In Let’s School, you take on the role of a principal tasked with the challenge of revamping and managing your alma mater. The game features two core mechanics: the construction and designing of the school and managing the dynamics of students and teachers. Each student has unique interests and aspirations, making your role as headmaster more complex. Balancing factors like your school's reputation, satisfying students' basic needs, overseeing academic pressure, and managing aspects like clothing, food, and travel provide an immersive and challenging experience. Aside from the usual responsibilities of a headmaster, you are also tasked with managing various issues that originate outside the school, including mysterious dangers and potential threats that might cause things to go bananas...

Hours of enjoyment await as you build your small school into a giant campus

Let's School is an ambitious sim management game that allows you to take charge of the day to day running of your own school. Build and furnish classrooms, hire staff, enrol students and expand your school.

At first glance everything looks a little daunting, but thankfully new elements are gradually unlocked to ensure that you don't become overwhelmed. That said, this isn't really one for those new to sims, as the learning curve is quite steep and I'm not convinced the tutorial is a straightforward as it could have been.

I have to admit to becoming a little frustrated on a number of occasions with the gaming mechanics. This really was designed for PC, where the controls are easier to use. Whilst using a controller isn't ideal, the developers do a pretty good job with the tools at their disposal.

Let's School is an ambitious sim management game

I had to pay close attention to instructions in the tutorial, as it's easy to miss things and not overly easy to fathom, on occasion, what you have to do - even following the tutorial's guidance.

There are simple tasks to undertake, like setting out your classrooms as well as ongoing quests, like tackling unwanted bee hives that appear around the grounds. Manage every aspect of the teaching year to ensure that no pupil is left behind.

For dedicate sim fans, many hours of enjoyment await as you build your small school into a giant campus.

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Nick Smithson