Distant Garden

First-person exploration and building in a world of strange visions

Jackson Levine · Published by Jackson Levine Software · Released Aug 7, 2024 · Early Access

Early Access, no updates for over a year

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 74% of 57
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update on Steam: 2 years ago; Oct 27, 2024
Minimum PC: At least a mid-end . GPUs…; 2 GB RAM; Full requirements

What is Distant Garden?

Distant Garden is a free-to-play exploration and building game set in a procedurally generated voxel world. You gather resources, build camps, and avoid visions of death.

For you if...

+you prefer setting your own goals in a sandbox

Not for you if...

−you want a peaceful building game without horror elements
−you want to build and explore with other players

What players say

74% of 57 reviews are positive

Players praise the mix of quiet exploration and unsettling horror. Recurring complaints describe the game as unfinished and short on content.

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Distant Garden system requirements

Minimum: At least a mid-end . GPUs…, 2 GB RAM.

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Minimum

OS: 10
Processor: At least a 1.00 GHz processor.
Graphics: At least a mid-end graphics card. Intel GPUs not recommended, as they have had problems rendering this game.
Memory: 2 GB RAM

Does Distant Garden have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Single-player

Does Distant Garden run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

Not supported on SteamOS

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English.

Does Distant Garden 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 28, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam