Choose Grow Home
Choose Grow Home if you want an Adventure experience. On Steam, it's currently about 56% cheaper on the Steam Store. 2,864 Steam reviews back the pick.
Grow Home vs Straight Up
Grow Home and Straight Up both land in Indie, Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Casual on Steam. Grow Home (2015) is 9 years older than Straight Up (2024). Grow Home is currently ~56% cheaper on Steam than Straight Up (1.59 USD vs. 3.59 USD). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Straight Up
Choose Straight Up if you want the Steam Leaderboards side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2024) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Straight Up launched in 2024.
Both Grow Home and Straight Up sit in Indie and Casual on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Grow Home |  Straight Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2024 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Casual | Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Unrated |
| Price | 1.59 USD | 3.59 USD |
| Steam reviews | 93.5% positive (2,864 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Reflections, a Ubisoft Studio | CryneX |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Casual on Steam.
- Grow Home (2015) is 9 years older than Straight Up (2024).
- Grow Home is currently ~56% cheaper on Steam than Straight Up (1.59 USD vs. 3.59 USD).
- Grow Home is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Straight Up has no Deck rating yet.
Grow Home vs Straight Up — FAQ
- Should I play Grow Home or Straight Up first?
- If you want chronology, Grow Home (2015) came out before Straight Up (2024). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Grow Home and Straight Up similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Casual on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Grow Home run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Grow Home is rated Deck Verified by Valve. Straight Up doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.