Garlic Builder
Worth it · RPG · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $7.99.
- Length
- 8.4h 9.4h to 100%
- Value
- $0.95/hr
- Reviews
- 92% of 432 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Garlic Builder is a unique building game. As the new builder of the Garlic Family, can you inherit your father's building hammer, take various orders, follow the blueprint, or use your imagination to fulfill the strange needs of your customers?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 3000, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
28 discounts in the 3 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 3 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 94 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Littlewood ($14.99, scores 88) beats it on value, while it beats Bear and Breakfast ($19.99, scores 76).
More about Garlic Builder
This site sampled 286 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written January 2024 to August 2026.
The drop-off
58% start to 10% 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
- 12 when we last checked, on Sep 27, 01:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Great cheap and relaxing game! I really enjoyed it, although it can get a little boring towards the end, especially as the builds get a bit harder with each level. I also liked that you get to build something using your own creativity instead of following a blueprint from time to time. Took me around 7 hours to complete.
1 more review
Got this game with a bundle and was surprised to find myself addicted lol I have so much fun following the blueprints and getting as close to perfect as I can! My only complaint is that the larger projects are hard to follow, but I think that could be remedied if the devs added numbers to the blueprints, or let us zoom in on the blueprints so we could more easily count how many blocks are needed where
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Garlic Builder scores 77/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2512920/garlic-builderReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.