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Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator

stillalive studios · Feb 22, 2024

PC · PS5 · Series X|S · PS4 · Xbox One · Switch

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Garden Life is a relaxing gardening game in which you create your dream garden in a peaceful, colourful world. Plant and add ornaments at your own pace, transforming an overgrown forgotten plot into a flourishing community garden.

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PC

Critic 8.0 (1 critics) · Gamer 7.6

PlayStation 5

Critic 7.0 (3 critics) · Gamer 8.2

Xbox Series X|S

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PlayStation 4

No critic reviews yet · Gamer 8.3

Xbox One

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Critic reviews

  • Softpedia

    Cosmin Vasile · Mar 21, 2024

    7.0
    Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator feels like an unfinished project or one that was rushed to meet a deadline and some parts have been left out. Somewhere in the rush to make the coziest experience possible, the fun took a backseat and as a result the basic idea backfired. It is cozy, but after a point it is hardly engaging. There is no real motivation beyond designing and building your dream garden using a limited variety of plants and decorations. Still despite all the shortcomings, the game delivers exactly on the promised atmosphere, that is completely cozy, but can hardly be called a simulator.
  • Digital chumps

    BEN SHEENE · Mar 08, 2024

    7.0
    Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator is just that: cozy. There’s little reason to strive for perfection in a game that merely wants players to dabble in its goal of building whatever kind of idyllic flower patch desired. This kind of directionless aura may be a turn off for those seeking a different kind of simulator but what’s on offer is hard not to enjoy.
  • PlayStation Country

    Mike · Feb 28, 2024

    7.0
    When it comes down to it, I think Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator does what it sets out to do. It's a comfortable game with very little strife or stakes. Growing and maintaining the garden has a simplicity to it and the brief days allow the pacing to largely stay steady. The story mode delivers a structure that does provide a tutorial whilst pushing you gently towards greater goals. I do wish the inventory management has a little smarter but it hasn't dampened my spirits too much. It is a time investment but can be rewarding when the garden really opens up to you.
  • GGRecon

    Katey Roberts · Feb 22, 2024

    8.0
    Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator doesn't just simulate gardening; it simulates peace, creativity, and community. Whether you're a seasoned green thumb or someone who struggles to keep a cactus alive (of which I am guilty), this game offers a slice of paradise to escape to - with no muddy boots required

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