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Cloud Gardens

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas

What works

  • Relaxing and zen-like atmosphere
  • Creative freedom in sandbox mode
  • Beautiful pixel art and sound design
  • Accessible and light puzzle gameplay
  • Good value with many levels

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited camera controls and ui polish
  • Some minor bugs and fiddly controls
  • Lack of tutorial initially confusing
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Early access content still growing

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Factory Town

  • LEGO® Bricktales

  • ShantyTown

  • Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator

  • Sizeable

  • URBO

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Cloud Gardens but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Glittermitten Grove

  • Block'hood

  • Cropdeck

  • Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife

  • Pile Up!

  • Sixty Four

More idle-friendly

Games that feels like Cloud Gardens but with a stronger idle, pick-up-and-play feel

  • Desk Garden

  • Garden Galaxy

  • Your Big, Cute Monster Farm

  • Viridi

  • Outpath: First Journey

  • Outpath

Less expressive

Games that feels like Cloud Gardens but with less self-expression and customization

  • Mars Power Industries Deluxe

  • Forage Wizard

  • Click Mage

  • A Monster's Expedition

  • She Remembered Caterpillars

  • Toki Tori 2+

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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Cloud Gardens: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Thrill.

Last update: 03/08/2026