Growing Up

Growing Up is a life-sim about childhood, school, friends, and the long road into adulthood, so it is aimed at people who enjoy making small choices add up over time. By our assessment, its real strength is the structure of a life-spanning game: picking activities, shaping skills, and watching a character’s path branch in ordinary human ways. The trade-off is that this kind of game can feel more like managing a schedule than living a dramatic story, especially if someone wants sharp plot turns instead of gradual change. In practice it is a game of decisions, repeated routines, and the quiet pleasure of seeing consequences arrive later. It sits comfortably among character-driven life sims rather than action games, and that distinction matters a lot here. People who like planning a route through a life will get the most from it; people who need combat, spectacle, or a single strong narrative line should look elsewhere.