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Chinese Parents cover art

Chinese Parents

墨鱼玩游戏 · 2018-09-28

Steam

CasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 20, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 28, 2018 (Mac), Sep 29, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 10, 2022 (iOS)

In this casual sim set in China, you step into the shoes of an average kid from birth towards the end of your high school. Study hard, have fun, make friends and face your ultimate challenge, the “Gaokao”. What will your life be after that? And when you have a child, will you be a Tiger Parent?

482
playing now
91%
positive of 27k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.49
steam price (US)

482 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Chinese Parents is a child-raising life simulation game by Beijing-based studio Moyuwan Games. It was published by Coconut Island Games on September 29, 2018, for Windows, August 20, 2020 for the Nintendo Switch, and May 11, 2022, for Android and IOS. The game was a bestseller on Steam and a success for the Chinese indie game market.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 482 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 619 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~77/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,173 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 673k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 26,920 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.49 at Steam (2025-03-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.7k3.7k20182026Week of 2018-09-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3,666 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 507 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,278 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,112 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,385 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 673 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 720 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 727 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 813 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 876 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 812 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.2k652026-08-06 21:00 — 65 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 239 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 361 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 73 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 277 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 401 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 84 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 309 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 439 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 72 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 265 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 393 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 68 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 264 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 399 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 65 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 215 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 965 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 248 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 762 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,133 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 444 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 609 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,137 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 528 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 404 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 826 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 610 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 202 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 482 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$5.492018-09-292026-08-142018-09-29 — best price $7.792018-12-20 — best price $7.792019-06-20 — best price $6.692019-10-28 — best price $6.992019-11-26 — best price $6.692020-01-23 — best price $7.092020-06-25 — best price $6.692020-10-29 — best price $6.992020-11-25 — best price $6.692021-02-11 — best price $6.392021-06-05 — best price $6.692021-10-14 — best price $6.392021-11-24 — best price $6.392022-01-27 — best price $6.392022-05-10 — best price $5.992022-08-17 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $5.992022-12-23 — best price $5.992023-03-16 — best price $5.992023-09-18 — best price $5.992023-11-21 — best price $5.992023-12-22 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-09-23 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992025-01-26 — best price $5.992025-04-20 — best price $5.492025-07-28 — best price $5.492025-10-13 — best price $5.492025-12-18 — best price $5.492026-03-19 — best price $5.492026-06-18 — best price $5.492026-08-14 — best price $5.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5032026-05-29 — 10 pageviews2026-06-01 — 8 pageviews2026-06-04 — 15 pageviews2026-06-07 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 21 pageviews2026-06-13 — 19 pageviews2026-06-16 — 19 pageviews2026-06-19 — 8 pageviews2026-06-22 — 14 pageviews2026-06-25 — 22 pageviews2026-06-28 — 13 pageviews2026-07-01 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 8 pageviews2026-07-07 — 8 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-13 — 11 pageviews2026-07-16 — 12 pageviews2026-07-19 — 11 pageviews2026-07-22 — 11 pageviews2026-07-25 — 24 pageviews2026-07-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 10 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-12 — 9 pageviews2026-08-15 — 15 pageviews2026-08-18 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 18 pageviews2026-08-24 — 18 pageviews2026-08-26 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1202026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
87%
earned "School 101"
46.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,9655%23
Switch (Nintendo)120%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCuteAnimeFunnyIndieMemesCasualLife SimStrategyEducation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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