The Parenting Simulator

The Parenting Simulator is a lighthearted, text-based interactive story told across 189,000 words. You make choices while raising a child from birth to high school graduation, shaping who they become and how your relationship develops over eighteen years. The game has no graphics or sound effects; it relies on your imagination.

Raising a child

You encounter more than 60 scenes covering major and minor events in your child’s life. Challenges include potty training, bullies and the driving test. Your choices can have consequences that echo through the years, and the child grows and changes in response to them.

Relationships and endings

You act as the child’s main role model while balancing relationships with friends and family. You can maintain those connections or burn bridges to spare yourself and your child further heartache. Numerous possible endings reveal who your child becomes.