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Games like Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator

  • 28 games
  • Updated May 4, 2026

Players who liked Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator also play

The closest matches to Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator: Garden In!, Sticky Business, Wildmender, Hokko Life, and Garden Simulator. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Also Cozy and Nature, like Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator.

    • $9.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • 2023
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Same chill mood as Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator.

    • $9.99 (Price checked Nov 11)
    • 2023
  3. Rank 03

    Why this

    Also Farming Sim and Nature, like Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator.

    • $8.49 (Price checked Nov 11)
    • 2023
  1. Rank 04

    Hokko Life

    Why this: Also Farming Sim and Cozy, like Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator.

    • $5.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2022
  2. Rank 07

    Bunhouse

    Why this: Shares plant variety unlocks with Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2021
  3. Rank 08

    Hozy

    • $10.49 (Price checked Nov 11)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2026

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Garden In!

    Also Cozy and Nature, like Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator.

    • 85% of 204 reviews
  2. 2
    Sticky Business

    Same chill mood as Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator.

    • 96% of 4,477 reviews
  3. 3
    Wildmender

    Also Farming Sim and Nature, like Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator.

    • 89% of 1,023 reviews
  4. 4
    Hokko Life

    Also Farming Sim and Cozy, like Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator.

    • 68% of 1,098 reviews
  5. 5
    Garden Simulator

    Genres: Simulation, Casual

    • 81% of 199 reviews
  6. 6
    Farm Together 2

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, Casual

    • 94% of 1,896 reviews
  7. 7
    Bunhouse

    Shares plant variety unlocks with Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator.

    • 94% of 341 reviews
  8. 8
    Hozy

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, Casual

    • 79% of 1,134 reviews
  9. 9
    Fae Farm

    Genres: Action, Simulation, RPG

    • 77% of 1,783 reviews
  10. 10
    Tiny Bookshop

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, RPG

    • 97% of 4,367 reviews
  11. 11
    Stardew Valley

    Same cozy mood as Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator.

    • 99% of 384,187 reviews
  12. 12
    Echoes of the Plum Grove

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, Casual

    • 90% of 1,901 reviews
  13. 13
    Loddlenaut

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 99% of 2,652 reviews
  14. 14
    House Flipper 2

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, Casual

    • 86% of 8,772 reviews
  15. 15
    Tiny Glade

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, Casual

    • 97% of 13,190 reviews
  16. 16
    Palia

    Shares inventory management with Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator.

    • 89% of 24,863 reviews
  17. 17
    Alchemy Garden

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, Casual

    • 66% of 333 reviews
  18. 18
    Infinity Nikki

    Genres: Action, Adventure, Simulation

    • 55% of 5,030 reviews
  19. 19
    Station to Station

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 88% of 586 reviews
  20. 20
    Everdream Valley

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 72% of 377 reviews
  21. 21
    Firefly Village

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, RPG

    • 91% of 81 reviews
  22. 22
    Coral Island

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 89% of 13,473 reviews
  23. 23
    Tiny Pasture

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, Casual

    • 94% of 1,131 reviews
  24. 24
    Disney Dreamlight Valley

    Genres: Action, Adventure, Simulation

    • 91% of 15,187 reviews
Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2024
  • Developer: stillalive studios
  • Price: $7.49−70%checked Nov 7
  • Steam Deck: Deck Playable
  • 80% of 482 reviews
  • Genres: Simulation, Casual
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Collecting new flower color variants feels rewarding
  • Garden layout customization is deeply satisfying
  • Hybridizing flowers unlocks dopamine hits
  • Chill
  • Cozy
  • Relaxing

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About Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator

The closest matches to Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator: Garden In!, Sticky Business, Wildmender, Hokko Life, and Garden Simulator. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Garden In!, Sticky Business and Wildmender — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as chill, cozy and relaxing, and single out its daily orders fulfillment and garden layout customization. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

About Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator: Garden Life is a relaxing gardening game in which you create your dream garden in a peaceful, colourful world. Plant and add ornaments at your own pace, transforming an overgrown forgotten plot into a flourishing community garden.

Is Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator worth buying?

  • 80% of 482 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • On sale: 70% off, now $7.49 (checked Nov 7).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 17 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics had played a median of 10 h before their negative review.
  • Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“adding a LIMIT of plants in a damn gardening simulator is diabolical. isn't that literally the main idea of the game? literally what you sell it for? a warning about possible fps drop would be more than enough, but instead I have to worry…”
9 h played
“The game is beautiful, but much too short and the limit is stifling I love gardening, I really do. So I love flowers and gardens and I thought "Hey, this is nice!". And I wanted to like the game. I spent the hours finishing it (almost)…”
43 h played
More negative reviews on Steam ↗

People who play it also play: Garden In!, Sticky Business, Wildmender

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Frequently asked about Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator

Can I run it?

Does Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator run on Steam Deck?

Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.

How much does Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator cost?

Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator is listed on Steam at 7.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator are Garden In!, Sticky Business, Wildmender.

Who developed Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator?

Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator was developed by stillalive studios and published by Nacon.