Chinese Parents

In this casual sim set in China, you step into the shoes of an average kid from birth towards the end of your high school. Study hard, have fun, make friends and face your ultimate challenge, the “Gaokao”. What will your life be after that? And when you have a child, will you be a Tiger Parent?

Chinese Parents is a life sim, psychological horror and memes game developed and published by 墨鱼玩游戏.
Released on September 28th 2018 is available on Windows and MacOS in 4 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 25,099 reviews of which 22,969 were positive and 2,130 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Chinese Parents into these genres:

Life Sim Psychological Horror Memes Simulation Casual RPG Indie Singleplayer Anime Dating Sim Funny Cute Strategy Survival Horror Education Dark Humor Horror Puzzle Survival

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Requirements

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Windows

OS: XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor: Intel Pentium III 800 MHz+
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 1024x768 High Color +
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 500 MB available space

MacOS

OS: Snow Leopard 10.6
Processor: 2.0GHz+ 64-bit
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Storage: 500 MB available space

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

This game brought back the pure terror of prepping for the Chinese college entrance exams. Played through several generations and still didn’t get into college—guess I’m doomed in that reality. Also, raising daughters is sooo much easier than raising sons in the game, seriously. Gameplay-wise, it’s basically Minesweeper meets one dimension match-3, with some story events sprinkled in. The plot triggers feel pretty scripted—nothing groundbreaking—but once in a while, the devs throw in these cheeky little surprises that make me chuckle. That said, the event narratives are set in stone, and they don’t really interact with your character's growth. After a few playthroughs, it all starts feeling pretty repetitive. But hey, this game has serious educational value. Perfect for parents—once your kid learns how to read, make them play this game every year. Let them get a good hard look at their life choices. 回想起了被中国高考支配的恐惧，玩了几代也没考上大学。女儿比儿子好养多多多多了。游戏内容方面，感觉就是在扫雷和三消，触发剧情事件还是蛮固定的，有些开发者设计的小情节和联动，偶尔也让人会心一笑，剧情内容也是固定写死的，和人物成长也没有互动，多周目后就开始无聊了。游戏非常有现实教育意义，建议带娃的家长等娃认字后每年都让他通一遍，好好认清自己的人生。

Nov. 2024

This game is fun and you will get your $10 worth. They have finally updated the game! After two years I have to say I am excited to see this game alive. I have hopes for this game and its worth the money. The Heirloom system is cool and I enjoy the extra perks. The chance for a free trait is the best as i've had it proc twice in a row on max cost.

July 2024

非常好的模拟器，时时刻刻让我记起了不要孩子的想法 never ever raising kids or wanting kids

July 2024

The name is Chinese style parent,I don't want to be like my own parents,So I focus on American style education and cultivating children's abilities,It's a good game, but sometimes it can be very normal,It's like a dream, a real story that happened

Feb. 2024

’Chinese Parents’ is one of those games, that can easily gobble up a lot of hours, if you let it. It is difficult not to compare this one to ‘Growing up’ – which was one of the greatest relaxation games for me. Both games deal with guiding a character from infancy to graduating High School, include a relaxing -if repetitive- gameplay loop of minigames and stat-building. If that sounds like something for you, you should give this game a chance. ”Nothing a man says before the word ‘but’ really counts.” But… Growing up is the superior version of this. Not just because it is a newer game, but the way it handles relationships with your peers, the minigames, and intuitivity of the game are all sharply increased in Growing up. Building relationships isn’t presented in a narrative storyline fashion, rather it is actions like everything else, and without the storybreaks from the gameplay, I fail to stay invested to the same extend. Chinese Parents isn’t a bad game, and you might prefer, that there isn’t a big focus on the character relationships to distract from the core statbuilding loop. Or heck, maybe you don’t like the 90s as a setting, so the cultural variety that ‘Chinese Parents’ brings to the table is a big selling point.

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8.19€

9.0

22,969

2,130

Online players

127

Developer

墨鱼玩游戏

Publisher

墨鱼玩游戏

Release 28 Sep 2018

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