Games like Growing Up

"Chinese Parents" is a simulation game where players manage a Chinese household and guide their child's education and upbringing. The game follows the child's growth from elementary school to college admission, with a focus on traditional Chinese parenting values and sacrifices made for academic success. Players must balance resources, make educational decisions, and maintain family relationships to ensure their child's prosperity.

"Volcano Princess" is a narrative-driven game where you raise your daughter in a medieval volcano kingdom, making choices that affect her life and happiness. Explore hobbies, jobs, and activities together while instilling the importance of family values. The game features a whimsical setting with soft sunlight and uplifting tunes, inviting you to enjoy a heartwarming story.

"I Was a Teenage Exocolonist" is a narrative-driven, life simulation game where your choices shape your character's development. As a teenager on a distant exoplanet, you'll manage resources, form relationships, and face challenges that determine your unique story. Every decision you make contributes to the person you become, offering a deeply personal and replayable experience.

"Magical Diary: Horse Hall" is a single-player fantasy RPG with an intriguing story, compelling game mechanics, and a wholesome yet humorous tone. As a student at a magical school, design your character, make friends, learn spells, and navigate exams and relationships. With high replayability, over 70 spells to learn, and multiple solutions to puzzles, this game offers a rich and immersive experience.

"Backstage Pass" is a visual novel/sim game that follows Sian, a makeup artist's daughter, as she navigates the world of showbiz. With fully voiced characters and over 15 unique endings, players must help Sian balance her schoolwork, career, and romantic life while working with various talents in the entertainment industry. The choices made will determine Sian's path and her future in the unpredictable world of showbiz.

"Back to the Dawn" is a prison escape game where you play as a framed journalist. Explore the maximum-security prison, gather evidence, and form alliances with inmates to plan your escape. With various challenges and a vast environment, survive and collect evidence to save yourself and the city from danger.

Growing Up: Life of the ’90s is a single-player simulation game that takes you on a nostalgic journey from toddler to adulthood. Featuring a captivating plot, beautiful game mechanics, and good graphics, it immerses players in the story of their life during the ’90s. The ingenious music further enhances this heartfelt experience.

Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.

"Roommates" is a single-player erotic role-playing game featuring an ingenious and humorous story. As a dorm resident, guide Anne or Max through their first year of college, choosing classes, jobs, and potentially romantic encounters with Dominic, Rakesh, Isabella, Sally, or Anne herself. With life simulation gameplay and witty dialogue, the game provides a lighthearted and entertaining experience.

"Paper Cages" is a horror game that explores the theme of mental health, with themes of depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. The game tasks you with daily activities, personifying the idea of an "Archenemy" as internal struggles. With a focus on Personal themes, players must navigate these challenges with only a mouse and keyboard. For those interested in serious topic games, check out "Death and Taxes" by the same developers.