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Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator

Garden Life is a gardening sandbox game in which players can plant, cultivate, decorate, and manage their own garden.

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Steam User 8953STEAMRecommended

Good game! Nice story, nice gameplay, did not bump into bugs or anything like that. Very enjoyable <3

TIP! Want to do all achivements? Accept all missions in your mail box everyday, to collect all tools. If you ignore, it might get tidious. I ignored, and it did get tidious lol.

Mar 15, 2026·39h·Verified

Steam User 7324STEAMNot recommended

This has so much potential to be a great, relaxing game. The graphics are pretty, the routine of caring for your garden is peaceful, you get new colors of species as you progress. There are quests along with a story line that opens the pieces of the garden up. BUT. The cap on how many flowers you can have is SO SMALL. I didn't even have the greenhouse open yet and had more than half my space unused and got a "there is no more room for plants!" message. And yet, I am getting quests that want 50 of a certain plant in the garden. I have probably a thousand seeds in storage and I can't even plant new varietals. I don't have more than 6 of each color in smaller flowers, and two each of the bigger, so it's not like I planted a field of something.

Mar 12, 2026·15h·1·Verified

Steam User 2317STEAMRecommended

Super gra na odstresowanie i relaks dla wszystkich miłośników kwiatów.

Mar 11, 2026·54h·Verified

Steam User 6976STEAMRecommended

smooth play through and simple tasks

Mar 11, 2026·7h·Verified

Steam User 3392STEAMRecommended

昨天买的，到今天已经玩了8小时。电脑很旧，配置不够，设置全是最低。一开始有点费解，这游戏设定怎么都是晚上工作，长期深夜加班，这么丧吗？直到我抬头看天，是大白天。然后问豆包，才知道是因为我的电脑太渣了。调了下显示器设置，总算能感觉是在白天工作了，否则长期半夜加班得抑郁了。细节是没有的，但是能够流畅玩游戏不卡，已经很满足了。很好玩，很上头，用手柄很好，千万不要键盘鼠标，因为玩一会儿就会肩膀巨酸。

Mar 11, 2026·12h·1·Verified

Steam User 7047STEAMNot recommended

I am confused as to how many people have written raving reviews for this game. I was super excited to buy this and start playing but oh my god... The amount of glitches is astronomical. Each time I play it's only to try to get past the same glitch which is five or ten minutes into the game. It's fine in the garden and it feels nice and exciting. BUT, I go into the town square and it freezes before I can move and look around. I have changed all of the graphics to be as minimal as possible and minimized the screen. I was able to look around for three seconds once while it looked like I was inside a black hole before BAM!! Frozen. I want to love this game but if this has been out for two years now and the same issue hasn't been fixed based on other comments, I am really questioning on what's the point of sending it reasons or where I was when it crashed.

PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE!!

Mar 10, 2026·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 4165STEAMRecommended

I love the game and the animation as well as the storytelling. The only issue I have is when using my mouse to turn where I'm looking causes me to get motion sickness because it sometimes goes all over the place when i reposition my mouse.

Mar 7, 2026·11h·Verified

Steam User 4876STEAMRecommended

[h2] Доволі непогано, але не ідеально[/h2]

Гра має спокійний, релаксовий настрій, проте водночас і монотонний. Якщо вас це не відлякує - то вперед! Виглядає все чудово, симулятор саду як він є, рослин дійсно багато, сезони змінюються, а декорації в магазині оновлюються кожен сезон.
Але на виконання одного з завдань мені довелося витратити цілий ігровий сезон, бо просто ніяк не з'являлась потрібна рослина. І це... було нудно.
Все ж загальне враження на 3,5 з 5.
PS. В грі присутні баги. Критичні мені не зустрічались, але я натрапила на дволі приємний баг і отримала трохи більше, ніж 4 млрд. добрив :)

Mar 7, 2026·33h·2·Verified

Steam User 5893STEAMRecommended

I bought this game thinking it might be something I could get into but I really couldn't, it's too slow paced for me..I'm not returning it but I probably wont play it again, there just isn't much to do in it while you wait for your plants to grow, you can go to the bus stop to make the day go by quicker but you still don't have much to do regardless. It's a very pretty game and I think the developers' hearts were in the right place but it's just plain BORING..I'm still giving it a positive review because "it's not you, it's me". :)

Mar 6, 2026·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 2062STEAMRecommended

不肝，就是打理花园

Mar 5, 2026·8h·Verified

Steam User 7819STEAMRecommended

Es ist entspannend , man muss nicht hetzen und die Musik ist nicht aufdringlich. kann man gut zum abschalten spielen ,wenn man nicht viel nachdenken will.

Mar 4, 2026·35h·Verified

Steam User 7830STEAMRecommended

I will say that this is a very cute and cozy gardening sim game that is worth the $10-15 to purchase it. I enjoyed the sounds (BIG shout out to the rain noises, especially inside of the shed :) Thank you!) and color palette of it all. Having random characters pop up on screen was a bit jarring in the middle of all the cozy, but still lovely to hear someone speaking. It is a bit hard to get more variants without the greenhouse, but it definitely gives a goal to grow and move forward within the game. I feel like I'm 'halfway' through the game and find that I enjoy caring for my garden and trying to save for the next item. This is one of those games you play to calm down from a long day, not grind until you beat it imo.

Mar 3, 2026·24h·Verified

Steam User 4010STEAMRecommended

I honestly love this game a lot. I try to play on high settings to feel the cozy vibe at it's most. Love watching the re-blooming animation of sunflowers after spraying anti-pest. Love the off-grid style planting ability and all the garden tools avaiable.. It's not about doing a flower business and earning money for me -- I mostly play in creative mode and I love to tend a vast garden, not profit from it..
The game has got mixed reviews I know. Players have their own problems and complains with it. But IMO it's very cozy and beautiful if you don't expect too much business or realism from it. I haven't experienced any glitch or bug yet so I do recommend it. But pick up the game on a sale for sure because the price is too high I'd say..

Mar 3, 2026·1h·2·Verified

Steam User 4137STEAMNot recommended

Way too overpriced for what it is. It's a nice concept but it was only fun for the first hour. The game feel too empty, The characters should have been in the game instead of talking to you through magic box and mail or whatever. Variant of the flowers is interesting but it get annoying when it's based only on luck. it would have been more interesting to research the variant. The money you get is also very unbalanced. The orders are not worth it, just make flower bouquet and sell them and you are rich in just one day. You should also be able to pin the pavillon request because it was annoying to just go back and forth and it would have been nice to see the statue with a few flowers when you don't give ever flowers yet.

This game should have been like ten buck at most.

Mar 3, 2026·16h·1·Verified

Steam User 3670STEAMRecommended

This game is a perfect mix of Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing (IMO) but from a first person perspective. I love this game and its a great way to relax at the end of the day.

Mar 1, 2026·16h·Verified

Steam User 9152STEAMRecommended

Este jogo é uma graça. Amei a temática, a arte e a estrutura do jogo. Porém, há algumas coisas que gostaria de pontuar:
1. Limite de mudas plantadas - não faz sentido termos a expansão do terreno para uma área maior se temos um limite do que podemos plantar. Além de que, não é possível plantar sequer uma muda de cada espécie e suas respectivas variações, pois excedem o limite.
2. Senti falta de uma forma de identificar as plantas pelo nome, seja apenas selecionando a muda, ou utilizando as plaquinhas que atualmente só enfeitam o jardim.

De resto, o jogo é muito interessante.

Feb 28, 2026·17h·Verified

Steam User 9935STEAMNot recommended

The game is beautiful, but much too short and the limit is stifling

I love gardening, I really do. So I love flowers and gardens and I thought "Hey, this is nice!". And I wanted to like the game. I spent the hours finishing it (almost), too.

But it got boring quick, I am afraid. And long before the garden looks even half full, let alone beautiful, the plant cap stifles your creativity.

There are also just a few flowers where you can get X variations. There should be a lot more.

For 5-10 EUR, it would have been worth it. Possibly.

Feb 26, 2026·50h·7·Verified

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