The Good Time Garden
BANGER · Short indie · 2019
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
PLAY IT.
A BANGER, and it costs nothing.
- Length
- 0.3h
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 96% positive
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Explore a throbbing pink world full of strange naked creatures to gather food for your friend in this short, surreal experience.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Yume Nikki (free, scores 87) beats it on value, while it beats Rainy Day (free, scores 73).
At 0.3 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
The Good Time Garden scores 85/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1200860/the-good-time-gardenReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26.
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