AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy
Growing Up
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 82% of players who started
Started playing 97% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 3,741
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 15h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 82% of players who start reach the ending.
- 97% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 3,775 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 13.6h for positive, 5.1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (96.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Hello World! Complete Baby Stage 100%
- Leaving Home Complete Preschool Stage 98% −2
- The Big World Complete Elementary School Stage 93% −5
- Going through Changes Complete Middle School Stage 87% −5
- All Grown Up! Complete a Life! Most players quit here 82% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (62)
story milestone ending side
- Hello World! Complete Baby Stage 100%
- Leaving Home Complete Preschool Stage 98%
- First Steps Learn 10 Skills 97%
- Apple of my Eye Complete an Expectation 94%
- The Big World Complete Elementary School Stage 93%
- You're in Trouble! Fail an Expectation 92%
- Perfectionist Master 20 Skills 91%
- Choose Your Path Make a choice in a branching Skill Tree 90%
- My Own Stuff! Buy item for the first time 89%
- Good Kid Earn A on an Exam 88%
- Going through Changes Complete Middle School Stage 87%
- Great Scott! Use Brain Map bonuses 100 times 86%
- A Beautiful Mind Earn 300 Attribute points in total during one Brain Map mini-game 84%
- Sightseeing Go on a trip! 83%
- All Grown Up! Complete a Life! 82%
- From 9 to 5 Complete 10 Expectations 82%
- Set for Life Learn 50 Skills 81%
- Nerd Master 40 Skills 81%
- You Shall Pass Acquire Full Exam Readiness 81%
- Proud Parents Buy a special request 81%
- Having Fun Perform Entertainment Activities 100 times 77%
- We Were Never Friends Lose a Friend 75%
- Young Entrepreneur Perform Work Activities 50 times 71%
- Gifted Learner Raise the Passive Growth of an Attribute to 50 63%
- Armed & Ready Master an SAT activity 62%
- School Sweetheart Marry one of your School Friends 60%
- American Dream Earn the Best Ending of any career 55%
- Wendy Krueger Complete Wendy's Story! 51%
- Number One Complete Alex's Story! 49%
- Gal Pal Complete Alicia's Story! 48%
- Two Worlds Complete Kato's Story! 48%
- All the World's a Stage Complete Bobbie's Story! 47%
- Teen Spirit Complete Patty's Story! 44%
- Bathroom Troubles Complete Felicity's Story! 43%
- Fate Averted Complete Nathan's Story! 43%
- Game of the Year Complete Neal's Story! 42%
- Delicious Complete Mei's Story! 41%
- Sound of the Future Complete Richard's Story! 40%
- Re-Election Committee Complete Charles's Story! 40%
- Peer Pressure Complete Sam's Story! 39%
- Stone Head Complete Coach's Story! 37%
- Dependent Spend 3500 Pride on Requests 35%
- Sleepless Nights Earn A on all Exams 35%
- Connoisseur Try all food at least once 33%
- Methodical Learning Acquire Full Exam Readiness in all Exams 31%
- Eye of the Beholder Complete Elliot's Story! 29%
- Once Upon a Time Complete Sergio's Story! 28%
- Black Friday Buy 50 items total from the various stores 26%
- Technically Not Cheating Use 10 Eureka Power-Ups during the Final SAT Exam 25%
- Objection! Complete Alessandra's Story! 25%
- New Beginnings Complete Parul's Story! 24%
- Camera! Action! Complete Luca's Story! 22%
- Super Hero Complete Jake's Story! 21%
- Like Parent, Like Child Name a Child after its Parent 18%
- Resourceful Student Use Exam Power-Ups 50 times 17%
- Better Luck Next Time Get a Bad Ending 14%
- Heart Beat Complete Minh's Story! 14%
- To Protect and Serve Complete Riley's Story! 13%
- Smoke and Mirrors Complete Daz's Story! 13%
- Forever Alone Finish the game with no friends 13%
- 900 Series Complete The Lad's Story! 10%
- What Did You Expect? Collect 15 Brain Farts 6.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.