Garden of the Sea

First-person island life sim with farming, crafting, and creature friends

Neat Corporation · Published by Neat Corporation, Creature Label · Released Oct 3, 2024

Reviews: Positive; 98% of 46
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 0; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 1 year ago; Nov 25, 2024

What is Garden of the Sea?

This single-player, first-person life sim begins with you waking alone on a small island. You grow vegetables and flowers, cook, craft, build and decorate a home, complete quests, care for local creatures, and travel by boat to explore other islands. There are no fail states, so progress is self-paced.

For you if...

+you prefer relaxed play without fail states
+you enjoy farming, crafting, decorating, and creature care
+you want solo exploration by boat between islands

Not for you if...

−you need competitive or multiplayer modes
−you want fail states and demanding consequences
−you dislike farming, crafting, and home decoration

Screenshots and trailer

Garden of the Sea system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 SP1 or newer
Processor: Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 1500X
Graphics: GeForce GTX 970/1060 or Radeon RX 480
Memory: 4 GB RAM

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 10
Steam features: Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Hebrew, Icelandic, Persian.