I have no idea when or how this game found its way into my library, but I noticed that it was listed as working great on the Steam Deck, and so I decided to give it a grow. I almost didn't, however, because it was published by Ubisoft and I know better than to trust them with my precious time. Thankfully I made an exception due to the bright and colourful graphics style, and I'm so glad that I did in the end.

Grow Home is not a particularly long game, having earned 100% of the achievements in 5 hours of play. It's simple and straight to the point. You climb a giant plant, you grow the plant by aiming and riding its branches into special islands in the sky, and then you climb it some more. Rinse and repeat until you eventually reach your spaceship. There's a side quest to catalogue the flora and fauna of the islands, crystals to collect, and a little extra challenge at the end if you want to keep playing after you reach your ship. Do try to collect the crystals on the way up because they unlock additional abilities that make your climb easier!

Don't let the badge of shame that is modern Ubisoft put you off, this is a fantastic game that doesn't deserve to be associated with that brand. Once I started playing I couldn't stop. It also runs really well and feels natural to play on the Steam Deck, but I'm sure it's a fun play on a normal PC or laptop too.

Buggy mess of a port

Short and sweet but so much to enjoy! No i'm not talking about my peanis, I'm talking about Grow Home!

Great time, would recommend. BUD is silly.

its cool robot game

Beautiful in its simplicity.

8.5/10

perfect game imo. very cute, very fun. i love exploring and finding secrets, and this game just nails it and doesn't overstay its welcome.

Short (2hours or so) physics based platformer. Feels a little ahead of it's time considering all the physics based rage climbing games released recently. It's not quite as annoying as those since there are teleport fast travel nodes, but the premise is similar.

Played well on the deck. But slightly broken save system. Had 2 crashes and both times I lost a lot of progress. After getting to the ship and initiating the bonus objective of collecting the seeds I had a crash that sent me half way down the entire climb. Pretty demotivating. For that reason alone I wouldn't recommend it. At least if you're on the steam deck.