Adulting

Adulting is a single-player interactive visual novel about the uncertainties of being an adult. Set in a multi-apartment building, it follows three characters at different stages of life through linear storylines, each divided into three acts. The game takes around 20–30 minutes, depending on how much time you spend on mini-games and reading dialogue.

Three lives

Liv is a 23-year-old student pursuing a university education in the creative industry while working part-time. She struggles financially, as her parents also support her siblings, and feels growing pressure to manage her finances alongside work and education.

Albert, a man in his mid-40s with two children, finds it difficult to balance caring for them with his other responsibilities, including running his own florist store. His partner’s job often keeps them away from home. Finja is a 70-year-old pensioner who struggles with loneliness: she can no longer travel long distances to see friends, and her family has little time to visit amid their busy adult lives.

Interactions and mini-games

You explore the characters’ apartments through dialogue, point-and-click interactions and events that trigger short animations or conversations. These interactions add context to the characters and their surroundings, while addressing different difficulties each character faces. The game includes 12 mini-games in various styles, which you must complete to progress.

Messages and scrapbook

At any point in the story, you can write messages about your own thoughts, decorate them with stickers and send them to other players. The scrapbook is available throughout the game, letting you send messages and read and store collected paper planes.

Art and music

Adulting combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional art in a hand-drawn comic and graphic-novel style. It features hand-painted assets and 2D character animations, with a calm, emotional soundtrack that includes individual themes for each character.