Chosen Garden

Super adorable and fun roguelike deckbuilder. The general vibe is most similar to Cat God Ranch, and obviously inspired by Luck be a Landlord and Balatro. Also somewhat similar to a very small indie game called Crop Rotation, actually. Overall, a cute, easy and good time You have a bunch of plants that fill up a 9x9 field randomly based on their amount, you harvest a 3x3 square and are scored based on the plants in that square. There's a lot of modifications, archetypes and synergies. It's generally good, fast fun and presents a challenge pretty quickly as you go on higher difficulties. There's lots of cool modifiers, and it's all well crafted into a pleasant package. It's hard to say what makes games like these tick, but in the first few hours, it feels like the balance and vibes are appropriate. Would definitely recommend for fans of the genre. My main issue right now is the localization It's not as big of an issue as some non-English game designers but some effects are hard to parse, which obviously detracts from the game. Primarily, the Base x Mult thing is sort of unclear, and one of the upgrade animals tells you what it upgrades in Chinese. Editing to add: More issues have popped up. As expected of an indie game, there's some glitches. Achievements are triggering that I definitely did not do. The way difficulties are unlocked is a bit weird and unclear as well. Overall though, the game is well crafted, well made and fun. After playing quite a few hours, I'm reasonably certain I'll keep playing. The balance feels good, certainly on the more difficult end of things depending on the map. Would definite recommend getting it at this price.

Wholesome fun balatro-like game about gardening. Surprising depth.

Oh my god I LOVE THIS GAME!!! I played the demo and very impatiently waited for it to be released. I've got two hours in the demo and only played one round of the full release but if you like rougelikes and cute games GO FOR IT!!! Okay so the full release has so many more plants to choose from and so many more combos to make. I love the designs of the plants and the different weather conditions that change your game up a bit, (they are similar to the binds in balatro). There are so so many plant combos and ways to win a run. There are different maps that change the game up even further and keep it feeling new. The zoo map even added a whole new game mechanic to play with. This game starts pretty easy but has increasing difficulty so don't worry if you find other rougelikes too challenging. Surprised this game doesn't have more hype I can already tell I'm going to sink HOURS into it! Oh! And so far its running great in my steam deck ✨️