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Growth

Web browser • 2023

Should you play it?

Growth is a cozy, hexagonal-grid based soft-strategy game. Explore and populate a procedurally generated world by utilizing unique abilities of animals. Growth blends the beauty of cozy exploration with challenging navigation around obstacles.

What works
  • Relaxing and calming atmosphere
  • Engaging strategic puzzle gameplay
  • Procedurally generated maps increase variety
  • Accessible and easy to learn
  • Good replay value for initial sessions
Things to keep in mind
  • Limited content and replayability after multiple runs
  • Steep difficulty spike at endgame volcano map
  • Tutorial could be clearer on mechanics
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some achievements are grindy or bugged

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Sizzle & Stack

  • Planetbase

  • Before We Leave

  • SimAirport

  • Tribloos 2

  • BoomTown! Deluxe

  • Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game

  • LuckLand

  • City Bus Manager
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Sizzle & Stack

  • Tribloos 2

  • BoomTown! Deluxe
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Growth: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fantasy, Violence, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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Last update: 13/07/2026