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Cloud Gardens

Critic score4 critics
First release
Sep 01, 2021
Publisher
Noio
Engine
Unity
Genres
Indie, Simulator, Strategy, Puzzle · Sandbox

A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas. In Cloud Gardens players must harness the power of nature to overgrow lo-fi scenes of urban decay and manufactured landscapes. By planting seeds in the right places, they’re able to create small overgrown dioramas of brutalism and beauty, salvaging and repurposing hundreds of discarded objects to create unique structures for nature to reclaim. Players can dive into a relaxing sandbox mode with no goals, where they are simply left to delight in their own creativity and create beautiful scenes, or take on a “campaign” of six chapters, where the task is to strike a balance between nature and the manufactured by covering each scene with salvaged objects and lush vegetation. This is a chill game where the player is allowed to delight in their own creativity. The player's task is to completely cover the scene in plants. As you overgrow the objects, a meter fills to show your progress. You are given objects to expand the scene. These objects contribute energy to the growing of plants, but you will also have to cover them in foliage to complete the stage, striking a balance between nature and the manufactured. With generative soundscapes by Amos Roddy, composer of the Kingdom Series.

Also known as Cloud Gardens.exe

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Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 01, 2021
Mac
Sep 01, 2021
Xbox One
Sep 01, 2021
All 7 release dates
Xbox Series X|S
Sep 01, 2021
Nintendo Switch
Jun 16, 2022
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 09, 2020
Mac
Sep 09, 2020
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
12h
Completionist
14h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Where to buy
Keywords
post-apocalyptic, casual, level editor, experimental, nature
… All 9, short, atmospheric, procedurally generated, deck-building

At a Glance

Critic Score
79
Main + Extras (IGDB)
12h
Completionist (IGDB)
14h

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Steam users rate this Overwhelmingly Positive, 2,105 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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