Grunn

Good game that was kinda let down by the dying mechanic and lack of save mechanics. You'd waste half an hour gardening only to die to something random, meaning you'd have to go back to the beginning and restart the entire game. While this is fun in practice, I have a pretty limited amount of time to play games, and don't have much interest in rechopping the same areas of grass for the entirety of said time..

really fun if you like subtle storytelling and figuring things out. creepy atmosphere is great but way more jumpscares than i wouldve liked... achievement hunting is also really fun in this game, with lots of extras and secrets. figuring out a viable route for the under 10 minutes speedrun was also insanely satisfying

If you're in the subset of gamers that enjoys horror and adventure-puzzle games, Grunn is excellent. There's nothing quite like it. Go in blind. When I rolled credits on Outer Wilds, it left an insatiable hole in my soul that Grunn did its best to feed for 5.6 hours.

Totally normal gardening experience. Only for dedicated fans of gardening games. Ignore those tags they don't mean anything.

Totally normal gardening game 10/10

I was so uneasy for the first few hours. Around hour 5 or 6 I really started to understand the world and its interactions. Around hour 8 I planned and executed the speedrun achievement. By hour 17, after trying for probably 4 hours to get the "25 coins" achievement, I believe I'm able to draw the entire map from memory, including the placement of items, coins, events, and interactions, including those that are time-bound. I really loved the 3D style and how it was able to keep me uneasy and sometimes horrified. A great exploration game with fun and bizarre puzzles. This was an inspirational game!

Absolute gem. One of the best games I've played this year, and I've played some bangers. It's been a while since I found a game this surprising in this many directions in such quick succession. Emotionally, this is nowhere near Outer Wilds, but it does have a very similar "groundhog day" element that makes you feel like a speedrunner, doing things near the end that would have seemed totally insane at the beginning. If you like being in a flowstate with quick choices to make or enjoy weird, stilted humor and horror then this is for you. Doubly so if you appreciate a good puzzle box that slowly reveals its layers to you, even though they were right there to be found the entire time. Double double if you enjoy super clever map design and games' ability to use non-euclidean geometry to mess with your head.

The mystery/puzzle aspects of this game hit. Prepare to be vastly confused and frustrated, so just chill and cut grass. The story will begin to unravel, and a fun little mystery horror with unfold.