Gardens Inc. – From Rakes to Riches

It's a short game, and while there isn't a lot of typical replayability, I do start over and replay it occasionally, and always enjoy it.

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Holds up surprisingly well. It could be my nostalgia talking, but as long as you can squint through the graphics, it is fully an enjoyable experience. Despite being a time management game, it is actually quite relaxing. The difficulty is well balanced in my opinion - it's easy to get high scores, but you do have to think and adapt to every map, which makes it a fun strategy game while also keeping the stakes low. Forgiving, cozy and relaxing. Just don't look at the plot. Like at all. And maybe wait untill it's discounted

Ever since a (now former) girlfriend introduced me to ranch rush and later my farm life, I was looking for something similar on steam. Well...here it is. A bit of a different concept here, but it has the same time management frenzy going on. You basically send out your meeples to clear paths, gather resources or build buildings. Later these buildings'll unlock other meeples like plant waterers, ghostbusters and bird chasers. All in all, you click on whatever needs to be done next to have it done. The main problem is that it lacks a hook. The levels gradually add new elements which do a good job of not overwhelming the player and keeping things fresh, but on the flipside the first four-five levels are boring as hell. But then, slowly, it becomes less straightforward. It starts to take more than just keeping your peeps busy to reach gold, because getting the wrong resources first might mean that you'll get to another part of the level later, which starts eating in your time. The option to allow multiple workers and upgrades is a nice departure from e.g. ranch rush in gameplay, but takes a hit in the story. I mean...both have pretty generic goals (save your farm/grandparents' house), but you care less for it because you've got all sorts of characters zigging around the place. It's not bad, but it simply doesn't grapple me because I don't identify with anyone (except an unnamed overlord/manager :P ). Still: I like the franctic gameplay it brings. It's different from the games I normally play, but I'm having a great time with it nonetheless. :-) EDIT: wrote earlier version at 4 hours in. Now, at 7, I've unlocked parts that I'm less happy about. Money is added as a cost for everything (but is returned by planting things), which mostly just hinder you to handle the tasks as you see fit. And time as mechanic is also something I consider 'meh' at best (so I can spend 30 seconds of tasks to unlock 30 additional seconds?). I feel it adds stuff instead of deepening what's there. So...I'd change to neutral if I could, bu leave it to 'thumbs up' for now.

Cute game. Can pick up and put down at any given time.

Gardens Inc is a very relaxed puzzle game. Player will help a girl to rebuild a beautifully villa. Note: Check my Steam guide if you have a problem with game launching. Pros: +Nice music. +Colorful game screens. +Various interesting puzzles. +Pass challenges to earn trophies. +Use artifacts to improve work efficiency. +A mysterious main quest about town founder. Cons: -No pause function.

Played through the Garden Gnome games which were fun but had a few glitches here and there. So far no glitched in Gardens Inc. This game has been a bit more challenging to get gold times and the bonuses but after a short bit of thinking and trying a new strategy, it wasn't that hard. Pretty relaxing game all in all with really good graphics.