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Kindergarten
Welcome to Kindergarten! Have fun trying to learn and share...and not die. That's important too. In a school that's just not quite right, it's important to be friendly...and take out those that aren't.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Puzzles require some form of thought behind it. Gambling won't work with the decisions you make. The ending is slightly underwhelming, and Lilly is more ♥♥♥♥♥♥ than Cindy. Very relaxing and wholesome game though, recommend playing in front of your family.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“What a game. The first game in the kindergarten series is sheer dumb fun. The puzzles you are required to do, whilst being difficult, are not annoyingly so. It is quite a short game but I had a blast nonetheless. 10/10, I would highly recommend this.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Kindergarten 1 is a twisted, 2D puzzle game that feels like a bloody version of Groundhog Day set in the world's worst school. You play through the same Monday over and over, trying to complete quests for different students like the Nugget the manipulative Cindy while avoiding…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:44 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
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v2.05 Patch
Let's see you break this one! The speed runners took about 1 minute to break the last version, but with their help I think we finally ironed out the overlap issue. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
Version 2.04 live now!
Things have been crazy with the Switch release, but I finally got some time to put out a small patch. It fixes a pretty common bug when mashing through dialogue. Thanks to the Kindergarten speed runni
v2.03 Update
Next bunch of bug fixes coming in hot! Huge thanks to everyone who reported bugs! v2.03 Change Log Fixed exclamation point appearing during secret ending. Fixed money not showing the "$" symbol if sys
v2.02 Hotfix
Here's the next hotfix! Thanks to everyone who reached out and reported bugs. I'm squashing them as fast as I can. The major one here is fixing the sound settings. It should work as intended now. Ther
v2.01 Hotfix
Sorry about that! There's some growing pains involved with converting a game made 5 years ago by a total newb (myself) to accommodate cloud saves. The good news is, it should be working now. I'm still
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Funny · Gore · Pixel Graphics · Singleplayer · Violent · Dark Humor · Puzzle · Adventure · Choices Matter · Indie · Blood · Dark Comedy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Spanish - Spain |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 8 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 1.6ghz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon 4200 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 150 MB available space Sound Card: Any