Desk Garden

Desktop gardening idler with plants growing alongside your other tasks

Siesta Studio · Released Jun 17, 2025

Reviews: Very Positive; 84% of 495
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 35; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update on Steam: 10 months ago; Dec 21, 2025
Minimum PC: with DX11; 4 GB RAM · 0.2 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Desk Garden?

This 2D gardening simulation sits on your desktop. You arrange plants anywhere on screen and open mystery boxes for plants and decorations, with background music available while you work or study.

For you if...

+you enjoy slowly working toward a complete collection
+you like customizing garden layouts and resizing individual blocks

Not for you if...

−you want active play rather than long idle waits
−you prefer predictable unlocks to randomized rewards

What players say

84% of 495 reviews are positive

Players praise the plant and decoration designs. Common complaints concern the limited tutorial and slow achievement progress, while recent reviews also mention too few uses for coins late in the game.

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Desk Garden system requirements

Minimum: with DX11, 4 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7 (SP1+)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3 @ 3.2 GHz
Graphics: Graphics card with DX11
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 250 MB available space
DirectX: Version 11
Notes: any normal pc can play

Does Desk Garden have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Single-player

Does Desk 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
Achievements: 29
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Russian.

Does Desk 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam