Growing My Grandpa!

He can give you what you want, if you give him what he wants. Thanks, Grandpa!

Very interesting little game that's well worth five bucks. Highly recommend going in blind.

Randomizing and clearing my backlog 38/343 Grandpa is the best. I will feed him anything. Even batteries. He threw them up, so that must mean he likes them.

This review is spoiler free for those reading the review before buying. If you're unaware, Yames has made a handful of games that are less game and more an interactive story. The stories themselves of the games I've played, which are the ones available on Steam, are very interesting. If you're interested in playing but are skeptical about whether it's worth 5 dollars then go play Water Womb World and decide based on what you experience in that. The games are very short. GMG only has 2.6 hours because I went afk for a bit and Water Womb World is even shorter. Personally, I think that the experience was worth the fiver. The gameplay itself is mostly just clicking with reading documents you find being the biggest focus, and there is a good amount of reading. As in the reading will take up more than half your game-time if you get every readable. But the writing is good enough that it doesn't feel laborious at all. If you're not a fan of reading then congrats on making it this far through the review! You're now obligated to buy the game and at least try to finish it.

Well, it's certainly weird. Interesting story. You hear the story from the side of a school counselor talking to a student describing how she "grew grandpa in the basement" over a few weeks, literally. On the game play side, you play the girl. Some annoying game mechanics to deal with (like dragging trash) were clearly addressed, but still not handled very well. Video settings are also bizarre, and they don't save between sessions. Overall, worth checking out if you enjoy horror or dark sci-fi and have a nostalgic taste for older, strange adventure-horror games like Bad Mojo. I wish it were a little longer, maybe with a few puzzles, more lore, or a slower burn to a more climactic ending. I still enjoyed it though. Recommended.

Short and sweet and spooky!