What is this?
Borrowed Lives is a text-based sandbox RPG where you explore a medieval fantasy world with dynamic storytelling and tactical combat. You are a Soulbound - a supernatural being inhabiting a dead body. Choose from several unique origins, each with their own story, skills, and challenges. Build your character's stats, form relationships, manage survival needs, and make choices that shape your journey through a borrowed life.
Adult Content Notice: This game is for adults only and contains explicit sexual content, violence, profanity, and mature themes. You must be at least 18 years old to play.
What's in the Game?
- Origins: Choose your starting life - from peasant to royalty, each with unique stories and challenges
- Progression: Build up your stats, learn new skills, earn traits, and customize your playstyle
- Sex: Engage in intimate encounters with characters throughout your journey
- Relationships: Form bonds with characters, build your reputation, and shape your social life
- Combat: Fight enemies with tactical turn-based combat, using weapons, magic, and skills to defeat threats
- Survival: Manage your health, temperature, exhaustion, and needs while exploring
- Quests: Complete objectives, discover secrets, and earn rewards through dynamic story missions
- Economy: Gather materials, craft items, and trade with merchants
What's Next?
Art & Animations: Art and animations will be added between updates once there's enough funding. Your support makes this possible!
Version 1.0.0 - The Awakening Released
Your journey as a Soulbound begins! All the main systems are in place; combat, crafting, relationships, survival mechanics, and a ton of content to explore.
Released November 30th, 2025
Version 1.1.0 - The Grand Exchange In Progress
Step into a living economy where every trade matters. Negotiate with merchants who remember you, explore the world with new races and vehicles, and navigate faction politics that shape your journey.
- Careers - Work jobs, go to class, and run businesses
- Bartering - Negotiate prices and trade with merchants
- Mini-Games - Play dice, cards, and other games
- Factions - Join groups, gain reputation, and navigate rivalries
- Races - Play as different races with unique abilities and cultures
- Transformations - Undergo physical and spiritual changes that alter your body
- Vehicles - Own and maintain carts, wagons, and ships
Version 1.2.0 - Descent into Madness
For players who want a real challenge. Brutal survival, sanity system, harsher consequences, and a world that actively tries to kill you.
- Nightmare Difficulty - Extreme challenge mode with brutal consequences
- Sanity - Lose your mind through trauma and witness horrors
- Harsh Consequences - Permanent injuries and lasting trauma
- Dungeons - Explore procedurally generated dungeons with unique encounters
Version 1.3.0 - Bonds Beyond Death
Bring friends along! Recruit companions who'll travel with you, fight beside you, and maybe even follow you across lifetimes.
- Companions - Recruit allies who fight alongside you and form deep bonds
- Pets - Adopt and care for animals with unique abilities
- Mounts - Ride horses and exotic creatures to travel faster
Version 1.4.0 - Mortal Legacy
Build a legacy across generations. The pregnancy mechanics are mostly done! I'm holding it back until I can make the world interact with it exactly as I want it.
- Pregnancy - Have children and raise a family
- Dynasty - Build your legacy across multiple generations
- Life Cycles - Characters age, work, marry, and live their own lives
Version 1.5.0 - Paths of Power
Rise through the ranks and shape the world around you. Politics, property, guilds, and nobility systems that let you become a true power broker.
- Politics - Influence settlements through elections and governance
- Land Ownership - Buy property and become a landlord
- Guilds - Join or create powerful organizations
- Noble Titles - Rise through the ranks of nobility
- Court Intrigue - Scheme, form alliances, and betray enemies
Who am I?
I'm Corvienne, a full-stack programmer who loves text-based games and wanted to mess around and see what I can do. I've made a few games before, but this is my first time making something of this style and genre, so there is room for improvement.
I am only a programmer, and made everything in this first version by myself - in order to get any art I'd need support from volunteers or funding to get it done. If you're interested please check out my support links below. Any help would be greatly appreciated!