Cloud Gardens Reviews

Serene and satisfying puzzle game where you sow seeds and place junk in small scenes. The junk makes seeds within a sphere of influence grow, but if they intersect a part of a plant that part will be destroyed. You need plants to grow to generate more seeds to plant more plants, ideally close enough together that the limited amount of junk you place make multiple plants grow. It's very satisfying to try to figure out how to organize plants and junk in a scene to optimize growth, but I found it was also lenient enough with how successful you have to be to finish a scene that you can afford deciding to do stuff that will look good over maximizing utility often enough that it feels you have agency over how the end result actually looks. And that's it. Satisfying puzzle, pretty graphics, serene music. With 113 scenes to build (I have so many left to get through oh lord) there's so much content in this thing. Strongly recommend!

It is a simple, pleasant game. There aren't written instructions, but it starts and progresses simply enough that one can figure most of it out. The puzzles aren't overly puzzling, but generally do require a little bit of thought. The scenes one creates look nice. It wasn't always easy to place things where I wanted them. The objects would sometimes flip themselves around when I didn't want that. But it was a very small annoyance and didn't make the game unplayable at all. I only looked at the creative mode for a moment, after finishing the levels. The building elements one earns through the puzzles seem well organized in the catalog. It's nice to have the option to just build, rather than being limited by what works within each puzzle. Seems like plants just grow in the creative mode without having to put other things down to make them grow, which makes sense and is appreciated.

The serenity and tender love of the music and visual designs are obvious at a glance, but what may not be is the puzzle element of the main gameplay (there is also a creative mode). Not enough to make it stressful or demanding, but enough to give it just a tiny bit of an edge. Lovely!

Very relaxing game, delightful soundtrack and pretty art design. Some of the challenges may become frustrating if you miss something but they are not difficult, and the creative mode is peaceful.

very relaxing, music is amazing, definitely recommend

If you like post-apocalyptic scenery generation then this game is for you! It is both challenging and peaceful! if you ever need to detox from competitive gaming or discussion then I HIGHLY recommend this game, I also recommend this game to psychedelic drug users and people with A.S.D (Autism Spectrum Disorder), the soundtrack is satisfyingly brain tickling and it is also adaptive to how you play the game. The general ambiance of this game is both satisfying and calming to my autistic brain. I would love a second game with a lot more plants and possibly a story line! Score: 8/10

Seriously? You want me to place MORE random ugly trash (instead of cleaning it up - I thought that was what I'd be doing) because that somehow makes plants grow?? I'm so very disappointed (and a bit disturbed too) that I wanted to get a refund - something I've done only once or twice in all these years - but it was part of a bundle I want to keep. So this game will just rot in my library. Hmpf. Yes, if I had watched the trailor/description/reviews more closely, I could have known beforehand. I admit I was greedy to get the bundle. But come on, what kind of crazy concept is this?? I just can't wrap my head around it. It's not RELAXING to litter places! And it doesn't make any sense!! Thanks, I hate it.