Growing Up
Fair · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 4.6h
- Value
- $3.26/hr
- Reviews
- 88% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 10 compatible GPU, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
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. Who will you become?
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $6.74. That was August 2026. Its cuts run 30 percent off as a rule. There have been 45 in the 5 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 7 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 75 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Yes, Your Grace ($3.99, scores 78) beats it on value, while it beats Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall ($24.99, scores 30).
Steam's global achievement data puts 53 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. 4 of the 722 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2021 to August 2026.
The main story runs 4.6 hours. Doing everything runs 26, 5.7 times as long.
The drop-off
97% start to 53% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
22 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 23:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Love this game down! HATE that it stops as soon as you become an adult! PLEEEEASSE.. DLC for adults/continuation of adult situation that can altered life!!!
I've done 3 or 4 playthroughs now and I gotta say I love this game. It's fun, its relaxing, the character stories are actually good enough I couldn't predict the endings of most of them, and as an avid reader that was a pleasant surprise! I love the puzzles and the way the brain system works. If you ever make another game like this I'd be happy to play it!
The game isnt as fun as its colorful visuals might suggest. In fact, its very, very repetitive. The player simply has to find the perfect balance between happiness and relationship with characters parents, and stick to that strategy. There are other, more effective ways to improve characther grades and boost mood. Its a shame that once u ve exceeded a certain score on the final exam, u dont earn any more points...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Growing Up scores 64/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1191120/growing-upReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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