Garden Simulator
Fair · Strategy · 2022
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Fair at $3.74, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Sep 2022. Buy it now if you want it.
- Length
- 8h 13.3h to 100%
- Value
- $0.47/hr
- Reviews
- 83% of 415 positive
Full price
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Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
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About the game
PLANT - DESIGN - HARVEST - With Garden Simulator you’ll get your own allotment, place deco elements and cultivate plants to harvest and sell them. Get ready for a beautiful time in nature. Always remember: A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 590, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
August 2024 is where it bottomed out, at $3.74. Across all 36 discounts in the 4 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 8 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 81 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 83 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Aquarist ($7.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats Recycling Center Simulator ($19.99, scores 54).
More about Garden Simulator
This site sampled 355 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written September 2022 to August 2026.
At 8 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
93% start to 5% 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
Players
- Players online
- 4 when we last checked, on Oct 5, 16:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
As a long time fan of farming simulator, I would describe this game as a backyard version of that. You plant and grow flowers and crops while decorating and building your yard into a gardner's wonderland. Plus you have a cat that you can pet, so that pretty much sells the game on it's own.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Garden Simulator, developed by PRODUKTIVKELLER Studios and published by Toplitz Productions and SunDust, takes the simple pleasure of gardening and transforms it into a relaxing simulation experience that focuses on creativity, progression, and personal expression. Rather than placing players in charge of a massive farm or demanding agricultural business, the game concentrates on a smaller and more intimate space...
100%'d it. even though it's botanical accuracy and illustrations are spot on, overall, it feels very unfinished. they introduce the house as if there's a storyline, but there never is. you never move into another house. you can't ever have a bigger garden. you don't get to customize your objects (e.g. raised beds' sizes are set). you don't get to do anything with your cat except pet it. you can't switch it out with...
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Cite this score
Garden Simulator scores 62/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1403310/garden-simulatorReviews 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 Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.