Underplayed Gems

A Good Gardener (2015)

A Good Gardener cover
Developer
Turnfollow
Platforms
Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Genres
Simulator
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

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How it feels

A slow, meditative first-person sim about the quiet repetition of gardening for a war effort, with an underlying melancholy and sense of lost identity.

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About

A first-person game about gardening, repetition, and war. "A Good Gardener" is a game in which you are charged with growing plants for your nation's war effort. As the days pass and the plants grow... Remember to remember who you are.

Screenshots

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