First up, the game isn't perfect. It makes my fans roar and I have to turn down the settings to stop things melting, but I started out on a Sinclair Spectrum. I can cope with lowered graphics.

It's a nice busy work simulator though. I've had to keep a pad and pen handy just to keep up with everything the needy villagers demand of me. Finding new varieties of plant is a little thrill every time - I just wish that part was a little more scientific.

Cutting plants back is a little hit and miss, too. I gave up on pruning and just bought the snips to behead my beautiful babies. I wish we could sculpt them (perhaps we can?), but pruning is so fiddly.

All-in-all, it's a yes from me if you can ignore the issues. After all, life can't always be sunshine and roses.

Definitely don't recommend this game due to bugs, the game crashes on steam deck unless you use DX11 Compatibility Mode.
There is also a plant limit cap, even when you expand your gardens. The game was really enjoyable until I was redecorating my garden and reached the plant limit. The game is really cute and has a good story but the plant cap was way to low and quite honestly ruined the game. There are definitely better gardening Sims out there. Honestly I stopped playing it as soon as I reached the limit.

I really love this game, only started playing it today. I have unlocked the full garden but I am now stuck and disappointed that the plant limit is reached - my garden is practically empty???
I really don't want to dig up plants, I want an abundance of plants???


It looks like this issue has been in place for years and doesn't seem to be any update on this. I am not sure what more to do now as I was excited to design and landscape.