‘Agefield High’ Has Come to Take Bully’s Lunch Money

Refugium Games has announced Agefield High: Rock the School, a new open-world adventure and spiritual successor to Rockstar’s often-overlooked Bully. But while the comparison is inevitable, Agefield High quickly proves it’s carving out its own identity. Set in the spring of 2005, the game drops players into the final chaotic months of senior year. A time of pranks, late-night bike rides, T-Mobile Sidekicks, and figuring out who you are before graduation hits. With a pop-punk soundtrack and a fully explorable school and small-town sandbox, it captures a specific moment in time, and lets you raise some hell while you’re in it.

School Is Back in Session

Agefield High: Rock the School is a single-player, open-world coming of age adventure set in the early 2000s. You play as Sam Tatum—a high school senior suddenly uprooted to a new town with just a few months until graduation. Thrown into unfamiliar halls and small-town streets, it’s the classic fish-out-of-water story, but with a twist. Sam must find his place in the social hierarchy while navigating prank wars, awkward crushes, side hustles and pivotal choices that shape their legacy. With a pop-punk soundtrack, branching story paths and a nostalgic twist to suburban teen life, Agefield High captures the chaos, freedom and emotional highs of an unforgettable senior year.

Key Features

• A Fully Simulated School System: Attend (or skip) five different class types: Math, English, Geography, Music and …*checks notes*….German!
• Explore a Small-Town Sandbox: From bike shops to tattoo parlors, the world of Agefield is filled with places to discover and decisions to make.
• Side Hustles and Mini-Games: Complete a variety of side missions and activities like prank calling and lawn mowing to earn cash and unlock items.
• Customize Your Look:  Buy clothes, accessories, hair style, and more to express your style and stand out in the halls.
• Authentic Early 2000s Vibes: A Pop-punk soundtrack, springtime setting, and vibrant color palette create an atmosphere that’s as loud and rebellious as your teen years.

Agefield High: Rock the School is currently in development and scheduled for release on PC via Steam, with console versions planned at a later date.

My Thoughts

I was in high school in the early 2000s (Orange Coast MC High School Class of 2004, baby!) so Agefield High: Rock the School really speaks to me. It’s a love letter to aging Millennials, now experiencing back pain and heartburn, who remember life before social media. A time when all that mattered was your crush, your friends, and maybe getting your photo in the yearbook. It captures that mix of freedom, awkwardness, and rebellion that defined those years, and it does it with heart and humor.

I’ve always found spiritual successors interesting, especially when they step in to fill a gap left behind by a game that’s unlikely to return. Just like Cities: Skylines picked up where SimCity left off, Agefield High feels like it’s giving fans something they’ve been missing since Bully. Since Rockstar is fully focused on Grand Theft Auto VI right now, with ALL of their studios working on that, a Bully 2 isn’t happening anytime soon. It brings back a version of teen hood, untouched by smartphones and surveillance, where your biggest concern was how you’d be remembered in the yearbook, not your digital footprint.