Old School
Released Oct 2023
Relive your school days in 3D, where old school graphics bring back timeless fun! Create your own star student and attend a schedule full of classes in time to gather the knowledge you need to thrive, while an equally important popularity contest challenges you survive...
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Active Development
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Evaluation
Old School launched on October 6, 2023 and has been regularly updated by MDickie ever since. The update history shows a consistent stream of feature patches throughout 2024 and into 2025, covering new mechanics, animations, costumes, weapons, storylines, and more. The one tagged major content release — "Moving Home" on November 28, 2024 — added an entirely new Trailer Park residential area, new moves, new costumes, and a wide range of gameplay improvements. Feature patches continued after that, with the most recent being v1.2.0 on May 23, 2025, which added new gestures, animations, combat mechanics, and AI improvements. That means the last known developer communication was on May 23, 2025. With updates arriving roughly every 2–4 months throughout the game's life, and the gap from May 23, 2025 to today (October 1, 2026) now standing at over 16 months, the game has gone considerably beyond the historical update cadence without any communication. However, MDickie is a solo developer known for maintaining multiple games simultaneously, and the game has never had a "final update" statement or any indication that development is concluding. The silence is notable and pushes the assessment toward the edge of the cadence window, but no outstanding commitments have been announced and no distress signal has been issued — making this a case where the sustained update pattern has simply gone quiet without an explanation either way. The assessment remains that the game continues to receive development attention based on its established history, though the extended silence since May 2025 warrants monitoring.
Evidence
v1.2.0 patch adds new gestures, headwear, animations, combat mechanics, and AI improvements — the most recent developer communication on record.
'Moving Home' update adds a new Trailer Park residential area, new costumes, new moves, and many other gameplay improvements — the sole tagged major content release in the update history.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
MDickie
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP · Local/Split Screen
About this game
Relive your school days in 3D, where old school graphics bring back timeless fun! Create your own star student and attend a schedule full of classes in time to gather the knowledge you need to graduate. With hundreds of other students walking the halls, an equally important popularity contest challenges you to survive long enough to thrive!
Envisaged in 3D for the first time, there are dozens of locations to roam inside and outside of school - as well as an abundance of fully interactive props to get you through the day. You can also fine-tune the camera to enjoy the action from a variety of different angles.
Choose from hundreds of preset characters of any age, or save your changes in the editor to make the world your own. Just when you think you've seen it all, a whole other career as a teacher awaits - which challenges you to impart knowledge as successfully as you learnt it! Whenever you need the support of friends, other controllers can join the action at any moment to help or hinder.
* Acknowledging that school is the first (and only) place that many people experience violence, this is an unflinching exploration of how true morality can only ever grow out of the muddy waters of immorality. The game depicts a fictitious universe. Any similarity to real people, past or present, is coincidental.
Envisaged in 3D for the first time, there are dozens of locations to roam inside and outside of school - as well as an abundance of fully interactive props to get you through the day. You can also fine-tune the camera to enjoy the action from a variety of different angles.
Choose from hundreds of preset characters of any age, or save your changes in the editor to make the world your own. Just when you think you've seen it all, a whole other career as a teacher awaits - which challenges you to impart knowledge as successfully as you learnt it! Whenever you need the support of friends, other controllers can join the action at any moment to help or hinder.
- Immerse yourself in every minute of every day in a real-time, seamless experience!
- Choose from hundreds of preset characters or make your own in the editor!
- Attend a timetable full of different subjects in time to answer real questions!
- Build relationships with hundreds of other students every step of the way!
- Defend yourself with a sophisticated combat system inspired by wrestling!
- Use an abundance of interactive props to get through the day!
- Roam dozens of different locations with fully interactive vehicles!
- Enjoy the 3D action from a variety of different camera angles!
- Invite other controllers to join the fun at any moment to help or hinder!
- Relive your school life from the other side by working as a teacher after graduation!
* Acknowledging that school is the first (and only) place that many people experience violence, this is an unflinching exploration of how true morality can only ever grow out of the muddy waters of immorality. The game depicts a fictitious universe. Any similarity to real people, past or present, is coincidental.
Last evaluated Oct 1, 2026
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