- Discounts up to 90% on the Life games collection! - 3 March 2026
Your next favorite Life game awaits! Nacon Publisher Sale is live now, with discounts from 60% to 90% on the Life games collection. Escape the winter chill! It's the perfect time to take up gardening, manage your dream restaurant, or drive your taxi under the bright Barcelona sun. Check the Nacon Publisher Sale 2026
- New patch coming today! - 11 February 2025
Dear Gardeners, It's been a while! We hope you're all well and that 2025 is off to a great start for you :) A new patch is available today with some various fixous and updates. Here's the full patch: Fertilisers now stack up to 10 per slot Ivy and Fatsia leaves are now profitable Bug fix for the snips when using the snips on rose bushes you now only get the rose flowers and no clippings Background updated for loading screen Jasmine Bqs take less flowers to craft (from 20 to 15) Warm whishes, The Garden Life team 🌼 Join-us: Garden Life FacebookGarden Life TwitterGarden Life InstagramGarden Life DiscordNacon TikTok
- Various bug fixing. - 31 July 2024
Dear gardeners, A small patch has been released today. Various bug fixing Fixing snips behaviour with roses Tools storage fix Warm whishes, The Garden Life team 🌼 Join-us: Garden Life FacebookGarden Life TwitterGarden Life InstagramGarden Life DiscordNacon TikTok
- Plant limit increase & new QOL improvements - Patch 1.5 - 14 June 2024
Dear Gardeners! We want to thank you all for your patience on this long-time coming patch! Some of you may have already hears some whispers of our up-and-coming features through our Discord channel. Time goes by and we're still in awe of all your garden creations. You're all getting more and more creative, and we're proud of it! A great community is also growing on discord, so don't hesitate to join us and share your thoughts and creations. This is the biggest patch yet and contains some quality-of-life improvements we would not have been able to discover without the input from all of you. Patch 5 at a glance: Save game back up system Plant limit increase option Sort button New flower inventory New cutting tool 'Snips' Holding down single transfer keeps transferring more items Information banner in the main menu Soft lock fixed when interacting with the customization board and credits F…
- Screenshot Challenge! - 5 June 2024
Dear Gardeners, If you've been following us on our socials or if you're here on Discord, you've probably seen that we ran a "Spring has sprung" screenshot challenge back in May. In that first contest, the screenshot by "Purpleblob" was voted the most creative screenshot by all the fans! You can join us on Discord and our Socials to participate in the next ones! Also, stay connected: new patch is coming soon! Warm whishes, The Garden Life team 🌼 Join-us: Garden Life FacebookGarden Life TwitterGarden Life InstagramGarden Life DiscordNacon TikTok
- Update 1.4 available! - 3 April 2024
Dear Players, A new patch is now available! You'll see improvements to climbing plants and various unfinished quests, and the key binding will no longer be removed every time you restart the game or travel. Rebinding keys now saves on quit and traveling Description of DLC item and name "Flower Tower" is now updated to be correct Bug fixed for inconsistent requests with pictures and signatures Various requests have been updated to be completed as expected Climbing plant improvements Thank you again for your patience. Warm whishes, The Garden Life team 🌼 Join-us: Garden Life FacebookGarden Life TwitterGarden Life InstagramGarden Life DiscordNacon TikTok
- Devblog 3 - Characters. - 26 March 2024
Hi, everyone! My name is Lorraine – I am a Game Designer for stillalive studios and was the Narrative Designer for Garden Life. Today I’m going to share with you a little bit about the inspiration for and development of the characters you can find in the game. Robin From the moment they were created, we knew we wanted Robin to be the most connected character to the garden. We also knew early in development that we wanted to create a sense of wonderous magic, a sense of exploration, optimism, and excitement. Robin, being so connected to the garden and the world, had to feel those things as a way to invite the player to feel them too. Inspiration for such a character came from the positive aspects of characters in children’s adventure stories: Alice from Alice in Wonderland (which we were already very inspired by), Digory and Polly in The Magician’s Nephew, or Charlie from Charlie and the…
- Update 1.3 is here! - 20 March 2024
Dear Players, We're having a run at the moment! We've just set a new patch live with the following enhancements and fixes! You will notice things we got a lot of feedback on and we could pack into our short timeline. I hope you'll like it! Missing icon for 'keeping stock' tutorial mission fixed Dark and pale pink amaryllis seeds are now consistent Seasonal secateurs now cut with continuous behaviour and fixed SFX Time of in game day extended Time is paused whilst in a menu Crafting now uses items from inventory Thank you again for your patience. Warm whishes, The Garden Life team 🌼 Join-us: Garden Life FacebookGarden Life TwitterGarden Life InstagramGarden Life DiscordNacon TikTok
- Update 1.2 available right now! - 18 March 2024
Hello fellow green thumbs! Once again, we'd like to thank you for all your feedback. We're still working hard to try fixing the problems you may have, but it's great to see your stunning garden screenshots! Today a new patch is being released, fixing the bug when buying the winter fences and causing the game to crash. We are also adding the continuous cutting when you keep holding the button: no more spamming! Winter fence crash fixed UI crash when opening fast fixed Cat has run off home from the outside of the garden Holding the use button with the cutting tool allows for continuous cutting Additional rucksack slots are now functioning as normal in creative mode You can expect more fixes coming in the coming weeks! Thank you again for your patience. Warm whishes, The Garden Life team 🌼 Join-us: Garden Life FacebookGarden Life TwitterGarden Life InstagramGarden Life DiscordNacon TikTok
- Update 1.1 is now available! - 12 March 2024
Hello fellow green thumbs! Thank you for all the feedback on the Steam forums and our Discord server. We're gathering your input and ideas! Today we're happy to release our first patch for the game. It focuses primarily on issues you reported that block gameplay. Crashes, blocked flower statues, and also some additions we could add to the gameplay like a bigger bag. Read about the details below. Thank you for enjoying Garden Life and sending us feedback for the game! More bag space Fix to dragon floral statue so it does not block the throne statue Fixes to chinese Localization Video for steam deck now working Updated Size UI in the flower stand Stopped the summer tool sound in the distance when it's raining Replaced clock ticking sound in shed Moisturise me achievement fix Achievements now trigger after the end of the day Achievements now trigger that were gained / are gained in the mar…
- Devblog 2 - Behind the scenes look at our flower growth system. - 11 March 2024
Dear Gardeners! While we're still working on the first patches, the first of which should arrive on PC this week, we'd like to tell you more about the technology we've put in place to develop flowers and plants in Garden Life. Enjoy your read! Behind the scenes look at our flower growth system It’s a cold day in November 2023. The developer team at stillalive studios in Innsbruck, Austria, are working on the release candidate of Garden Life. Garden Life is a cozy gardening simulator. A game about planting flowers, enjoying them grow and decorating the garden to your heart’s content. With a deep focus on non-punishing gameplay, a light story, and a stunning, animé inspired art style. At stillalive studios, we take pride in our expertise in simulation games and their underlying technology. As we started fleshing out the idea of a gardening game, we thought it should be easy enough for a c…
- Cloud saves are now available! - 4 March 2024
Dear players, Today we have big news for Steam players: cloud saves are now available! If you play on two machines (PC/PC or PC/Steam Deck), you'll have now to choose the save you want to keep. Before making your choice, press windows + R on your keyboard and enter the following: %localappdata%\GardenLife\Saved\SaveGames, and copy/paste your saves to a safe place, in case you lose them. Be careful, the choice is final and irreversible. At the same time, we're continuing to pay close attention to all your feedback, and in particular to problems linked to crashes and various major bugs, and we're working on a first patch which should arrive shortly. Many thanks for your patience. Warm whishes, The Garden Life team 🌼 Join-us: Garden Life FacebookGarden Life TwitterGarden Life InstagramGarden Life DiscordNacon TikTok
- Nacon Connect Today! - 29 February 2024
Dear gardeners, In 2 hours, you'll be able to attend Nacon Connect 2024, our annual publisher conference bringing fresh insights on various games and unannounced projects. Garden Life will be present! Let's meet tonight at 07:00 PM CET (19:00 Paris time) / 10:00 AM PST on Twitch or Youtube. to know more. Don't miss the call! Warm whishes, The Garden Life team 🌼 Join-us: Garden Life FacebookGarden Life TwitterGarden Life InstagramGarden Life DiscordNacon TikTok
- Bug support! - 26 February 2024
Dear Gardeners! Garden Life has been available for 5 days now, and we'd like to thank you for your incredible support. After months of development, it's just incredible to see the project come to life in the hands of players, and the team at Stillalive Studios or Nacon is very proud to see you enjoying and relaxing on the game! We've taken note of all your feedback on social networks, Discord and Steam. Naturally, we'll need to carry out a full analysis to see what solutions we can provide, and in what timeframe. We are looking into the most pressing issues like crashes first so you can play the game uninterrupted. Other feedback we have gotten and that we forwarded to our development team is: inventory sorting, pruning process, days being too short, plant limits and more. Note that a solution can already correct some crashes by forcing the game to launch with DirectX 11. Here's how to…
- Play Garden Life Now! (FAQ!) - 22 February 2024
Dear Gardeners! After hard months of development, Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator is now ready to welcome you into its warm and colorful world. Whether you are a green-fingered expert, nature lover, or gamer looking for a new "cozy" world, you are sure to enjoy this game concept where nature and a passion for flowers take centre stage. Design your ideal garden with the variety of plants and ornaments available, and then expand it as you see fit using the various unlockable structures. Plant your seeds wherever you want, and set up pathways and decorations to create the ideal garden. Our specially developed growth simulation technology ensures that each plant thrives independently while adapting to its surroundings. There are over 120 plants (including color variations) and 245 ornaments to discover, allowing you to express your creativity. Check out the Launch Trailer on YouTube: Buy the…
- 1 day to go! - 21 February 2024
Hello Gardeners, ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! ONE DAY LEFT! Last day of "teasing", you can have a look at the Village and the Flowers Pavillion! And finally... meet the team :) Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator will be released on Steam on 22 February 2024! Wishlist the game now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1915380/Garden_Life_A_Cozy_Simulator/ Warm whishes, The Garden Life team 🌼 Join-us: Garden Life FacebookGarden Life TwitterGarden Life InstagramGarden Life DiscordNacon TikTok
- 2 days before the release! - 20 February 2024
Hello Gardeners, How exciting is that? 2 DAYS LEFT!! As we're really close to release, here are some brand new screenshots of garden decorations! Let us know what you think :) Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator will be released on Steam on 22 February 2024! Wishlist the game now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1915380/Garden_Life_A_Cozy_Simulator/ Warm whishes, The Garden Life team 🌼 Join-us: Garden Life FacebookGarden Life TwitterGarden Life InstagramGarden Life DiscordNacon TikTok
- Missions are set! - 13 February 2024
Hello fellow green thumbs, The release of Garden Life is almost there, 9 more days to wait! Today, we are giving you a closer look to some missions or requests you can receive in the game. As you can see, requests can take several forms: either a character speaks to you directly, or you receive a postcard in your mailbox (the cards are ✨wonderfuuuuuuul ✨). Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator will be released on Steam on 22 February 2024! Wishlist the game now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1915380/Garden_Life_A_Cozy_Simulator/ Warm whishes, The Garden Life team 🌼 Join-us: Garden Life FacebookGarden Life TwitterGarden Life InstagramGarden Life DiscordNacon TikTok
- Devblog 1 - The sound design of Garden Life with a touch a magic - 9 February 2024
Hi gardeners! I’m Benedict, sound designer and composer at stillalive studios in Austria. Our latest title Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator is a fun, relaxed, and charming game, and it was incredibly important to me to enhance the coziness with audio design and music. Sound design in games is important for two main reasons – informing the player of things happening (e.g. a button pressed, a backpack opened); and immersing the player in the game world alongside the visual style. With Garden Life being a relaxing, cozy game, the immersion and feel-good factor were the main focus for this project. When it comes to sounds triggered by player actions, there is a lot of variation in the sounds players will hear often. Even “simple” actions such as opening up storage containers can be made up of around 6-10 audio elements, all of which are randomized to never sound quite the same way twice. After…
- Unveiling the story of Garden Life - 7 February 2024
Hello, Gardeners! Take part in an immersive and cozy journey where you will have to bring back to life a communal garden. Garden Life combines gardening, decoration, and an engrossing story to create a singularly cozy experience. Complete the many quests to access the greenhouse, an additional area of the garden and transform an overgrown forgotten plot into a flourishing community garden. Get ready to reveal the hidden magic behind each petal. Check out the Story Trailer on YouTube: Wishlist the game now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1915380/Garden_Life_A_Cozy_Simulator/ Warm whishes, The Garden Life team 🌼 Join-us: Garden Life FacebookGarden Life TwitterGarden Life InstagramGarden Life DiscordNacon TikTok
