Return to campus
Released Jan 2025
An open world school game, you can bully your classmates, collect protection fees, go to the supermarket to make zero-dollar purchases, or even blow up the school. Of course, you can also study hard and exchange ideas with your classmates.
76% positive · 1,772 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Return to Campus is a free-to-play open-world school game that launched on January 12, 2025. From the outset, the developer was transparent that this free version contained only the "poor kid" storyline, with a paid expanded version called "Campus Fantasy" planned to deliver the full experience including a "rich kid" storyline and additional gameplay systems.
The developer shipped the paid follow-up, Campus Fantasy, on July 12, 2025, and then delivered the final piece of content for Return to Campus itself — the conclusion of the "poor kid" route ending — on October 3, 2025. That October 2025 update marked the completion of the storyline content the developer had committed to for this title.
Since then, the developer's attention has shifted entirely to a new standalone project called "Nice City," which launched on February 14, 2026. A March 2, 2026 patch for Return to Campus applied performance improvements carried over from Nice City's development, but this was a technical maintenance update rather than new content.
The developer has not announced any new story content, DLC, or gameplay additions for Return to Campus. The one paid DLC ("老哥支援包 / Big Bro Support Pack") released on January 22, 2025 was a supporter pack rather than a content expansion, and it has been fully delivered. With the storyline complete, Campus Fantasy available as the full-featured successor, and the developer's focus now on Nice City, Return to Campus appears to be a finished product.
Evidence
Developer delivers the 'Poor Kid' route ending update for Campus Fantasy and notes the new project Nice City is already in full swing — no further content announced for Return to Campus
Developer announces Campus Fantasy (the full paid version of Return to Campus) will officially release on July 12, 2025, describing it as 'finally finished'
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
聂宇星
Achievements
28
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player
About this game
The game is produced by Unreal Engine 5, using many next-generation technologies, such as Nanite can make the model have a high level of precision of the movie level, Lumen can provide comparable to the natural environment of the light and shadow so that the game inside the alternation of day and night is real and detailed, coupled with the game for the first-person can be better immersive for players to experience the game.
The school in the game is an open world that can be explored freely, and all the scenes and buildings are loaded seamlessly. For example, you can choose to go to the women's restroom when you go to the toilet, you can choose to take all the pots and pans at home when you go to the school, you can choose to steal all the commodities in the supermarket instead of checking out, and you can even take away your roommate's belongings.
There are many interesting ways to play in the game, such as realizing the fantasy of daze in class, time standing still, instantaneous movement and so on, and of course, there is also the function of blowing up the school, which every reader has imagined, and destroying all the buildings in the school. There is also a replica of the game that you like to desert and play inside your cell phone during class, in short, this unique gameplay will bring you a unique experience.
1. I’m fed up with too many profit-oriented manufacturers that treat games as commodities. They copy whatever is popular and sew whatever makes money. So I have always had a dream to make a game that is different from what’s on the market. It’s a good game. It will be found to be supportive.
2. I am an independent game producer. This game was produced by me alone. It took me a lot of energy and effort. I hope more people will play my game.
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Last evaluated Jun 19, 2026
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