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Embark on a wholesome adventure to save The Grove! Forage resources, combat the invasive Rot, and restore the community. Relax and enjoy the fruits of your labor in this charming action-RPG starring a grape.

Garden Story is a singleplayer, fantasy and pixel graphics game developed by Picogram and published by Rose City Games.
Released on August 11th 2021 is available on Windows and MacOS in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 1,518 reviews of which 1,361 were positive and 157 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Garden Story into these genres:

Singleplayer Fantasy Pixel Graphics Adventure Action RPG Cute Action Action-Adventure Exploration 2D RPG JRPG Cozy Character Action Game Top-Down Story Rich Colorful Funny Isometric Family Friendly

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows Vista or greater
Processor: 2 Ghz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 mb video memory, shader model 3.0+
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 100 MB available space

MacOS

OS: Mac OSX 10.10+
Processor: 2 Ghz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 mb video memory, OpenGL 2
Storage: 100 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Oct. 2025

My 5 and 8 year old kids loved this game and were able to play it despite not really being able to handle other games. I did most of the boss fighting and it was quite easy for me. Some tips from a min-maxer who got 100% achievements: Start your controller before you start the game. Alt+Enter to fix full screen mode. There is never a need to actively stock up on wood, Stone, or coin (leaflets). Wait until you have finished Summer Bar for the remaining tips: Some orbs require a charged attack, others require you to bait a rot over and make them hit it. Dowsing rod events have more challenge for rarer items: 3 cards for yellow shell, 5 cards for blue, and 10 for red. If you only want red shells right now, you can intentionally fail by spamming other directions, exit the screen, and come back to try again. Goldie is in a hidden screen to the east of The Riverway in Spring Hamlet, you have to break the orb first. Finish their quests and then visit daily for free stuff. Instead of going to sleep, check memories to improve your stats... you can even see what to do to unlock more memories. Stack luck to nearly guarantee things like glass lenses when you break jars. You carry a jar for each season, and can switch from the inventory menu. You have to fill them separately too, but dont give up hope in a dungeon when you can just swap. Putting chests everywhere you can is worth it. You need sap to make chests. Sap can be farmed from the Spring library dungeon or by getting a special dew and using it on dry stumps to convert them into leafy stumps. The game maxes out at stacks of 35 in your bank, but you'll never need more than 25 items at a time. Tools max out at level 5, but aside from your base sword and dowsing rod it's not worth it except for fun. Towns max out at level 5, but by the end it's not worth doing it. Check the stores during the day if there's anything still locked and pursue only the color you need for it. Benches can fast forward up to a quarter of your day, but then you have to change screens. It seems like certain towns grow things better (multiple results instead of one at a time). Autumn town for cobblestone (cobble piece), Winter Glade for chick peas (porcelain shells), think it's jelly beans (bioluminescent pods) in Summer Bar, and Kukui nuts in Spring Hamlet (but might have that reversed with Summer Bar).

March 2025

Cute game! The music is nice and there's ambiance that doesn't get annoying. The gameplay loop is relatively simple, and you have essentially infinite time each day cycle as far as I've been able to tell, so it may feel a little grindy but there are a handful of things to do that keep it from being too bad. The characters are one note, but the note is generally strong. If you liked Littlewood, you will probably like this.

Feb. 2025

I recommend this game with one caveat- buy it on sale. It is genuinely such a cute, enjoyable game with one of the most charming pixel styles I've seen; an amazing soundtrack that I couldn't turn off (which is saying something because I usually play games with the sound off after a while); and a simple, yet meaningful story that makes for a great play while winding down. That is, while you still have content the play. The game is far too short to justify getting it at full price, and there is no endgame to really add to play time unless you just want to start from scratch over again. Once you beat the final boss, there is no reason to continue upgrading your weapons and jars despite that being the rest of the game play loop. It's such a shame because most of the characters you meet have such vibrant personalities (and cute, emotive sprites), I really wanted to spend more time with them. Overall, still a good game. A game that is short doesn't mean it's inherently bad, the fact that I still want more is very telling of how nice the game feels to play. Definitely simple combat wise, but I liked the hats and backpacks you could buy for your character.

Feb. 2025

i replay it once every 6-10 months and hope for more from the devs! it captured something in me and doesent let go also music is peak

Jan. 2025

super cute game, really really relaxing and great for all players, if you want a challenge there's bosses to fight and quests to complete, and if you aren't too good at fighting or just want a more relaxing experience you can modify the game fully, you can turn off deaths, make time go slower so you have more time in the day to complete things etc, I don't see games that do this often but I really appreciate seeing that it's a feature in this game, I personally play with death turned off because I found the bosses a bit too tricky so it's a really nice feature to have, overall this game is really cute and maybe the most relaxing game I've played, I cannot recommend this game enough

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Frequently Asked Questions

Garden Story is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

Garden Story is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

Garden Story received 1,361 positive votes out of a total of 1,518 achieving a rating of 8.53.

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Garden Story was developed by Picogram and published by Rose City Games.

Garden Story is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Garden Story is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Garden Story is not playable on Linux.

Garden Story is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Garden Story. Explore additional content available for Garden Story on Steam.

Garden Story does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Garden Story does not support Steam Remote Play.

Garden Story 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.

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