Adventure · February 4, 2015

Grow Home (2015)

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Description In Grow Home you play as BUD (Botanical Utility Droid), a robot on a mission to save his home planet by harvesting the seeds of a giant alien plant. On his quest BUD will discover a beautiful world of floating islands that are home to some rather strange plants and animals. Grow the giant plant and use your unique climbing abilities to reach ever higher ground, but be careful…one wrong move and it’s a long way down! Key Features Climbing : Procedural animation allows you to move BUD's hands independently, creating a unique and unrestricted climbing experience. Growing : Guide and ride the giant alien plant as you create your own pathways in the sky. Everything you grow can be climbed on. Use it as a bridge, a safety net, or simply as a tool for artistic expression. Exploration : Explore every nook and cranny of the alien world as you hunt and collect crystals that can enhance BUD's abilities. It’s a physical playground and many of the alien plants have unusual properties that can help you on your quest.

Adventure releases from 2015

64 Adventure titles launched in 2015 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Open World · 176
  • Adventure · 170
  • Singleplayer · 147
  • Exploration · 144
  • 3D Platformer · 141
  • Robots · 136
  • Casual · 130
  • Cute · 104
  • Parkour · 99
  • Sandbox · 67
  • Third Person · 64
  • Indie · 58
  • Short · 55
  • Physics · 54
  • Platformer · 52

Peer Adventure titles

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Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume5.5k Steam reviewsTop 42% in Adventure
Positive rating92% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 45%
Metacritic75/100Genre average 77 — top 70% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 70% for session depth among Adventure

Reception Metrics

Steam community

92%Very Positive · 5.5k reviews

5.0k positive · 437 negative

Metacritic

75/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.4/10

Curator recommendations

3.9k

Press Quotes

“I'm now drowning in whimsy. It took only minutes for Grow Home to win me over.” Kotaku “Grow Home's charming personality, feel-good physics, and satisfying controls make for a beautiful climbing adventure.” 8.8 – IGN “....It oozes charm and personality.” 8.5 – Destructoid

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (8)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Achievements

26

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateFeb 4, 2015
DeveloperReflections, a Ubisoft Studio
PublisherAtari, Infogrames
Base price$1.99 -75%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, Linux
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

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