Return to campus

First-person school sandbox with free exploration and destructible buildings

聂宇星 · Released Jan 12, 2025

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 77% of 1,763
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 81% of 16 in 30 days
Playing now: 12; right now
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: 6 months ago; Mar 2, 2026

What is Return to campus?

This free-to-play, first-person sandbox takes place on an open school campus. As a student, you explore buildings, attend class, take items from shops or roommates, use abilities such as stopping time and teleporting, and destroy campus buildings.

For you if...

+you like exploring a school setting at your own pace
+you enjoy crude humor and chaotic interactions

Not for you if...

−you want a tightly guided story
−you prefer school simulations without destructive antics

What players say

77% of 1,763 reviews are positive · 81% of 16 in the last 30 days

Players praise the humor and freedom to experiment around campus. Common complaints include bugs and poor performance; some players also report that they cannot switch the Chinese-language interface to English.

Screenshots and trailer

Return to campus system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: win10
Graphics: 1060 6gb/Rx 580
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 19 GB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 28
Steam features: Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Not supported on SteamOS

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: Simplified Chinese. Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Turkish, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Romanian, Finnish, Dutch, Portuguese - Portugal, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America.