Boyhood's End is an adventure horror game following Giovanni, the boy with the lowest human score in the universe, and Campenella, the delinquent genius, and their journey on the galactic railroad regarding the "human" and "inhuman".
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Very Positive (32) - 96% of the 32 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
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Very Positive (406) - 91% of the 406 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Sep 5, 2024
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Why Early Access?

“We would like to receive feedback from the community while releasing the story in a manga-like serialized format.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Early Access is planned to last for around 12 months.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“The game is planned to have 5 chapters. We are planning on releasing the story chapter by chapter during Early Access, until all 5 chapters are released.
Once the story is finished, we will make final adjustments to the game based on conversations with the community and release a full version.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The current game includes all the basic features of an adventure game, and the story is 20% complete. Some gameplay portions and effects are still under development.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We plan to gradually raise the price as we ship new content in the form of chapter updates.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We are planning on using the Steam Community feature to incorporate community feedback into each of our serialized chapter updates.”
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About This Game

When does childhood end? Both humans and the inhuman will find the answer at the end of a cycle of fight and flight.
  • Solve puzzles and explore the world, depicted in hand-drawn pixel art
  • Watch beautifully animated conversations between the main characters
  • Join a young boy on his adventure and experience his story set in a hardcore sci-fi world
Boyhood's End is a juvenile science fiction horror adventure game, in which the world is ruled by a mechanical overlord "R. Karellen". Every aspect of every person's life is rated with a "human score", and R. Karellen decides everything from academic and professional careers, romantic interests, to one's daily meals.
※This game contains some depictions of bullying and violence.


The protagonist, Giovanni, has the lowest human score among the entire human race. Every day, he receives "special treatment" for everything including his meals and classes. On top of that, he gets bullied relentlessly by his classmates at the School, both in real life and online.


But one day, everything and everyone in the school starts attacking Giovanni, trying to "remake" him and raise his human score by making him "more human". A senior student, the famously eccentric genius Campanella, reaches out to Giovanni, and they hop onto (and take over) a driverless train on the galactic railroad. And so, Giovanni gets swept up in a journey to find the "Crimson Southern Cross", located at the farthest edge of the universe.


On their journey, the boys will meet great leaders of the past and pull reckless and destructive "pranks" on them all. Through their encounters with the history, twisted mysteries, and various horrors of the world, they will eventually have to confront the end of their own childhood.


Oh, did you hear that? The boys are (pointlessly) sounding the train whistle. Looks like it's time for the galactic express to depart.

■Characters

Giovanni

"Shut up! I couldn't care less about your twisted logic, but here's the thing, I'm a human! And you'd better start treating me like one!"
Has a wanted criminal as a father and the lowest human score in the universe. Gets treated like trash by other people and even the system itself.
Has a cynical personality and a sharp tongue, but has a soft spot for his family. Always has to earn money to pay his mother's hospital fees.
Although he lives in an age where humans haven't had to write programs by themselves for generations, Giovanni knows the ancient craftsman technique of writing his own code from scratch. He frequently uses his coding skills to do shady side gigs on the dark web.

Campanella

"Come on, show me! Show me the true potential of humanity! Show me something unpredictable, something that could ruin the world as we know it—something a man-made thing could never do!"
Has the highest human score in the Gymnasium, and very talented in everything from academics to sports, but also has the highest total score deduction in the Gymnasium due to his frequent eccentric behavior. Talk about extreme.
Campanella holds "humans" in high regard, and acts arrogantly around the inhuman and artificially intelligent R. However, many claim to have seen him chatting and playing around with R for no reason in particular.


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Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: General Mature Content

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or higher
    • Graphics: Open GL compliant video card

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