Grow Up

Not to be confused with Growing Up.

Grow
Grow Home	2015
Grow Up	2016

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam		Requires the Steam client to be running.^[3]
GamersGate (unavailable)
(unavailable)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
Humble Store (unavailable)

All versions require Steam DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\GrowUP_Data\StreamingAssets\Video` Delete or rename `ReflectionsIdent5Seconds.bik` and `UbisoftSplash.bik`

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Reflections\Grow Up\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/426790/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/426790/remote/
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/426790/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Audio/video settings.

Camera settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable windowed mode and use the `-popupwindow` parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Options are: High, Low and Off
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Controls.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Button Prompts
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and SFX
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Grow Up.

Issues unresolved

Performance problems

Game suffers from bad optimization and can be pretty demanding, even on modern machines.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1	8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-550 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz	Intel Core i3-2105 3.1 GHz AMD FX-4100 3.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 5770 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit OS is recommended.

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 5.3.2p1^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/426790/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (426790) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Atari Announces Strategic IP Agreement With Ubisoft To Revive Five Acclaimed Titles - last accessed on 2025-08-26
↑ Verified by User:Anonymous on 2016-08-16
↑ Verified by User:Jwillikers on 2025-09-02
Confirmed that GrowUP.exe requires Steam to be running when launched directly through the game folder, regardless of whether a steam_appid.txt file or the steam_api.dll library was present in <path-to-game>.
↑ Poor performance troubleshooting :: Steam - last accessed on 2023-12-23
↑ Horrible performance RTX 4090 :: Steam - last accessed on 2023-12-23
↑ Worse performance than Grow Home? :: Steam - last accessed on 2023-12-23

[3] Unity engine build: 5.3.2p1^[2]

[Proton_path_note-5] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/426790/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (426790) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/426790/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (426790) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Atari Announces Strategic IP Agreement With Ubisoft To Revive Five Acclaimed Titles - last accessed on 2025-08-26

[engineversion-2] Verified by User:Anonymous on 2016-08-16

[4] Verified by User:Jwillikers on 2025-09-02
Confirmed that GrowUP.exe requires Steam to be running when launched directly through the game folder, regardless of whether a steam_appid.txt file or the steam_api.dll library was present in <path-to-game>.

[6] Poor performance troubleshooting :: Steam - last accessed on 2023-12-23

[7] Horrible performance RTX 4090 :: Steam - last accessed on 2023-12-23

[8] Worse performance than Grow Home? :: Steam - last accessed on 2023-12-23

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[Note 1]

[3]

[Note 2]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[2]

Developers

	Ubisoft Reflections
Publishers
Digital (original)	Ubisoft
Digital (2025-present)	Atari^[1]
Engines
	Unity 5^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	August 16, 2016
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	Grow