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Popular Kids

Navigate school life, build friendships, survive rumours, and climb the social ladder through natural conversations with students who remember your choices. Every interaction shapes your reputation in this AI-powered social simulation.

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June 30, 2026
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About the Game

Become one of the Popular Kids.

Step into a school where every conversation matters. Build friendships, earn trust, navigate rumours, and rise through the social hierarchy in a living social simulation where students remember what you say and how you treat them.

Use your voice or text to talk naturally with classmates, uncover their personalities, and influence your reputation. Your choices shape relationships, open new opportunities, and determine whether you become admired, ignored, or disliked.

Over 100 in-game days, you’ll face difficult social decisions, form alliances, resolve conflicts, and discover hidden stories. Every student has their own goals, friendships, and opinions, creating a unique experience every time you play.

Features

  • Voice or text conversations with students

  • AI-powered characters that remember your choices

  • Dynamic friendship, trust, and popularity systems

  • Branching social storylines and school drama

  • Unique student personalities and relationships

  • Multiple paths to becoming popular

  • Consequences that carry across the entire school year

  • 100-day progression system with evolving events

  • Replayable social experiences shaped by your decisions

Will you become one of the Popular Kids, or will your reputation hold you back?