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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?

Growing Up is a life sim, story rich and choices matter game developed by Vile Monarch and published by Vile Monarch and Spiral Up Games.
Released on October 13th 2021 is available on Windows and MacOS in 9 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Russian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 3,279 reviews of which 2,879 were positive and 400 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 7.69€ on Steam with a 48% discount, but you can find it for 5.50€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Growing Up into these genres:

Life Sim Story Rich Choices Matter Simulation Emotional RPG Adventure Multiple Endings Choose Your Own Adventure Singleplayer Casual Management Visual Novel Cute America 1990's LGBTQ+ Hand-drawn 2D Dating Sim

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 10
  • Processor: 1.2 GHz Intel or equivilent AMD family
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 10 compatible GPU
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: macOS Sierra 10.12+
  • Processor: 64 bit
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 6000
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2025
This game is such a beautiful experience. There’s so much to love about it; the variety of possible outcomes and the absolutely amazing music (seriously, chef’s kiss). It even hit me on an emotional level, almost like it healed a part of my childhood. That’s rare for a game, and it really makes this one stand out. That said, it could’ve been even better if there was an option to choose your childhood friends. Being stuck with characters I didn’t like as friend options? Honestly, that was pretty annoying. It felt like I was wasting time, especially since friendships are such an important part of the game. A bit more freedom there would’ve made the whole experience so much more enjoyable. Still, I loved the strategic side of things. Figuring out the "math" behind it all, planning ahead, and seeing how different choices shaped the outcomes? That was super satisfying. And while the variety of people you could meet wasn’t huge, it was enough for me. Each one had their own little story, which made the world feel somewhat rich and alive. Despite its flaws, this is still an experience I’d recommend. It’s heartfelt, thoughtful, and offers a surprising amount of depth that just pulls you in.
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Dec. 2024
There's just something about the game that really hits for me. Not an emotional sort of hit so much as just, I adore the concept and execution. If you have ever played Chinese Parents, it is basically the same idea but in 80s/90s America. I do wish there was a way of just keeping a log of all of your previous characters though. Whilst it is nice too have your previous run become the parents of the following run, it would be nice to have a family tree showing who you had and where you ended up in each one.
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Oct. 2024
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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July 2024
Cute game! I enjoyed it. They shift out NPCs, so you're not seeing the same characters over and over. There's a lot of learning paths to explore. Very re-playable. My only critique is that I wish they got a little more creative with the futures you can obtain. Maybe I missed out, but the futures I got were limited to whatever highest education tier I reached. I was kind of hoping that if my character was strong in two knowledge paths that they might fuse into a unique career path. I didn't see that happening. I'll still recommend it, though.
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June 2024
A fun life sim with lovable side characters, the mini-games, the storyline, everything is designed very well. However, the game only plays through life from a baby to high school graduation, was a bit surprised because I was looking forward to playing through the character's life until they eventually die. That being said, it's still an enjoyable experience, and I'd recommend it to fans of the genre.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Growing Up is currently priced at 7.69€ on Steam.

Growing Up is currently available at a 48% discount. You can purchase it for 7.69€ on Steam.

Growing Up received 2,879 positive votes out of a total of 3,279 achieving a rating of 8.45.
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Growing Up was developed by Vile Monarch and published by Vile Monarch and Spiral Up Games.

Growing Up is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Growing Up is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Growing Up is not playable on Linux.

Growing Up is a single-player game.

Growing Up does not currently offer any DLC.

Growing Up does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Growing Up does not support Steam Remote Play.

Growing Up is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Growing Up.

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Growing Up
-48% 14.79€ 7.69€ -63% 14.79€ 5.50€ -49% 14.79€ 7.65€
8.5
2,879
400
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Vile Monarch
Publisher
Vile Monarch, Spiral Up Games
Release 13 Oct 2021
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