Grow Up (video game)

Grow Up is an adventure platform video game developed by Ubisoft Reflections and published by Ubisoft.^[1] The game, which is the sequel to 2015's Grow Home, was released on 16 August 2016 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.^[1][2][3] Atari acquired the IP rights to Grow Home and Grow Up from Ubisoft in 2025.^[4]

Grow Up
Developer(s)	Ubisoft Reflections[a]
Publisher(s)	Ubisoft
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Release	16 August 2016
Genre(s)	Adventure, platforming
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gameplay

See also: Gameplay of Grow Home

Grow Up builds upon the gameplay of its predecessor, Grow Home, by once again putting players in control of a robot named B.U.D, who is able to climb on landscapes. While the game still features B.U.D's ability to direct the stalks of Starplants into energy sources to help them grow, the main goal of the game now is to recover parts of B.U.D's ship, M.O.M, which are spread across the planet after she crashed into the moon. New to the game is the ability to scan various plants, known as floraforms, which each have unique properties such as allowing B.U.D to jump high or launch into the air. Once a floraform has been scanned, B.U.D can plant a seed of it at any time to grow anywhere else. By finding ability capsules, B.U.D can obtain new abilities, such as a jetpack, gliding, and rolling into a ball, which can each be upgraded by collecting crystals hidden across the world. By completing challenges, which require B.U.D to go through multiple checkpoints within a time limit, the player can unlock optional B.U.D Suits, which each give B.U.D unique properties, such as a bee suit that attracts bugs or an aviator suit that increases gliding speed.^[5]

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	(XOne) 74/100[6] (PC) 71/100[7] (PS4) 70/100[8]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Destructoid	(XOne) 7/10[9]
Eurogamer	(PS4) Recommended[10]
GameSpot	(PS4) 5/10[11]
Giant Bomb	[12]
Hardcore Gamer	(PS4) 3.5/5[13]
IGN	(PC) 7.8/10[14]
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK	(PS4) 8/10[15]
Official Xbox Magazine (UK)	(XOne) 9/10[16]
PC Gamer (UK)	(PC) 73%[17]
Push Square	(PS4) [18]
Shacknews	(PS4) 6/10[19]
Digital Spy	(PS4) [20]
Metro	(PS4) 7/10[21]

Grow Up received above-average reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[6][7][8]

Notes

1. Ubisoft Pune helped with development of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions