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Raise a child from birth to the Gaokao, balancing study, leisure, relationships, and family expectations across generations.
Released 28 Sep 2018
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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?
Developed by 墨鱼玩游戏 · Published by 墨鱼玩游戏









Play through a child’s life in an ordinary Chinese family, from birth to the end of high school and the Gaokao. The choices you make shape both the child’s growth and your approach to parenting.
Plan how each turn is spent on studying, activities, and free time while managing attributes, skills, pressure, and parents’ expectations. A fragment-based puzzle mini-game helps build stats, while school and family events add challenges such as competing with neighbors or trying to receive red envelopes from relatives.
Make friends and pursue relationships with schoolmates as you work toward different career outcomes. After the Gaokao, a new generation can follow, with benefits carried forward from previous lives.
Players often enjoy how school and family details bring back memories and prompt reflection on growing up or becoming a parent. Reviews also praise the humorous cultural references, the satisfaction of shaping a child’s development, and the range of careers and later-generation goals. Some find the first playthrough engaging but say repeated generations make the activities and writing feel familiar.





| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Steam Deck | Playable |
| Achievements | 23 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller required | No |