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CritterGarden

82% positive of 28 Steam reviews

Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Minjonia Studios.

About the game

You are an astrobiologist stranded on a lifeless planet. Breathe new life into this mysterious world by gathering plants, animals, and research upgrades to help it grow back to its full potential. Collect, breed, and evolve over 90 cute and quirky Critters to help you on your journey back home!

Tagged by players

Creature Collector
Farming Sim
God Game
Farming
Automation
Nature
Management
Life Sim
Sandbox
Building
Crafting
Simulation

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Positive

What players say

Recommended
I played the demo and completely forgot it was a demo. Such a fun little game that I was looking for. I like the planting aspect and creature growth aspect, I do wish I could choose for the creature to hunt something instead of having to make them fight eachother but I get the point. It'd be kind of funny to have 1000 slimes on my screen. The controls on keyboard took a bit to get used to, but its super efficient. I…
21 min played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Recommended
this game is amazing!!!!!!! i love everything about it i love how there's so much stuff to do i love how grindy it can get it's really well made and i'm literally in love with this hidden gem of a game <3 if you love Let's Build a Zoo, this is a must have
1.1 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
I really wanted this game to fill the void Viva Pinata left in many of us. But, quoting one of the achievements, "wasn't as good" This game tries to do something I appreciate as it takes clear inspiration from the XBox360 Viva Pinata games. But it misses the mark for me. The 'garden' feels far too large and needs to be much more micromanaged much more than I ever had to in viva Pinata. A large reason this game is…
13 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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