Comparison

Raising Sua vs Verdant

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Raising Sua

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Raising a child in South Korea isn't a peaceful journey—it's a battlefield. Welcome to the brutally realistic K-Parenting survival simulation! Welcome, parents, to the 18-year marathon of raising Sua in one of the most hyper-competitive societies on Earth. This is not a simple, relaxing idle game. It is a hardcore K-parenting survival story where you must constantly balance your loving desire to give your child the absolute best with the harsh reality of an empty bank account. Want to send your child to elite Hagwons (private academies) or hire top-tier tutors? Then you must work late-night delivery gigs or sweat at a logistics center to make ends meet. But beware—forcing her into the infamous Korean academic rat race will crush her mental health. To prevent her from breaking down under the extreme pressure, you must treat her to expensive premium kids cafes or luxury hotel staycations. At the same time, you must manage your own parenting burnout with late-night soju and snacks just to survive another day. [ Key Features ] The K-Education Battlefield: From high-end English kindergartens and strict etiquette camps to endless Hagwon runs and elite SKY university campus tours. Plan weekly schedules that reflect the fiercely competitive reality of modern South Korean education. Intense Resource Management: You must perfectly control four critical factors: parent stamina, parent stress, Sua stamina, and Sua stress. If even one hits the limit, your family peace will shatter. The Law of Equivalent Exchange: There is no perfect child. Gaining logic means losing artistry, and learning the taste of capitalism early will cost pure positivity. Every choice you make in this pressure-cooker society comes with a heavy price. 18 Impactful Multiple Endings: Sua could survive the gauntlet to become a brilliant surgeon, a K-pop idol, or a famous YouTuber. However, exhausted by the harsh reality, she could also become a socially withdrawn recluse or end up struggling to survive in a tiny Goshiwon (cheap dorm room). 18 years of your blood, sweat, and tears. What kind of adult will Sua become at the end of this ruthless journey? Test your mental strength and your wallet in the most realistic Korean parenting survival game. Download and start your challenge now!

About

Verdant

Experience a full life from birth to death in this text-based simulation. Make choices that shape your career, relationships, and legacy across different eras. Build an empire, start a family, and leave your mark on the world.

Highlights
  • Text-based life simulation
  • Randomly generated worlds and eras
  • Deep career paths
  • Complex relationship system
  • Property and business building
  • Multi-generational family trees
Features
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Live an entire life. Every year, every choice, every consequence. Verdant is a deep text-based life simulation where you're born into a randomly generated world and live from cradle to grave. Your choices shape everything. LIVE YOUR STORY • Born into a random family, country, and era (1960s–2000s) • Navigate childhood, school, careers, love, and legacy • 20+ deep career paths including law, medicine, military, music, and more • Build a property empire, start a business, or go underground RELATIONSHIPS MATTER • Date, fall in love, marry, have children • Multi-date talking stage before commitment • Love languages, arguments, therapy, divorce • Every relationship has real depth and consequences YOUR HOME, YOUR LIFE • Buy or rent homes that affect your mood and relationships • Interact with neighbors, decorate rooms, host parties • Garden, cook, and build the life you want • Survive homelessness or thrive in a mansion BUILD YOUR EMPIRE • 50+ career hustles from YouTuber to manga artist to cult leader • Invest in stocks, property, and businesses • Run a law firm, open a restaurant, become a fighter • Social media fame with real platform mechanics MAKE YOUR MARK • Write your will, plan your legacy, mentor the next generation • Bucket list system for your final years • Family tree spanning multiple generations • Every playthrough is completely different Optional crime paths for adult characters (18+): drug growing and dealing, weapons, and prison, with real consequences.

Screenshots

Raising Sua3 screens
Verdant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Raising Sua at none against Verdant's 9. Raising Sua also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). Verdant's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Verdant sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Raising Sua asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Raising Sua ships an update every 2 days, Verdant every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Raising Sua versus Verdant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRaising SuaVerdant
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (367 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—90.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—367 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS1514.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size338 MB157 MB
Age rating12+17+
Developerwoongkyum kimShane vincent

In-app purchases

None

Raising Sua

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Verdant

One-time9
  • Inheritance £250k$1.99
  • Inheritance £500k$3.99
  • Inheritance £1M$5.99
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  • Fame Pack$9.99
  • Inheritance £5M$9.99
  • God Mode$12.99
  • Inheritance £10M$14.99
  • Verdant Premium$17.99
  • Verdant Life VIP$29.99

Questions

Is Raising Sua free?
Raising Sua is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Verdant free?
Verdant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Raising Sua or Verdant have ads?
Raising Sua shows ads; Verdant does not.
Which is updated more often, Raising Sua or Verdant?
Raising Sua ships an update every 2 days, and Verdant every 5 days. Most recently, Raising Sua was updated on October 15, 2026 and Verdant on October 23, 2026.

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