La vida está en juego.

[davidculley]

German Translation

Das Leben steht auf dem Spiel.

Update: The Spanish sentence doesn’t mean “Life is a game,” as I initially thought it would.

“estar en juego” means “to be at stake/risk”.

[morbrorper]

@davidculley

“Life is a game,”

That would be “La vida es un juego”.

[davidculley]

Thanks for the feedback! With “estar”, the expression “estar en juego” does indeed mean “to be at stake/risk”. So the sentences do match.