Monster Garden

Charming little game, with a relaxing concept. I loved hanging with my new friends in my monster garden. No spoil for the end, but it is the best way to finish the game.

Cute little game with lots of personality. My young children enjoy it as well (even though they don't get it, of course). It's very short (it can be beat in less than an hour), so some people might be disappointed about that.

If you're a fan of more surreal gaming experiences with unique tones and fun writing, this is a great option. Objectively there's not a lot to it, you just wander around a few areas and talk to various monsters until you've completed enough events to end the game, but there's just something so intriguing about it that keeps you coming back for more glimpses of this world. The garden is small (only a few areas) but there are a lot of characters and finding everything does take a bit of dedication. Different choices actually lead to fairly different scenes/outcomes, it makes every playthrough feel fresh despite their short run time. $5 is a pretty fair price for what it offers imo.

Fun little game that took about 30 minutes. I don't know why, but none of the achievements triggered for me. Ahh well, I'll just say that it was about the experience.

Monster Garden is a Short but easily replayable RPG-walking puzzle game, where much of the gameplay is finding new characters and endings and well, dialogue ofc for different characters. The art and music is very charming and the writing compliments it perfectly. The only issue about all this is that it seems like for a long time that the achievements are broken, which might honestly be a deal breaker to some who wanna experience every part of the game and check it off.

[h2]Broken achievements make this game not worth it for me[/h2] I played this for a while, but the achievements don't work, and I'm not sure they ever will, this is usually excusable, but there's 1 key reason it's not for me here. This is clearly a multiple playthroughs game, you go get different routes, meet different characters, get slightly different endings, and I did like what I played of it, I think it's pretty charming albeit repetitive. But the achievements is a dealbreaker for me specifically because I like to 100% games, not just for that sense of achievement, adding to that number of perfect games, but also because I like to know that I've seen all a game has to offer, and until the achievements are fixed (if they ever are), I won't be able to do that and be sure I've seen all it has to offer. I am praying for the achievements to be fixed, or for there to be some external fix even if it's not ideal, but I just don't think it's gonna happen, but if/when it does, I look forward to playing this game again and 100%ing it, and hopefully changing this review. if you don't care about achievements, maybe you'll like this, maybe you won't, it's charming, but it's also very short if you're not doing multiple playthroughs, and if you aren't the 100% type, you might not be the multiple playthroughs type either, so make sure this game is worth it for you before you buy it, for the type of player you are, there's no big campaign or adventure, no real fights, it's all dialogue and routes, factor that into your decision.

Not totally my thing, but in the end, I can see why some people love it. Monster Garden is a short, quick play that is equal parts surreal and charming.