This Child Of Mine

This Child Of Mine

Released Mar 2018

A short 2.5D adventure platformer developed over the course of 3 months by a 3 person team. Travel along with a woman and her child surviving during an alien invasion. Inspired by classic sci-fi, this quiet, melancholy journey will show the depths a mother will go to protect her child, if she can survive...

62% positive · 106 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

This Child Of Mine launched on March 12, 2018. The store description is straightforward: it's a short game developed over 3 months by a 3-person team, with no mention of planned post-launch content, DLC, or expansions. On launch day, the developer posted a Kickstarter campaign stating "without your support, we won't be able to continue to work on the game" — indicating that further development was contingent on crowdfunding. A small bug fix patch followed on March 15, 2018. There have been no developer communications of any kind since then, and the Kickstarter campaign did not result in any announced or delivered additional content. With no post-launch update pattern, no announced content, no unreleased DLC, and over 8 years of silence from the developer, the game appears to have shipped as a self-contained short experience with no further content added.
Evidence
Developer launched a Kickstarter on release day, stating future development depended on crowdfunding support
news post · Mar 12, 2018 source ambiguous
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Game described as a short experience developed over 3 months by a 3-person team; no DLC, expansions, or post-launch content mentioned
description source development ending
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Media

Details

Publisher
BeetleFish Studios
Achievements
1
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

A short 2.5D adventure platformer developed over the course of 3 months by a 3 person team. Travel along with a woman and her child surviving during an alien invasion. Inspired by classic sci-fi, this quiet, melancholy journey will show the depths a mother will go to protect her child, if she can survive...

Features:
  • Survival Horror: You are a mother and her baby in a hostile environment, outsmart or outrun the threat to survive
  • Grapple Slug: Obtain an alien slug that functions as a grappling hook
  • The Virus: Get infected by a smart mouthed alien parasite
  • Quiet Beauty: Gorgeous, hand-drawn characters and environment textures
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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