Let's School

Let's School is a moderately okay management sim, which will definitely help you wile away a few hours. A lack of humanity lets it down and makes what could have been a very personable experience into another cog in the machine, taking away any individuality and losing the benefit of having the setting in a school environment by treating school life as purely transactional.

Let's School is a business simulator dressed up as a school simulator, with a heavy focus on the business side of keeping a school operating and not much on the warm, fuzzy feeling that you might get from education and helping kids reach their goals. There are some visual bugs and some frustrating menu layouts to deal with in the Switch version of the game, but there is a deep, engaging – if a bit soulless – simulator here.

A solid choice for simulation and management fans, but the Switch version suffers from technical issues and awkward controls. Good for planning enthusiasts, less ideal if you want a smooth experience.

Let's School excels at integrating construction and strategic management elements into a rich, open-ended experience, especially for simulation game fans. Despite some technical flaws and poor audio, the depth of the systems and creative design make it a fun experience for micromanagement enthusiasts. With further updates, it could become one of the most prominent school simulation games.

Let's School has introduced several impressive updates, making investment and growth the main focus of the current version. The addition of club and activity systems also brings a lot of new content to the game. However, playing Let's School on the Switch may not be as great an experience as on the PC, as the font appears too small on the screen.

Has its heart in the right place, and works to a degree, but its interface and controls are a problem

Granted, if you’re not incredibly patient with seeing hours of tutorials, you might not stick around long enough for the game to get good. But if you love building, management, and tycoon games you’re going to have a blast with Let’s School.

I found Let’s School a bit of an anti-climax. While the premise was there with the management mechanics, it just didn’t get me excited. I apologize if I appear to have come across negatively however the fun just did not come across for me. Let’s School is too repetitive in its tasks and lacks social interactions which in turn affected my long-term engagement with the game. Whether this was my experience due to playing it on the Nintendo Switch, I do not know. For now, Let’s School scores the Thumb Culture Bronze Award.

Let's School has some interesting ideas, but fails to execute them in a satisfying way and is particularly unwieldy on the Switch.

Let’s School is a fun and engaging video game that allows players to experience the joys and challenges of running a school. However, given limitations and the given genre, it may not live up to most people’s expectations. Still, considering its fair pricing model and a free demo, it is worth trying out.