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Cloud Gardens cover art

Cloud Gardens

Noio · 2021-09-01

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 01, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 01, 2021 (Xbox One), Jun 16, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 09, 2020 (Mac), Sep 09, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas

2
playing now
95%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Cloud Gardens is a simulation and puzzle game developed by Dutch developer Noio and published by Coatsink. It released in early access in 2020 and was fully released September 1, 2021 for Windows, macOS, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, and later for Nintendo Switch on June 16, 2022. In the game, players must complete a number of dioramas by planting and growing seeds using objects. The game received generally positive reviews on release.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 62 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (330 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 46k–104k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,307 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$17.49
GOG$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2020-09-09) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 23 of 45 observed days · $12.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32532520202026Week of 2020-09-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-11 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$4.792020-09-092026-08-302020-09-09 — best price $4.792020-12-01 — best price $7.992021-03-27 — best price $8.992021-06-24 — best price $11.242021-10-28 — best price $13.492022-02-03 — best price $17.992022-11-22 — best price $12.592023-03-23 — best price $17.992023-07-31 — best price $10.792023-11-28 — best price $17.992024-02-12 — best price $11.692024-03-21 — best price $17.992024-06-10 — best price $14.392024-07-22 — best price $15.292024-09-18 — best price $17.992024-10-28 — best price $12.592024-11-26 — best price $12.592025-01-02 — best price $14.392025-02-05 — best price $17.992025-03-13 — best price $10.792025-04-17 — best price $17.992025-05-12 — best price $17.992025-06-16 — best price $12.592025-07-16 — best price $13.492025-08-26 — best price $8.992025-09-25 — best price $12.592025-10-20 — best price $12.592025-11-26 — best price $12.592026-01-05 — best price $17.992026-02-12 — best price $12.592026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-05-06 — best price $8.992026-06-25 — best price $8.992026-08-30 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1402026-05-30 — 4 pageviews2026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-05 — 7 pageviews2026-06-08 — 7 pageviews2026-06-11 — 0 pageviews2026-06-14 — 3 pageviews2026-06-17 — 3 pageviews2026-06-20 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 3 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-02 — 4 pageviews2026-07-05 — 9 pageviews2026-07-08 — 5 pageviews2026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 3 pageviews2026-07-17 — 2 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-23 — 8 pageviews2026-07-26 — 4 pageviews2026-07-29 — 8 pageviews2026-08-01 — 7 pageviews2026-08-04 — 2 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-10 — 2 pageviews2026-08-13 — 4 pageviews2026-08-16 — 10 pageviews2026-08-19 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
61.1%
earned "Discovery"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,7405%11
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1168%11

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DIndieCasualNatureSandboxSurrealBuildingRelaxingSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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