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Garden Story cover art

Garden Story

Picogram · Rose City Games · 2021-08-11

SteamEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 11, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 12, 2022 (Xbox One), Aug 11, 2021 (Mac), Aug 11, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Embark on a wholesome adventure to save The Grove! Forage resources, combat the invasive Rot, and restore the community. Relax and enjoy the fruits of your labor in this charming action-RPG starring a grape.

3
playing now
89%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
22h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Garden Story is an action role-playing game developed by Picogram and published by Rose City Games. The game was released for macOS, Windows, and Nintendo Switch on August 11, 2021, and for Xbox One on July 12, 2022. Limited Run Games announced that physical copies would be distributed in Q3 2022.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 23% of 11,423 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,726 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-11-19) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 18 observed days · $16.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1202026-08-11 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002020-03-202026-08-282020-03-20 — best price $0.002021-11-24 — best price $15.992022-01-27 — best price $14.992022-04-26 — best price $13.992022-07-15 — best price $19.992022-09-13 — best price $19.992022-11-02 — best price $19.992022-12-20 — best price $9.992023-01-23 — best price $11.992023-03-14 — best price $19.992023-04-10 — best price $19.992023-07-06 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-09 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-05-20 — best price $7.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-26 — best price $7.992024-10-14 — best price $19.992024-11-18 — best price $7.992024-12-02 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-27 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-01 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-01 — best price $19.992025-12-03 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-28 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2822026-05-30 — 7 pageviews2026-06-02 — 14 pageviews2026-06-05 — 12 pageviews2026-06-08 — 11 pageviews2026-06-11 — 6 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-17 — 12 pageviews2026-06-20 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 19 pageviews2026-06-26 — 11 pageviews2026-06-29 — 6 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 13 pageviews2026-07-08 — 9 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6 pageviews2026-07-14 — 9 pageviews2026-07-17 — 12 pageviews2026-07-20 — 11 pageviews2026-07-23 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 5 pageviews2026-07-29 — 2 pageviews2026-08-01 — 9 pageviews2026-08-04 — 9 pageviews2026-08-07 — 12 pageviews2026-08-10 — 16 pageviews2026-08-13 — 6 pageviews2026-08-16 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-22 — 10 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-27 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
88.6%
earned "Spring Awakening"
19.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)10,0547%21
Steam (Steam)2,22218%21
Switch (Nintendo)870%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGCozyCuteJRPGActionFantasyTop-DownAdventureAction RPG

Census log

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

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