Grow Up

GameSpot

Jason D'Aprile·Sep 1, 2016

Critic50/100

Agreement—

Grow Up's frustrating physics and controls conflict with its charming presentation.

Push Square

Stephen Tailby·Aug 26, 2016

Critic70/100

Agreement—

Grow Up is a sturdy expansion of everything that made Grow Home unique. The vast open world is complemented by new abilities that greatly expand BUD's capacity to travel far and wide. It's a gleeful game that is always aiming to make you smile, and though technical problems persist, it's hard to care when you're jetting aimlessly about, playing with the physics and climbing ever higher. Perhaps it could've afforded to change things up a little more, but at the end of the day, this is a neat little platformer that may well supplant your expectations.

PC Gamer

Andy Kelly·Aug 23, 2016

Critic73/100

Agreement—

A superb remix of Grow Home that gives BUD a bigger sandbox to play in, at the expense of some challenge.

Rock Paper Shotgun

John Walker·Aug 23, 2016

Critic—

Agreement—

It’s a perfect game for playing with kids (although try to keep your sniggering at the cactus willies to a minimum, in order to avoid awkward conversations). What we don’t have is Ubisoft Reflections reaching for something new, something innovative, something surprising.

IGN

Leif Johnson·Aug 18, 2016

Critic78/100

Agreement—

Grow Up doesn't feel terribly different from Grow Home other than its larger world, but its main achievement is to strengthen some of its predecessor's weak points. The drive to climb to the top of everything remains, but here it's improved on with new methods of climbing and flying, and the option to toss down plants that serve as tools for any situation. The camera sometimes complicates this, but not enough to bury the charm of the original.

Eurogamer

Martin Gaston·Aug 17, 2016

Critic80/100

Agreement—

This quickfire follow-up to one of 2015's real gems doesn't make any big steps forward, but it's a charmer all the same.