Garden Story

Garden Story

Steam Deck Verified

Picogram · Singleplayer · Aug 11, 2021

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $3.99.

89%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 196 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 79 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
46% of themes are praise45% are divided9% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I hesitated to buy this despite enjoying life sims like My Time at Portia, Stardew, World's Dawn etc, because it looked too cutesy and not serious enough/like there was a real story or like it was for adults, but it's actually just a beautiful game.
196 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The first thing you'll notice when playing is that the game is going to walk you through a bit of what you do, and this is important cause it's establishing the basic gameplay loop.
79 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
-The graphics are very good and run perfectly if you have a potato PC
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
-Good Soundtrack
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Edited to add: I tried to play this on the steam deck and it is playable, but for me it was too tiny on that little screen for me to see what I was doing.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters196 reviews
Gameplay79 reviews
Graphics52 reviews
Audio31 reviews
Steam Deck10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat95 reviews
78%
Difficulty26 reviews
88%
Interface23 reviews
74%
Controls20 reviews
85%
Performance9 reviews
22%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes7 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
21
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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