Love's Sweet Garnish
Fair · Short indie · 2018
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $12.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 5.9h 10h to 100%
- Value
- $2.20/hr
- Reviews
- 93% of 781 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $11.82 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Amidst the falling cherry blossoms, Asaki wishes to revitalize his grandmother's beloved cafe. With the appearance of Rira and Richer, two girls who wish to work at the cafe, this is the start of a bittersweet story that will intertwine them all.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 1280 x 720, 799 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
65 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 45 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 5 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. The Good Time Garden (free, scores 85) outscores it, and so does Yokai Art: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons ($6.99, scores 67). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Love's Sweet Garnish
1 of the 341 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 92 percent of the 132 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 19 percent of everything written about it.
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 11, 10:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
7.0/10.0 Honestly, I really wanted to give this game a negative review. As someone who has experienced school bullying, I cannot understand why the bullies in this story are forgiven so easily... That said, the artwork and music are both excellent, and the overall atmosphere is quite sweet. Those strengths make up for some of its flaws, at least to a certain extent. Still, I would not recommend this game to any of...
2 more reviews
It's a cute story, and it's pretty short, the H-scenes are detached from the main game so unless you want to read those you aren't missing anything, it is not for those who want a deep or engaging story though, it's for those who want something cute and to turn their brain off for a few hours
Love's Sweet Garnish is the kind of visual novel that doesn't try to subvert expectations or redefine the genre-it embraces familiar romantic storytelling with sincerity, confidence, and softness. Developed by Canvas+Garden and published by Sekai Project, it begins with a simple premise: a young man unexpectedly inherits his grandmother's small-town café and must revive it to honor her legacy. That setup, while not...
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Cite this score
Love's Sweet Garnish scores 66/100 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/891510/love-s-sweet-garnishReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.