Growing Up
Vile Monarch · 2021 · Life Sim, Choices Matter, Story Rich, Simulation, Emotional
PC
Very Positive88% · 3,410
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About Growing Up
✦ AI summary
Guide your character from childhood through adulthood in this nostalgic 90s life-sim where over 1000 dialogue lines and branching choices shape your career, relationships, and legacy across 42 possible endings. With 200+ skills to master, 19 character relationships to forge, and the ability to then live as your own child, Growing Up delivers a uniquely personal coming-of-age story that plays differently every time.
Your life is in your hands! Sculpt your childhood as well as parenthood with endless choices. Take control of what you learn, who you befriend, and find that special someone in this coming-of-age game.Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood as you learn new skills, participate in various activities, develop your mind, manage your daily schedule, explore the city, forge friendships, and survive through school. Upon reaching adulthood, your future career, as well as your romantic partner will be revealed to you as you continue the legacy of your family by having a child of your own! And then... experience the life of your child, as the cycle begins anew, and brand new adventures await you!
- Chilling in 1990s
Lose yourself in the lavishly handcrafted sceneries straight from the 90s. In an era of rapid social change as well as the soaring rise of pop culture, your journey through life will be accompanied by both endearing friends and nostalgic city, with more than 30 locations to explore. Visit the cinema, grab popcorn to watch "Dino Park", toss a few coins to get a tape recorded by "Boys Next Door" from a street shop. Take your time, the city is not going anywhere.
- Unique Playthroughs
Each life is different, and each and every character you create will face different challenges and meet different people. The choices you make will result in wildly different outcomes! - Branching Narrative
Your choices dictate the development of the narrative. With more than 1000 lines of dialogues for each character, as well as multiple endings for you and your friends, depending on your choices, every decision you make will echo through the entire journey of your character. - Friends For Life
Playing, fighting, falling in love, few things in your journey to adulthood can be done without a friend. Growing Up features 19 characters whose stories unfold alongside yours. Forge your relationship with them in any way your heart desires, romantic or purely platonic - the choice is yours. - Dynamic Game Experience
Growing Up features a variety of systems. Build your mind and aptitude with our handcrafted mini-game; Master the art of scheduling your daily activities; Ace your way into the best school in challenging exams; Build your character by participating in a plethora of extracurricular activities. - In-Depth Skill System
With more than 200 skills to acquire and master, you will have the ultimate freedom to shape the future of your character and end up with one of 42 unique careers! Some are easy, some are hard to get, but how about becoming an Astronaut, a CEO of a gaming company, a famous actress... or maybe even the President of the United States of America? - Shopping & Customization
Customize your character with a wide range of items, including clothing and hairstyles. Your character's room appearance will also differ depending the skills you learn! Different choices uniquely enhance your gameplay experience including unlocking new locations, characters and certain features of a future offspring.
- All-star Team
Growing Up is a game with rich storytelling and unique art style, from an all-star team of creators - including creative director Daniel Sadowski (director and lead writer on Gardens Inc. & Dr. Cares series), art director Gracjana Zielińska (lead artist on Cinders & Solstice), Kacper Kwiatkowski (designer and writer on This War of Mine), Christian Divine (Captain Spirit), Matthew Ritter (writer on Tales from the Borderlands & Twin Mirror), Emma Vieceli (comic book writer on Doctor Who, Back to the Future), and the music composer Jim Guthrie (Planet Coaster & Reigns: Her Majesty).
What Steam players say
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Nathan <31 found this helpful
This game is something that I grabbed on sale as it was similar to other games I have played and enjoyed. I was aware others thought highly of it, although some mentioned its repetitive nature. As I picked this up on sale I think for the money it is great, I went through about 4 generations before I started to see characters repeated albeit in different combos. The scenes themselves I often find repeat but at least there is a skip button. Whilst the game itself is fairly straight forward, I think only in my latter few generations have I really started to develop any sort of strategy that pretty much guarantees an A in the end game and therefore unlocking good endings. This game could do will a little more cause and effect to be better, as getting suspended or picked up by the police really has no gameplay ramifications. I feel like I was a teenage exocolonist nails this better, and I like the fact you moved the character which this game lacks. I would also like that if you do something that would boost happiness (such as eat, listen to music etc) or as mentioned earlier get suspended, or go to an R-rated movie, that, this is directly then influencing happiness and pa…
93/100
A lot of fun! wish there were more characters.
This game is only about 30ish hours long but I can't stop thinking about it. God, I wish there were more. I wish you could play into your adulthood. I loved all of the storylines--Alicia is my favorite. I agree with some of the other reviews left on here though about Flick's romance being kind of weird. Her: *worst moment of her life* Us: wanna make out? Just terrible lol but we're teenagers it's whatever, I can get over it LMAO. Once you learn the game mechanic for getting points and skills up, everything is really easy to accumulate. Sure I might be a depressed elementary kid but it's all about that GRIND BAYBEE just go buy another hamburger!! I would die if they released a 'grown-up' DLC as it were where you get to play as your adult self or even just your college years, but I am sure it takes a really long time to add more storylines and activities to the game. Anyway, the game is really good. Get it on sale if you're baulking at the price vs. playtime. Full price or half price, this is just a nice game to play and it's worth it either way.
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