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The Garden Path cover art

The Garden Path

carrotcake · Mooncat Games · 2024-07-30

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 30, 2024 (Linux), Jul 30, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 30, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A slice-of-life sim about the joy of gardening, designed to be picked up and played in short and sweet bites. Whether you’re fishing, growing, trading, or making new vegetable friends, a wonderful and wistful adventure awaits when wandering The Garden Path.

76%
positive of 78 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (19 reviews).
  • · Top 45% of 29,846 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 78 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2026-06-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820242026Week of 2024-07-30: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$7.992024-07-302026-10-082024-07-30 — best price $16.992024-08-06 — best price $19.992024-09-19 — best price $15.992024-09-22 — best price $19.992024-10-24 — best price $15.992024-10-31 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $13.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-30 — best price $13.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-10 — best price $13.992025-02-17 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $13.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-07-30 — best price $13.992025-08-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-17 — best price $9.992025-11-24 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-09 — best price $9.992026-02-16 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-01 — best price $7.992026-06-08 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $7.992026-09-03 — best price $19.992026-10-01 — best price $7.992026-10-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

4 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Player tags

CuteFunnyCasualNatureFishingSandboxLife SimRelaxingEmotionalHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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