# Small Life

> video game

**Wikidata**: [Q110537146](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110537146)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/small-life

## Summary
Small Life is an indie video game released on 2021-03-08. It is available as a digital download on itch.io and runs on Microsoft Windows and macOS.

## Key Facts
- Small Life is an instance of a video game.
- Publication date: 2021-03-08.
- Platforms: Microsoft Windows and macOS.
- Distributed by: itch.io.
- Distribution format: digital download.
- itch.io URL: https://yueqiwu.itch.io/small-life
- itch.io numeric ID: 949084.
- Nominated for: Independent Games Festival Award – Best Student Game (point in time: 2022; IGF Awards 2022 nominations).
- Internet Game Database game ID: small-life (qualifier P9043: 189382).
- VGList video game ID: 41820.

## FAQs
### Q: What is Small Life?
A: Small Life is an indie video game. It was published on 2021-03-08 and is distributed digitally via itch.io.

### Q: What platforms does Small Life run on?
A: Small Life runs on Microsoft Windows and macOS. These are the listed supported platforms for the game.

### Q: Where can I download Small Life?
A: Small Life is available on itch.io. The official itch.io page is https://yueqiwu.itch.io/small-life.

### Q: Has Small Life received any awards or nominations?
A: Small Life was nominated for the Independent Games Festival Award – Best Student Game. The nomination is associated with the 2022 IGF Awards nominations.

## Why It Matters
Small Life matters as a documented indie game release with recognized visibility in the independent games ecosystem. Its distribution through itch.io and availability as a digital download place it within a major channel used for publishing and discovering independent titles. The game’s nomination for the Independent Games Festival Award – Best Student Game (2022) is a notable marker of peer and industry attention, since IGF nominations are commonly used to surface emerging creators and student work. From an access standpoint, support for both Microsoft Windows and macOS broadens potential reach across two major desktop operating system families. In knowledge bases and game catalogs, Small Life is also significant because it is cross-referenced via multiple identifiers (e.g., itch.io numeric ID, Internet Game Database ID, VGList ID), which helps with reliable disambiguation and linking across datasets.

## Notable For
- Nominated for the Independent Games Festival Award – Best Student Game (2022).
- Distributed on itch.io as a digital download.
- Released on 2021-03-08.
- Available on both Microsoft Windows and macOS.
- Has multiple external catalog identifiers (e.g., IGDB slug “small-life”, VGList ID 41820).

## Body
### Classification
- Entity name: Small Life
- Instance of: video game
- Characteristic: indie game
- Alias: smalllife

### Release and Availability
- Publication date: 2021-03-08
- Distribution format: digital download
- Distributed by: itch.io
- itch.io page: https://yueqiwu.itch.io/small-life
- itch.io numeric ID: 949084

### Platforms / System Requirements
- Supported platforms:
  - Microsoft Windows
  - macOS

### Recognition
- Award nomination:
  - Independent Games Festival Award – Best Student Game
  - Point in time: 2022
  - Context: Independent Games Festival Awards 2022 nominations

### External Identifiers
- Internet Game Database game ID: small-life (P9043 qualifier: 189382)
- VGList video game ID: 41820
- GamerProfiles game ID: Lknp

## References

1. [Source](https://gdconf.com/news/unpacking-and-inscryption-lead-igf-2022-nominations/)
2. Q124398839