Growth
Worth it · Strategy · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $0.99, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Oct 2023.
- Length
- 3.9h 15h to 100%
- Value
- $0.25/hr
- Reviews
- 90% of 334 positive
Full price
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Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Growth is a cozy, hexagonal-grid based soft-strategy game. Explore and populate a procedurally generated world by utilizing unique abilities of animals. Growth blends the beauty of cozy exploration with challenging navigation around obstacles.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 (2GB VRAM) or higher, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $0.99. That was October 2026. Across all 27 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 70 percent, about 5 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 3 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 63 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Dorfromantik ($13.99, scores 97) beats it on value, while it beats Station to Station ($8.99, scores 74).
More about Growth
3 of the 201 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2023 to July 2026.
3.9 hours to finish it, 15 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 3.8 times the campaign.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 3.9 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
97% start to 6% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 4 when we last checked, on Oct 14, 05:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Growth, developed by VoodooDuck and published by Assemble Entertainment, is a minimalist strategy-puzzle hybrid that builds a surprisingly thoughtful experience out of a very small set of mechanics. It presents itself as calm and unassuming, with soft visuals and a relaxed pace, but underneath that surface lies a system that quietly demands careful planning and forward thinking. Rather than overwhelming players with...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Achievement Hunting Rating 4/5 Try the demo first. If you like it and want to play 11+ hours of that, then getting the achievements is pretty easy. Got a bit grindy by the end.
very bland and repetitive. Game idea is neat and cute, but after 1 run it is just rinse and repeat and whatever is unlocked doesn't really add to the game, is just visual. Could use more depth. Was surprised to visit the game page and see reviews at "very positive". Definitely not the case.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Growth scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2300300/growthReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.