Choose Grow Home
Choose Grow Home if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 93.5% positive across 2,864 reviews.
Grow Home vs Scrap Garden - The Day Before
Grow Home and Scrap Garden - The Day Before both land in Indie, Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam. Grow Home (2015) is 1 year older than Scrap Garden - The Day Before (2016). Grow Home scores higher on Steam reviews (93.5% positive) than Scrap Garden - The Day Before (71.6% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Scrap Garden - The Day Before
Choose Scrap Garden - The Day Before if you want an Action experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Scrap Garden - The Day Before launched in 2016.
Both Grow Home and Scrap Garden - The Day Before sit in Indie and Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Grow Home |  Scrap Garden - The Day Before | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2016 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Casual | Action, Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Playable |
| Price | 7.99 USD | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 93.5% positive (2,864 reviews) | 71.6% positive (324 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Reflections, a Ubisoft Studio | Egidijus Bachur, Alexey Davydov |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Grow Home (2015) is 1 year older than Scrap Garden - The Day Before (2016).
- Grow Home scores higher on Steam reviews (93.5% positive) than Scrap Garden - The Day Before (71.6% positive).
- Scrap Garden - The Day Before is free; Grow Home is paid (7.99 USD).
- Steam Deck: Grow Home is Deck Verified, Scrap Garden - The Day Before is Deck Playable.
Grow Home vs Scrap Garden - The Day Before — FAQ
- Which is better, Grow Home or Scrap Garden - The Day Before?
- On Steam reviews Grow Home scores higher (93.5% positive) than Scrap Garden - The Day Before (71.6% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Grow Home is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Grow Home or Scrap Garden - The Day Before first?
- If you want chronology, Grow Home (2015) came out before Scrap Garden - The Day Before (2016). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Grow Home and Scrap Garden - The Day Before similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Is Scrap Garden - The Day Before free?
- Yes — Scrap Garden - The Day Before is a free-to-play Steam title. Grow Home is paid (7.99 USD).