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Cloud Gardens
A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“So... I completely misunderstood the game mechanics for the first 60 minutes which would explain why they didn't have any logic behind them. At first, I thought the goal of the game was to make a path for the plant to grow, so needless to say it was not working out the way I…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“literally on my knees BEGGING for more content in this game. More levels... Maybe a user created level library. More plants! ANYTHING. I ADORE THIS GAME”
— a player, Steam review · 48 hrs played“Soo... made a nice bowl of ramen and sat myself down to play a relaxing game while eating. Well at least that was the plan, but the game had me so mesmerized I was playing for 2 hours before I remembered the bowl in front of me. 10/10 would eat cold ramen again.”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 1.2.6
This patch addresses the recent security vulnerabilty by Unity. But I figured, what else can I throw in there? So — after 3 years — the dirt bases now line up seamlessly!
Cloud Gardens dev announces new game at PC Gaming Showcase!
Hi everybody!Thomas. Just wanted to let you know that my next project, GARBAGE COUNTRY, has been officially announced to the world. Big thanks to the PC Gaming Showcase for having me. Check out the tr
Post-Competition Update (1.2.0)
Last month we ran a few community sandbox competitions, with players voting the most beautiful builds. The winners of those competitions each suggested an item to be added to the game. This update add
Patch 1.1.1
Fixes a bug that gets the game stuck on startup (on a yellow-pink screen) if the preferences file is corrupted. Thanks to Fish for helping to find this.
Winter Sale (+ Nintendo Switch)
Dear players, Cloud Gardens is currently available with the steepest discount so far, and we're matching that discount on the Nintendo Store. That's not even the only handheld you can play the game on
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Nature · Sandbox · Atmospheric · Relaxing · Experimental · Procedural Generation · Casual · Building · Simulation · Singleplayer · Surreal · Indie (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 11 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8+ Processor: 2.4GHz Dual Core Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 300 MB available space