Garden Story
Fair · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 10.7h
- Value
- $1.87/hr
- Reviews
- 89% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 256 mb video memory, shader model 3.0+, 102 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $3.99, set in November 2025. Its cuts run 60 percent off as a rule. There have been 43 in the 5 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 7 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 88 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Chronicon ($13.99, scores 95) beats it on value, while it beats Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos ($19.99, scores 48).
The press gave it 70; the people who bought it give it 89 percent. A 19-point gap in the buyer's favour.
This site sampled 440 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written August 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 58 percent of the 126 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
At 10.7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
89% start to 9% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Playtime is misleading, I played about 10 hours on another account, with expected 3/4 additional hours to finish the story. Great little game. The combat mechanics leave a lot to be desired, especially early game (very limited stamina which hinders combat flow significantly) but it gets better as you progress through the game, with more upgrade and weapons. The gameplay loop is you wake up, you do requests (kill...
A fun game about a brave little grape! I really loved the art and music. Gameplay got a little repetitive when trying to get all the towns to level five, but otherwise I enjoyed Garden Story a lot.
A fun and cute game. Light combat style with resource gathering and crafting, executed competently. Worth a try!
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Garden Story scores 64/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1062140/garden-storyReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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