Growing Up
A life sim where childhood choices shape careers and friendships
Vile Monarch · Published by Vile Monarch, Spiral Up Games · Released Oct 13, 2021
AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 3,726
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 62% of 32 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 20
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 4 years ago
- Dec 20, 2021
What is Growing Up?
Growing Up is a single-player life sim set in a 1990s city, following a child from toddlerhood through school. You plan daily activities, develop skills, prepare for exams, and build friendships and romances. When the character reaches adulthood, you can begin again as their child.
For you if...
- +you enjoy managing schedules and developing character skills
- +you like replaying to explore different relationship paths
Not for you if...
- −you prefer continuous story scenes over planning school days
What players say
88% of 3,726 reviews are positive · 62% of 32 in the last 30 days
Players praise the character stories and artwork. The most common complaint is that the routines and puzzles grow repetitive across playthroughs; some players also find the endings after school abrupt.
Screenshots and trailer
Growing Up system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 10
- Processor
- 1.2 GHz Intel or equivilent AMD family
- Graphics
- DirectX 10 compatible GPU
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- 1.2 GHz Intel or equivilent AMD family
- Graphics
- DirectX 10 compatible GPU
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 62
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Russian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil.
Tags
- Life Sim
- Choices Matter
- Story Rich
- Simulation
- Emotional
- RPG
- Adventure
- Multiple Endings
- Singleplayer
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Casual
- Visual Novel
- Management
- LGBTQ+
- Cute
- 1990's
Recent updates
- Dec 20, 2021 · [Game Hotfix] 1.2.3903 - Localization issue fixed
- Dec 3, 2021 · [Game Hotfix] 1.2.3903 - Localization issue fixed
- Nov 24, 2021 · [Game Hotfix] 1.2.3900 - Localization issue fixed
- Nov 2, 2021 · [Game Hotfix] - 1.1.3819
- Oct 20, 2021 · [Game Hotfix] - 1.0.3781
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