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Relax and grow! A laid-back idle game where you nurture mysterious plants (some even human-like!), watch them flourish, then sell them to expand your magical garden. Design your own unique oasis at your own pace.
Desk Garden is a idler, casual and incremental game
developed and published by Siesta Studio.
Released on June 17th 2025 is available on Windows and MacOS
in 10 languages: English, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain and Russian.
It has received 476 reviews of which 400 were positive and 76 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified Desk Garden into these genres:
Idler
Casual
Incremental
Farming Sim
Sandbox
Point & Click
2D
City Builder
Agriculture
Collectathon
Cute
Comic Book
Crafting
Simulation
Cartoony
Colorful
Hand-drawn
Fantasy
Cartoon
Singleplayer
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Desk Garden:
| UI | Subtitle | Audio | |
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| English | |||
| German | |||
| French | |||
| Korean | |||
| Spanish - Spain | |||
| Simplified Chinese | |||
| Traditional Chinese | |||
| Russian | |||
| Japanese | |||
| Portuguese - Brazil |
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System requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+)
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i3 @ 3.2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card with DX11
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 250 MB available space
- Additional Notes: any normal pc can play
MacOS
- OS: macOS Sonoma
- Processor: Apple or Intel
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Storage: 250 MB available space
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User reviews & Ratings
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I enjoy playing this game as a winddown garden. I also usualy have it over the screen while I am doing other things. If you desire to completly fill the screen they let you they also allow resizing of the blocks (all of them) and other customization of the garden options. It is slow and uses IRL time for each teir of the plants and critters that grow within the garden so if you don't like that mechanic there's no way to speed it up without changing time on your computer itself, I haven't tried because I don't mind the IRL timers and wait.
Honestly, this is a great biome type desktop companion but it comes with a very troublesome gacha-like randomness on the unlocking mechanism, which can take a long time to unlock everything or get the plant(character) you wish to keep as a companion on the desktop. So if you're the patient type, this app is recommended, if not, you'll probably hate it.
So the cons first, since they might be a dealbreaker for most. The dev has basically abandoned the game. There are many QOL features kind of necessary for the end-game grind, and a few "basic" things that aren't easy to work out without the Discussion group, and the Discussion group is quite inactive because the dev is also inactive. This means if you run across a bug (and there are some still in the game), or wish for some end-game features to make the 'day after day after day for a single achievement' more bearable, you very likely won't get them. I am 136 hours in and about 50 of those hours are literally just getting Flower Coins (you get maybe 1-2 an hour in a screen covered in tiles and you'll need hundreds and hundreds to get the final achievement) and I still probably have another week of this to go. So, if you can afford to park a game that you *still have to look at* (making it not at all an idler) and *actively harvest from* (not an idler, doesn't feel very cozy either at this stage), then do so! The pros: This is a cute game that scales well in the first three quarters. It's got cute graphics (though it will block out your screen completely by the end, making it sort of the opposite of a desk companion and more just another game that you have to click into to get Flower Coins), a gacha style way of getting items on tiles, and just enough customisable features that at least for the first three quarters, you feel like you have some control over a game that specifically has little and is based a lot on gambling and chance metrics. The art is really pretty. From the decorations to the individual creatures you can hatch in your garden. It's not really an idler because it requires so much active play from you to actually harvest gold and Flower Coins, but there are some cool features such as One-Click Planting (once you unlock it), locking tiles, or sorting the gacha priority. There's also gold and rainbow cards for every tile version, though thankfully no achievements around this. The tier groupings are pretty, including themes like Christmas, Spooky, what seems like a Cosmic tier, and more. It's also a pretty cool concept for a fairly common type of game. While it's no longer a desktop garden by the end (it will fill your whole screen unless you want to spend two years playing it daily), it is for long enough that it's just cool to have it around while you're playing. I miss the early stages of the game enough that once I've gotten all the achievements, I can see myself resetting and starting again just to enjoy scaling through the different progressions. The soundtrack is really nice, and it includes different noise generators, so for those who like ambient sounds / gentle sounds like rain, this is fantastic for you!
The game offers a wonderful experience for fans of casual desktop simulators. Growing mysterious plants directly on the screen provides immense relaxation. Certain flora even take on fascinating human like forms, adding unique charm to the digital garden. Selling fully grown crops generates funds to expand the magical oasis. Designing a personalized layout happens at a comfortable, laid back pace. Running the application as a background companion makes daily work much more enjoyable. The sandbox elements blend perfectly with idle mechanics. A quick warning regarding performance: building massive gardens all over the desktop causes major lags. Going extreme with plant decorations results in severe frame drops. Keeping the digital layout to a reasonable size prevents performance issues and ensures a smooth experience.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Desk Garden is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.
No, Desk Garden is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 2.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Desk Garden received 400 positive votes out of a total of 476 achieving a rating of 7.87.
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Desk Garden was developed and published by Siesta Studio.
Yes, Desk Garden is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, Desk Garden is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
No, Desk Garden is not playable on Linux.
No, Desk Garden is not playable on Steam Deck.
No, Desk Garden is not playable on Steam Machine.
No, Desk Garden does not support VR.
Desk Garden is a single-player game.
No, Desk Garden does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Desk Garden does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Desk Garden does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Desk Garden is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Desk Garden.
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Last Updates| Steam data | 25 September 2026 05:29 UTC |
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| SteamSpy data | 18 October 2026 13:44 UTC |
| Steam price | 26 October 2026 20:27 UTC |
| Steam reviews | 19 October 2026 18:01 UTC |
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Online players
18
Developer
Siesta Studio
Publisher
Siesta Studio
Release
17 Jun 2025
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