Lifeline games are playable, branching stories of survival against all odds. Using your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or Android device, you will help new friends make life or death decisions, and face the consequences together.
All Lifeline stories are premium experiences with no in-app purchases or ads.
Lifeline established the real-time “texting adventure” genre in 2015 and has followed with many new stories since. 3 Minute Games has reacquired the Lifeline game franchise and is actively creating new Lifelines with the original team, including acclaimed author Dave Justus.
“This is the best game on the Apple Watch.”
“I’ve played many games that I find engrossing, but Lifeline may be one of the first that changed the way I thought about my daily routine, which leapt off the screen and became a part of my lived experience.”
“For a few brief hours I cared – really cared – about the fate of a completely fictional character. I don’t think any other game I’ve played has made me feel that way before.”
“[A] surprising iPhone and Apple Watch bestseller is pushing the boundaries of fiction.”
Save Taylor!
Taylor never signed up for this adventure, but with your help they just might make it out alive — and unravel dark mysteries along the way. Taylor’s story is the beginning of the Green Series and has inspired millions of fans around the world.
All Taylor stories are written by Dave Justus.
Lifeline+
Taylor’s original Lifeline story, available as part of an Apple Arcade subscription. Includes the Viridian Actual epilogue, bridging events between Lifeline and Silent Night.
The Green Series
Taylor’s story is just the beginning. Many more lifelines face Green adversaries and need your help. Where will their mysteries lead us?
Lifeline: Crisis Line
New York Times bestselling author Lilah Sturges weaves a tale of intrigue in the Lifeline universe.
Meet Alex, detective with the Austin Police Department. A routine murder investigation takes a dangerous turn. Pay close attention in this thriller, because your choices will have life and death consequences.
Lifeline: Flatline
In a terrifying take on Lifeline by multiple award-winning novelist Daryl Gregory, Flatline is a pulse-pounding horror story set in the depths of a mysterious research facility.
Wynn will come face to face with unspeakable terrors in the aftermath of a devastating… incident. What was going on here? How are the Greens involved? Will Wynn make it out alive? At what cost?
More Lifeline
Meet the Team
3 Minute Games was originally established in 2014 as an experimental mobile studio under Big Fish, and is now a fully independent games studio. We’ve put the band back together and we’re taking Lifeline to the next level and beyond.
Colin Liotta
Colin is both the mastermind behind 3MG and the man behind the curtain. When he’s not writing code or “corporate communications,” you may find him in his home lab using lasers for good, not evil.
Dave Justus
Dave is an incredibly clever guy - the kind of writer who can make you laugh and cry in the space of a few short sentences. His work in comics includes Fables: Wolf Among Us, Everafter, Public Relations, and more. Find him on Twitter where he will much more eloquently speak for himself.
Mars Jokela
Mars is a game designer and all-around shop hand. When he’s not making games, he’s probably making sawdust. Ask him about Victorian architecture - during quarantine he learned an awful lot about corbels and spandrels and millwork (oh, my?).