Boyhood's End
Early access since Sep 2024
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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Evaluation
Boyhood's End entered Early Access on September 5, 2024 as the first chapter of a planned 5-chapter episodic adventure. The developer, WSS playground, originally promised to deliver all five chapters by the end of 2025. Chapter 1 launched with Early Access, and Chapter 2 was delivered in full by April 4, 2026 — well past the original schedule.
On November 14, 2025, the developer posted an official notice announcing a temporary pause to serialized updates in order to polish past content and thoroughly plan future chapters. They stated that the timing of future updates would be announced separately and asked for players' patience. The most recent developer communication is a bug fix patch posted on February 27, 2026, which explicitly noted it does not advance the story.
As of June 21, 2026, there has been no announcement resuming story updates or providing a new timeline for Chapters 3–5. Three of the five promised chapters remain undelivered, and the developer has been silent on story progress for over 7 months since the pause was declared. While the developer has not indicated the project is cancelled or that the studio is in distress, the combination of undelivered promised content and an extended silence without a new schedule creates genuine uncertainty about when — or whether — the remaining chapters will arrive.
Evidence
Developer announced a temporary halt to serialized updates to polish past content and plan future chapters. No new timeline given; promised to announce future update timing later.
Chapter 2 story concluded with this update. Digital Artbook and Soundtrack updated to include Chapter 2 content.
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
WSS playground
Achievements
102
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
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.
※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.
"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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- 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
※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.
Let's Plays Welcome!
We'd love to hear from you anytime at our official account
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Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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