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Garden Paws cover art

Garden Paws

Bitten Toast Games Inc. · 2018-12-18

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 26, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 18, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Work with Frank at the local construction shop to finish off the final touches on your new home. Aid Frank and Mayor Wilson in building up the town so it may reach it's full potential.

Garden Paws is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Very Positive (90% of 2496 reviews) sentiment.

7
playing now
90%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (1.8k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (90 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 28,761 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 62k–150k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,496 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2024-03-14) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
808020182026Week of 2018-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1612026-09-15 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1589Dec 2018Aug 2026Dec 2018 — avg 158 · peak 254Mar 2019 — avg 74 · peak 167Jun 2019 — avg 94 · peak 243Sep 2019 — avg 63 · peak 139Dec 2019 — avg 81 · peak 230Mar 2020 — avg 79 · peak 238Jun 2020 — avg 89 · peak 178Sep 2020 — avg 78 · peak 145Dec 2020 — avg 82 · peak 225Mar 2021 — avg 103 · peak 213Jun 2021 — avg 96 · peak 197Sep 2021 — avg 108 · peak 248Dec 2021 — avg 88 · peak 171Mar 2022 — avg 67 · peak 136Jun 2022 — avg 54 · peak 100Sep 2022 — avg 40 · peak 93Dec 2022 — avg 52 · peak 114Mar 2023 — avg 67 · peak 149Jun 2023 — avg 37 · peak 82Sep 2023 — avg 35 · peak 73Dec 2023 — avg 24 · peak 61Mar 2024 — avg 28 · peak 63Jun 2024 — avg 21 · peak 54Sep 2024 — avg 20 · peak 49Dec 2024 — avg 14 · peak 38Mar 2025 — avg 21 · peak 49Jun 2025 — avg 18 · peak 33Sep 2025 — avg 13 · peak 34Dec 2025 — avg 13 · peak 28Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 31Jun 2026 — avg 11 · peak 32Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$11.992018-12-192026-07-092018-12-19 — best price $18.992019-03-08 — best price $16.992019-06-26 — best price $15.992019-08-09 — best price $15.992019-10-28 — best price $15.992019-12-19 — best price $14.992020-01-22 — best price $14.992020-03-30 — best price $19.992020-05-21 — best price $19.992020-09-10 — best price $19.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-05-31 — best price $19.992021-08-24 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-04 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-05-06 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-10-31 — best price $19.992022-12-12 — best price $19.992023-02-07 — best price $19.992023-04-06 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $13.992023-08-07 — best price $19.992023-11-06 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-15 — best price $19.992024-05-06 — best price $19.992024-08-05 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-03-04 — best price $19.992025-04-21 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
81.7%
earned "Open for business!"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller Support2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-04-04, latest 2021-05-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9610%65
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCuteCo-opCasualSandboxBuildingCartoonyCraftingRelaxingOpen World

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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