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Grow Home
Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.
“Wow, remember when Ubisoft was a respected publisher with a few good indies under them? Honestly there isn't much to talk about this game. You climb, then climb some more. The main gameplay is climbing the giant plant and connecting the bulbs to the power crystals in order to…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Grow Home is a surprisingly charming little game that had me genuinely smiling as I guided BUD up his ever-growing star plant, one awkward hand-over-hand grip at a time. The physics-based climbing takes some getting used to, but once you find your rhythm there's something…”
— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs played“This game was free on ps plus when I was a kid. Still holds up years later. I found out there's a sequel and I can't wait to try it”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Open World · Adventure · Singleplayer · Exploration · 3D Platformer · Robots · Casual · Cute · Parkour · Sandbox · Third Person · Indie (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 26 |
| Official site | https://www.ubisoft.com/en-GB/game/grow-home/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core2Duo E7300 @ 2.5 GHz or AMD Athlon II X2 240 @ 2.8 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTS 450 or AMD Radeon HD5670 (1024MB VRAM) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers Additional Notes: Best played with a gamepad. originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS