School Years

A visual novel adapted from a real story.To tell the most authentic Chinese story in the most simple words

School Years is a visual novel, indie and story rich game developed by YEARS and published by 电钮组.
Released on October 04th 2019 is available only on Windows in 3 languages: English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 1,481 reviews of which 1,229 were positive and 252 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified School Years into these genres:

Visual Novel Indie Story Rich Simulation Anime RPG Drama Psychological Horror Detective Romance Puzzle Singleplayer Horror 2D Casual JRPG Foreign Interactive Fiction

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Requirements

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Windows

OS: Win7
Memory: 4 GB RAM
DirectX: Version 5.2
Storage: 10 GB available space

Reviews

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July 2024

The story’s setting is within a high school in 2005-2008 China. Unlike high school drama, basketball teams, or senior prom, this story is focused on inner world and intricate feelings, gave up on single sided young love, and put efforts into mutual love that developed over time. The main character, born in 1987, year of Rabbit, fell in love with this cute girl sitting next to him in class. They meet each other everyday, and their feelings for each other grow a little bit each day. At home, his parents always have arguments about money, which was depressing. What is more depressing is the countdown of the most gruelling national exam Gaokao - 180 days. Rewind the time, I couldn’t imagine myself going back to 2005 to sit in that classroom studying for the national exams, although the teacher Mr. Gao is a tall, funny, handsome yet baldhead, and super nice to his students. The main character spent his parents' money and thoughtful ideas trying to win her heart. I haven’t finished the game, so not sure if those efforts will get him anywhere in the end. If you are into Chinese culture, this can be a nice 10-hour long game to get. It feels like listening to an interactive anime book with decision tree and mini games. You might need culture references or gameplay guidance to proceed though. School Years, this game has a unique perspective, and gave audience a real digital experience of the darkest pre-Gaokao months, with a pretty girl like warm sunshine beaming into the coldest corner. The immersive experience brought you back in time with QQ, stock market, walkman and recorders, Jackie Chan and Kim Hee-sun's famous song Endless Love and the movie The Myth (2005). This game is the best simulation for pre-Gaokao days in school, a period of time so intense that no one wants to go back to. Yet for Steam achievements, you will need to go back again and again, so please do remember to save your chapters every once in a while, because there is no Chapter Select after you finish your first run. Good luck!

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9.99€

7.9

1,229

252

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Developer

YEARS

Publisher

电钮组

Release 04 Oct 2019

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