Agefield High: Rock the School is out — released 12 August 2026: the launch record

Updated September 5, 2026

Agefield High: Rock the School — Refugium Games’ early-2000s coming-of-age adventure that has been described all summer as the game filling the Bully void — is out now on Steam at $26.99 (10% off its $29.99 list price for launch week). It released on 12 August 2026, at or just before the reported 12:00 PM ET hour.

What time does it unlock?

The hour above comes from press coverage, not the store page — Steam itself shows “Aug 12, 2026” with no clock. A fixed midday-ET unlock is a deliberate choice some indies make (it puts launch inside US working hours, when the developer is awake to fix things), and multiple outlets report it for this game. We watch the store at the reported moment and correct this page immediately if reality differs.

Now live, verified on the store page: the game released on 12 August at $26.99 — a 10% launch discount off its $29.99 list price. The price stayed genuinely hidden until unlock, exactly as this page reported on launch eve, so nobody could pre-purchase; the discount is the compensation for that. It also ships with full controller support, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud and Family Sharing.

Still true after launch: no preload and no demo — the 15 GB download starts when you buy.

Consoles: announced, but not dated

PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions are coming later via Perp Games — announced formally, with no date. A Nintendo Switch 2 version has surfaced in platform release listings, but the publisher’s own announcement named only the two platforms above, so treat Switch 2 as a listing artifact until someone says it out loud. If you are console-only, this launch is not your launch; we track the port dates on this page.

What kind of game is this?

You play Sam, a transfer student navigating Agefield High in the early 2000s — classes, cliques, romance, mischief and a garage band, structured like the teen comedies of that era. The comparison every preview reaches for is Bully, and the systems line up: an open school-town, a minimap, a schedule to keep or skip. The band angle — recruiting members and playing to rock the school — is the part Refugium builds its title around.

PC system requirements

Heavier than the fields-and-bikes screenshots suggest — as listed on Steam:

Minimum:

Recommended:

Windows only — no macOS or Linux build is listed, so Steam Deck players will be relying on Proton with no official word.

Further reading

• Agefield High vs Bully: how close is the comparison, really?
• System requirements — heavier than it looks (+ Steam Deck)
• Console versions: PS5, Xbox & the Switch 2 phantom

What we will cover on day one

A small-studio open-world launch has a predictable failure set: performance on the minimum spec, crashes at the intro, save issues, and — given the reported midday-ET unlock — a launch-hour rush in US daytime. That is what this site does; see the launch-week guides for the format. If Agefield High stumbles on the way in, the fix coverage lands here.

Sources

Platform and requirement claims trace to the Steam page; the unlock hour and console-port details come from the press coverage linked above and are labelled as such.

• Steam store page — Agefield High: Rock the School (App 3562580)
• Game8 — release date and time press report, not an official statement
• TechTimes — August Steam launch, console ports to follow via Perp Games press report, not an official statement