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Growing Up

Vile Monarch · 2021-10-13

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 27, 2022 (iOS)

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?

34
playing now
88%
positive of 3.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.74
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood as you learn new skills, participate in various activities, develop your mind, manage your daily schedule, explore the city, forge friendships, and survive through school. Upon reaching adulthood, your future career, as well as your romantic partner will be revealed to you as you continue the legacy of your family by having a child of your own! And then... experience the life of your child, as the cycle begins anew, and brand new adventures await you!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 34 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 255 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 74k–167k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,704 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.74 at Steam (2026-08-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 37 of 59 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
48948920212026Week of 2021-10-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

79122026-08-07 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 26 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 34 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 40 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 25 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 29 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 30 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 26 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 54 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 79 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 43 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 68 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 68 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 54 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 65 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 63 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 29 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 43 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 62 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$7.192021-10-142026-08-302021-10-14 — best price $13.492022-01-13 — best price $13.492022-06-23 — best price $12.742022-09-28 — best price $12.742022-12-12 — best price $12.742023-01-24 — best price $11.992023-03-29 — best price $14.992023-04-21 — best price $11.992023-06-21 — best price $11.992023-07-21 — best price $11.992023-09-12 — best price $11.992023-10-16 — best price $11.992023-12-02 — best price $14.992024-02-11 — best price $11.992024-03-19 — best price $11.992024-04-18 — best price $11.992024-05-30 — best price $14.992024-07-12 — best price $14.992024-08-26 — best price $8.992024-10-25 — best price $8.992024-12-06 — best price $8.242025-02-09 — best price $14.992025-03-28 — best price $14.992025-06-03 — best price $14.992025-07-21 — best price $7.792025-09-08 — best price $14.992025-10-08 — best price $14.992025-11-10 — best price $7.792025-12-15 — best price $14.992026-02-04 — best price $7.492026-03-11 — best price $7.492026-04-14 — best price $7.492026-05-11 — best price $7.192026-06-19 — best price $8.242026-08-25 — best price $7.492026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
96.9%
earned "Hello World!"
46.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Russian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,0479%62

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

Player tags

RPGCuteCasualAmericaLife SimAdventureEmotionalManagementSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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