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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.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “relaxing garden management loop” (43 of 75 reviews) and “beautiful flowers and graphics” (17); the most common complaint is “plant caps and random variants” (17). What reviewers agree on ↓
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 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
43 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“While this game looks and appears cozy, I would not recommend this game to a friend. I completed this game for the platinum, and had to re-do an entire playthrough of it (which I wasn't happy about). Below are the…”
“Hokay. So. I am a avid lover of plants. A plant addict- so you could say. And I have finished this storyline to the point where every day for now gets me the same order so I figure its mostly complete (Save for the last…”
17 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“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…”
“Hokay. So. I am a avid lover of plants. A plant addict- so you could say. And I have finished this storyline to the point where every day for now gets me the same order so I figure its mostly complete (Save for the last…”
“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…”
9 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“Hokay. So. I am a avid lover of plants. A plant addict- so you could say. And I have finished this storyline to the point where every day for now gets me the same order so I figure its mostly complete (Save for the last…”
“This game is now an absolute delight. It is relaxing and low-stress, with beautiful flowers. So far, I have played it obsessively for ~60 hours which makes it excellent value for money. Some people may whinge about the…”
“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…”
6 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“This game is now an absolute delight. It is relaxing and low-stress, with beautiful flowers. So far, I have played it obsessively for ~60 hours which makes it excellent value for money. Some people may whinge about the…”
“I wasn't sure about this game when I first saw the trailer. I like cozy games but I thought it was a little whimsical for my liking. I purchased it when it was on sale and I am so glad I did. Within less than 48 hours…”
4 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“Loved this! Got totally addicted and blasted through 24 hours in 4 days. Haven't been this addicted to a game since Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator and Stardew Valley. Very cozy, as the title suggests. No need to…”
17 of the 75 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“While this game looks and appears cozy, I would not recommend this game to a friend. I completed this game for the platinum, and had to re-do an entire playthrough of it (which I wasn't happy about). Below are the…”
“TL;DR: Don't let the cozy flower-farming aesthetic fool you; past the initial hour of gameplay is a repetitive grind with long waits for "new" seed respawns and achievements designed to pad playtime. There's so many…”
“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…”
15 of the 75 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“TL;DR: Don't let the cozy flower-farming aesthetic fool you; past the initial hour of gameplay is a repetitive grind with long waits for "new" seed respawns and achievements designed to pad playtime. There's so many…”
“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…”
“This could have been a gem but it feels like slop. There is almost no quality of life in this game and very limited content. - You have a handful (20) different plants that are available from the beginning. You need to…”
10 of the 75 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“TL;DR: Don't let the cozy flower-farming aesthetic fool you; past the initial hour of gameplay is a repetitive grind with long waits for "new" seed respawns and achievements designed to pad playtime. There's so many…”
“I really enjoy this game, I love the idea of organizing a garden, making it pretty, etc. But there are so many things that have made it hard to enjoy at times. It's so difficult on controller to cut, even with the…”
9 of the 75 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“TL;DR: Don't let the cozy flower-farming aesthetic fool you; past the initial hour of gameplay is a repetitive grind with long waits for "new" seed respawns and achievements designed to pad playtime. There's so many…”
“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…”
“This could have been a gem but it feels like slop. There is almost no quality of life in this game and very limited content. - You have a handful (20) different plants that are available from the beginning. You need to…”
7 of the 75 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“While this game looks and appears cozy, I would not recommend this game to a friend. I completed this game for the platinum, and had to re-do an entire playthrough of it (which I wasn't happy about). Below are the…”
“Becomes absolutely unplayable after you’ve put a couple of hours in. It crashes and freezes non-stop at some point and there is not easy fixing it. The developers blame the user and doesn’t seem to intent to fix the…”
“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…”
Counted across 75 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 75.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“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 can be cosy. If you buy this with the intention of getting all achievements, oh, boy. You're going to hate yourself. Here is what…”
— 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 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
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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 2026-05-13.
| 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 |
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.