- Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be.
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Spare, earnest, grave and warm.
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
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ImpulsegamerChris O'ConnorOct 20213.9/5Visual novel meets match 3 game where choices... somewhat matter.
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Geeks Under GraceAndrea RacotiSep 20238/10A creative take on a life simulation, Growing Up can feel repetitive but with numerous choices at the helm it can entrance players for hours.
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NookGamingNov 20217/10The biggest factor in Growing Up that convinces players to play the game more than once is its character stories, which I personally find are sufficiently good rewards in exchange for the whole grueling gameplay the game puts me through. If coming-of-age stories of young students are not one’s cup of tea, then they would have to be quite the completionist in order to stay motivated enough to replay it for all the different career endings. Otherwise, the game mechanics themselves — from the disappointing parents to the numerous Brain Maps that are easy to grow weary of — actually discourage one from replaying too many times. But considering one to three playthroughs, this game is worth playing. Its strong points lie in the art and music departments, and the general portrayal of the 1990s. All in all, Growing Up is a so-so stats-raising game with some meaningful and thought-provoking stories to tell.
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
- Developer
- Vile Monarch
- Publisher
- Vile Monarch
- Released
- October 14, 2021
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Text
- Engine
- Unity
IGDB rating 7.9/10 from 20 ratings.
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