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The Parenting Simulator

This is a story where you do something more terrifying than entering a haunted house, more dangerous than assaulting an alien horde, and more important than ruling a fantasy kingdom. You, and you alone, must…

30 September 2019

The Parenting Simulator is an indie developed by Hosted Games, released 30 September 2019 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Parenting Simulator is

The Parenting Simulator is an indie game developed by Hosted Games and released in 2019. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on ChoiceScript.

The premise, in the publisher's words

This is a story where you do something more terrifying than entering a haunted house, more dangerous than assaulting an alien horde, and more important than ruling a fantasy kingdom. You, and you alone, must turn your newborn baby into a functional adult. Will you be a tiger mom or a helicopter dad?
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Parenting Simulator launched on 30 September 2019, within three weeks of Disco Elysium, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019).

Released around the same time: Disco Elysium, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019).

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When did The Parenting Simulator come out?
The Parenting Simulator was released on 30 September 2019 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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