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Garden Galaxy

Garden Galaxy

by Anneka Tran

★ 98%
Price $9.99
Avg Players 18
Reviews 2,617
Released Dec 14, 2022
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Garden Galaxy blends idle progression with creative garden building, where you collect and organize plants, decorations, and creatures across procedurally generated spaces. The game hooks players with resource management mechanics that quickly escalate from casual decoration into complex economic systems, rewarding both passive income and active optimization. Best for players who want meditative sandbox gameplay with surprising depth, though inventory management can feel cumbersome during extended play sessions.

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What players are saying

▲ Recommended 3 hrs
This isn't an ''idle game'' this is a surgical class paralytic that'll keep you staring dead-eyed at your screen for several hours straight
76 found helpful Steam ↗
▲ Recommended 312 hrs
Completely and utterly CONSUMED.
I have put hundreds of hours into this little game, fully expecting a cozy quick game to turn my brain off to. WRONG. I found myself in the pits of economic turmoil, scarcity rocked me to my core. I gave up on aesthetics in favor of industry. After all that... I put my little beach together, built up my garden with my pots, and watched my turtles helplessly wander. Rewarding doesn't even scratch the surface.
69 found helpful Steam ↗
▲ Recommended 13 hrs
I love this game but there are 3 things that make me not want to play it:

1. The inventory / item storage sucks. Either add an inventory tab or triple the size of the cardboard boxes. There needs to be a way to add in item to an existing stack without the tedium of opening and checking all the boxes to find where it goes (holding ctrl and right clicking to add to a stack)

2. Farming for tiles in the late game sucks, when cashing out a stack of 30 rainbow coins, it takes FOREVER to sort / put away all of the different, random tiles and items (see issue 1) but also the way items stack on top of each other and random coins is very cumbersome to sift through

3. Taking items out of storage sucks, as it seems to be random what items can stack on top of each other, when farming items (see issue 2) or more often, taking stacks out of boxes, half of the items in the game require you to take them out 1 at a time. If I need to take out 50 water tiles, there are no other options other than to meticulously pull them out, over and over, and over, and over
40 found helpful Steam ↗

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Latest updates

Woolly

219 days ago
Hello!I'm excited to share my new game called Woolly. It's an idler where you keep lots of colourful sheep. Woolly just launched today, so if you're interested feel free to give the demo a try! Thanks to everyone still playing Garden Galaxy after all this time!

Update 1.2.3 - Item Inspecting and Fixes

826 days ago
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42284117/6a1f4d3a4d705c362c92c370038a27aab7e0e5ae.png New Inspect items in scene by holding to display the set it belongs to. VSync and Frame Rate Cap options are available in the Settings. Changes Rainbow coins contribute more to Banks and Vending Machines. Added more symbols to the customisable Sign: droplet and apple. Fixes Fixed an issue where items were not updating their position after being moved. (this should solve the area selection bugs that were causing items to teleport away) Fixed dragged items being shrunk after hovering over the Duplication Bag. Fixed missing highlight outlines on Swamp Water tiles. Fixed Secret item hints not displaying in the Collection screen after being discovered. Fixed an issue where game settings would not visually change when clicked on. Edited descriptions for the Falling Leaf items, to be consistent with other effect items.

Garden Galaxy Frost Update

911 days ago
Update 1.2.2 Frost Set Snow has arrived in a seasonal themed set with 14 unique items! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42284117/46655000e592424cf51106d6e8fa85c187760ac4.png Gifts Over time, the Pot will gift you free items as a thank you for spending coins! These gifts contain items that can be especially useful when starting out. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42284117/43675a95c42af824f971ab4c7fd244fa6e48c61b.png More! Waterfall tiles to match the Beach and Swamp water tiles. Organise or decorate with a customisable sign. Fir trees can now stack to be taller. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42284117/cb4342a64e797521019d710e1dd53863342af16a.png Improvements Collection Screen: added the ability to reset/remove an item's customisation effect. Added visual feedback on the HUD when trying to move locked ground. Reduced the frequency of receiving the slope or stair tile variants. Fixes Fixed the appearance-changing Cauldron not accepting ground tiles. Fixed the 'coins spent' counter incorrectly increasing when a Rainbow coin is spent or a statue is sold.

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