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carrotcake · Published by Mooncat Games · Official site ↗
Mostly Positive — 76% positive (78 reviews) · 46 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
A slice-of-life sim about the joy of gardening, designed to be picked up and played in short and sweet bites. Whether you’re fishing, growing, trading, or making new vegetable friends, a wonderful and wistful adventure awaits when wandering The Garden Path.
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Adventure, Indie, Simulation · 2024 · More £5 - £15 games
Discover the joy of gardening in The Garden Path, an indie adventure where you can fish, grow vegetables, and make new friends. Experience life’s simple pleasures in this charming simulation game from carrotcake.
About this game
Between forgotten statues and newfound friends, find yourself in a relaxing getaway. Discover a secret garden and your role within it.
The Garden Path is a slice-of-life gardening sim that celebrates small moments. No matter how you decide to play, the garden is a tender world of familiar sights and sounds, mysteries, and friendly faces. A space to call your own, to curate, and to reflect.
Designed to be played in short bursts whenever you wish, time in The Garden Path runs in concert with the outside world. Following a mix of real-time and in-game time, the game will show you all four beautiful seasons in 28 real-world days, but each in-game day mirrors a 24-hour clock.
Stop by to wander your garden whenever the mood takes you and find new travelers, events, activities, and distractions waiting for you each day. Take your time, play for a little while, and witness how your Garden will grow and change over time.
You won’t be alone in your new home. A charming cast of vegetable-headed visitors are eager to make your acquaintance, and may even make their home alongside your own. Complete tasks for them, grow your bonds, and even compete in a friendly game of Conkers!
Over time, an endearing troupe of travelers will also come and go. Get to know Tabbal the grumpy Berber toad who only appears on a rainy day, Larto the musk ox with a penchant for song-fish, and many more. Traveling merchants will look to make trades with you for various useful items like seeds, decorative items, and tools.
With a unique hand-drawn aesthetic, The Garden Path’s stunning visual design embraces you from the start. Whether you want to design a cozy escape from reality with lush furniture items or expand your garden to new heights, decorating your Garden is completely up to you.
Let songs and sounds of nature find you, as you build a new haven in your own storybook-style garden. With two original scores, each unique to Night and Day, enjoy the Garden’s music whenever you play.
Every good Garden begs to be enjoyed with friends and family. Play The Garden Path with a second player in our local co-op mode! Just link up another controller (or share!) and enjoy wandering the Garden together.
Combine efforts by sharing an inventory and collecting harvestables to trade with traveling merchants. Enjoy your time together by using in-game emotes, and maybe even start a dance party in the process!
Features:
A humble gardening slice-of-life sim with real-time progression even when you’re away.
Designed with short play sessions in mind; with 10-30 minutes of daily errands, visitors, and more to explore.
Flexible playstyle including gardening, fishing, home-design, and quests.
A charming cast of characters, all with their own stories to tell.
Piece together a whimsical history as you discover the secrets of the Garden.
Lush illustrated visuals and a twinkling soundtrack invites you to take a break and stay awhile.
Invite another to join you in local co-op mode and nurture your garden together.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Patch notes for 1.4.0.3
1.4.0.3 is now live. See changes below. Tweaks + Caoimhe, Bunk, Buttercup and Larto now may appear on the main menu. Fixes Fixed some pursuits not progressing in the task view when doing their action. Fixed plant transplants not requiring a hole to replant. Fixed previous day's pursuit appearing sometimes on a new day passing. Fixed some tasks appearing bolded when not pursuits. Fixed being unable to move furnishings if an allotment was just placed. Fixed incorrect description on Lost Secateurs Fixed guidance leading to an empty spot where Lost Secateurs were if already picked up. Under the hood + Some additional loading optimisations and start-up checks. ~LouisRead full article on Community Announcements (Louis)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch notes for 1.4.0.2
1.4.0.2 is now live. See changes below. Fixes + Fixed visualisers (tea, dye, tags, etc) from misaligning mid-play (would trigger during a mid-play save). ~LouisRead full article on Community Announcements (Louis)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch notes for 1.4.0.1
1.4.0.1 is now live. See changes below. Fixes + Fixed visual scaling glitch when viewing the stars. + On Steam Deck, Interface Scale setting should no longer revert to 'Larger' on relaunch if the setting has been manually set to 'Smaller'. ~LouisRead full article on Community Announcements (Louis)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch notes for 1.4
1.4 is now live. See changes below. Features 🎯Pursuits: Each day, select a new target to work towards, and receive a unique boost depending on the pursuit chosen. 🤝Helping Hand: The guidance system has been fine tuned to more accurately lead to goals and objectives. Tracked tasks can be selected instead of a Pursuit for stronger guidance. 🚩Community Stations: Completing enough orders at the community centre will unlock community stations - a customizable set of amenities to place elsewhere in the Garden, including 'Buttercup's Burrows' that allow you to create a permanent shortcut between two points on the map. 🍁Tone redesign: Harvesting and tea brewing have been rebalanced. Equipment and tea now provide up to four seasonal tones, which help attune you to a season, determining which items you can collect from plants around the Garden. 🌲New Garden: Players wanting a refresh can find a gap in the wall at the south border of their Garden, leading them to a brand new Garden to start from scratch, while keeping their progress. 🐟Larto's Story: Finding a small wooden fish will spark some old memories in Larto, and lead you to help him reconnect with his past. ✅Steam Deck Verified: Support for 16:10 resolutions has been included, with resolutions added to the options. Some UI elements have been resized to be easier to read on smaller screens. Please report any feedback on the new scaling if you encounter any issues. + New outline selection effect makes it easier to pick out different plants in the Garden and provides an indication of plant health. + A new water barrel is available at the community centre (and as an option for community station) which can be used to clear your tones and reattune to the Garden's season. Tweaks + Optimisations for smoothing loading and world streaming. + New weather forecast on the daily report. + Repurpose old 'Pigeon Hole' star that referenced old mechanic. ~LouisRead full article on Community Announcements (Louis)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch notes for 1.3.1.1
1.3.1.1 has been released. See changes below. Fixes + Fixed some particles, particularly foliage, appearing choppy since the engine update. + Fixed some seed returns in allotments not growing a plant in their plot. Tweaks + Non tradable items no longer show an F item grade. ~LouisRead full article on Community Announcements (Louis)
