Garden of the Sea (2024)

Developer: Neat Corporation
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Simulation
Rating: 4.9 of 5, 45 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 4.4 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A serene, meditative life sim where you potter around a tiny island at your own pace, tending a garden and building a home with absolutely no pressure or fail states.

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What players say

Players describe a short, stress-free gardening and creature-raising game that is utterly charming but also visibly buggy and lacking in hand-holding. Many turn to a wiki just to figure out basic crafting. Porting issues and disappearing animals are common complaints, and most agree the content runs out in under ten hours.

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