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Cloud Gardens

Diorama puzzle and sandbox game about plants reclaiming urban ruins

Noio · Released Sep 1, 2021

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Reviews
Very Positive
95% of 2,312
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
1
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Oct 7, 2025
Minimum PC
HD 2600 XT
1 GB RAM · 0.3 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Cloud Gardens?

Cloud Gardens is a 3D diorama-building puzzle game set among decaying urban structures. You plant seeds and place discarded objects to help vegetation grow, covering the objects with foliage to advance through a chapter-based campaign. A separate sandbox mode lets you build without goals.

For you if...

  • +you like calm puzzles built around arranging small scenes
  • +you enjoy decorating dioramas with plants and discarded objects
  • +you want a goal-free sandbox alongside structured levels

Not for you if...

  • −you want intricate puzzles rather than light placement challenges
  • −you dislike slow, repetitive object placement

What players say

95% of 2,312 reviews are positive

Players praise the calm pace, plant-covered urban scenes, soundscape, and creative mode. Some find the object placement repetitive and the puzzles too slight.

How many players finish Cloud Gardens?

7.4% of Steam players have unlocked «Green Thumb», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Cloud Gardens system requirements

Minimum: HD 2600 XT, 1 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 8+
Processor
2.4GHz Dual Core
Graphics
512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Memory
1 GB RAM
Storage
300 MB available space
DirectX
Version 10

Recommended

OS
Windows 10+

Does Cloud Gardens have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Cloud Gardens run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
11
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian.

Does Cloud Gardens use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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