Grow Home
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.
Game Discussion
Steam User 10
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 make it grow more.
You control Bud's both arms and have to grip a surface using each hand manually.
It requires a certain flow to climb around, but its actually kinda fun when you get it right.
There are a few items and upgrades you can get, but they are mostly related to breaking your fall.
You can pick a flower or leaf and use it to glide a bit, and eventually you can get a jetpack to boost yourself or break a fall.
You can make the jetpack infinite, but it literally takes the entire game to do so, you probably only will get that upgrade during the final minutes of the game.
You can drag some items and animals to the scanners for some quips, but that doesn't serves any purpose other than unlocking skins or achievements.
I enjoyed it. Climbing is wonky, but works.
Monotonous, but doesn't overstays its welcome.
Completed the scans and got all star seeds just for the hell of it.
Basically the precursor to Zelda Breath of the Wild.
Steam User 5
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 meditative about the whole thing — connecting shoots to floating islands, watching the plant spiral upward, occasionally tumbling off into the abyss and laughing about it. It's short, maybe 3-5 hours to see most of what it offers, but it never overstays its welcome, which is refreshing. The low-poly art style and laid-back ambient soundtrack give it a genuinely cozy atmosphere that's hard to find in bigger releases. Recommended if you're in the mood for something relaxing and a little goofy — just maybe grab some flower gliders before you climb too high.
Steam User 5
The Original Peak, 10 Years before it was even a thing. Super creative and cute climbing and exploration game. Lots of style and even more fun!
Steam User 6
I remember grow home being kind of a big deal back when i was like nine, something important, remembered fondly. Or at least, i remember jacksepticeye or markiplier playing it.
But, from reading the reviews, it honestly doesn't seem that significant—it seems kinda half-forgotten really. which felt a little weird, 'cause it was so massive in my mind. I guess the moral of the story is to not trust the thoughts of your nine-year-old self after watching a jacksepticeye video eleven years ago.
The game itself though was about as nice as i'd expected it to be. It was real chill, real calming. and mom gave me the attention and unconditional love that i needed more of as a child(half serious).
Steam User 3
Great game, enjoyable gameplay, cute animals, and BUD. What more could you ask for?
On a side note, Grow Home is fantastic choice if you're looking for a few hours of chill & climbing.
Plus, the motive and core system is simple, so you don't need to worry about needing to relearn countless mechanics & story if you end up returning to the game after several years.
Of course even though when you do eventually reach the peak of your climb, the game gives you enough crystals and things to scan to push in a few more hours if you're one to play a game to its absolute limit.
Steam User 2
Rating: 7/10 -Decent
Grow Home is a simple platformer with simple graphics and gameplay. You play as a robot called BUD. His job is to locate star plants and to make them grow to harvest their seeds to bring them back to earth. After years of space exploration, he finally found a planet with a star plant. He jumps out of his ship and then the game beginns. The body of BUD is really loose and reacts heavily to physics. The main part of the game is exploration. There are small gems hidden to collect which unlocks and upgrades your jetpack. It's a collectathon. Growing the star plant will make it rise up more into the sky where floating island wait to be explored. I really liked this progression. Finding all the gems was fun too even when I had to look up a couple ones. It's a short and relaxing game. I recommend this game if you want a short and chill experience.
Steam User 2
This put me on climbing games before they really took off as a genre back in the day. If you're a fan of PEAK, Human Fall Flat or maybe the climbing system from BOTW, it's worth checking this out.