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Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator
Garden Life is a relaxing gardening game in which you create your dream garden in a peaceful, colourful world. Plant and add ornaments at your own pace, transforming an overgrown forgotten plot into a flourishing community garden.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I don't think this game is cosy, but this comes down to how you play the game. If you really just log in to do a bit of gardening here and there, it [i]can[/i] be cosy. If you buy this with the intention of getting all achievements, oh, boy. You're going to hate yourself. Here…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“Cozy and family friendly game that I can enjoy with my daughter.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“I love how colourful the game is, and the storyline is sweet enough. There is simple gameplay with a satisfying loop for someone like me that loves gardening and needed something a little mind-numbing to play. However the whole thing is ruined by AI art and poor UI decisions. If…”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:18 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
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New patch coming today!
Dear Gardeners, It's been a while! We hope you're all well and that 2025 is off to a great start for you :) A new patch is available today with some various fixous and updates. Here's the full patch:
Various bug fixing.
Dear gardeners, A small patch has been released today. Various bug fixing Fixing snips behaviour with roses Tools storage fix Warm whishes, The Garden Life team 🌼 Join-us: Garden Life Facebook Garden
Plant limit increase & new QOL improvements - Patch 1.5
Dear Gardeners! We want to thank you all for your patience on this long-time coming patch! Some of you may have already hears some whispers of our up-and-coming features through our Discord channel. T
Screenshot Challenge!
Dear Gardeners, If you've been following us on our socials or if you're here on Discord, you've probably seen that we ran a "Spring has sprung" screenshot challenge back in May. In that first contest,
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Casual, Simulation |
| Player tags | Relaxing · Simulation · Cozy · Singleplayer · Casual · Indie · Farming Sim · Sandbox · Cute · Family Friendly · 3D · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Turkish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 37 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 or AM D Ryzen 5 1400 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760, 2 GB or AMD Radeon R9 280X, 3 GB DirectX: Version 11 Additional Notes: Graphics cards tests have been ran on desktop versions. Laptop versions of these graphics cards should work, but are not officially supported.