 2008. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Life is a Race is a simple game which metaphorically depicts the human life as a course to be run as fast as possible. The player must click the left mouse button rapidly to make the on-screen character rush forward while moving through all the life stages. The goal of the game is to get as low a time as possible.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Life is a Race launched on 20 June 2008, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, GRID (2008) and Battlefield: Bad Company.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, GRID (2008), Battlefield: Bad Company.

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When did Life is a Race come out?
Life is a Race was released on 20 June 2008 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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