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Cloud Gardens

2021
GenresIndie, Simulation, Puzzle and Logic, Top-Down Perspective, Casual, Strategy, Single Player
AvailableSep 1, 2021
PlatformNintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC, Xbox Series X
DeveloperNoio
Overview

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.

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25 reviews found

100

LadiesGamers.com

Sep 4, 2021

Cloud Gardens is a chill, charming experience to play. The music adds to the relaxing gameplay. Finishing each diorama and moving on to the next brings such a sense of satisfaction. Cloud Gardens isn’t just a game it also encourages its players to be mindful of what is around them. To de-stress, chill out while also being creative and having fun!


95

NaviGames

Jun 29, 2022

Summary and quote unavailable.


90

Pocket Tactics

Nintendo Switch

Jun 20, 2022

With a fresh take on the puzzle genre and gorgeous aesthetics, bringing a barren world back to life with plants is more fun than it has any right to be. We hope for a couple of small updates down the road, but there is already more than enough great content here for any player to enjoy for days.


90

DualShockers

PC

Sep 9, 2020

Summary and quote unavailable.


90

The Indie Game Website

PC

Sep 9, 2020

Summary and quote unavailable.


85

JVL

Sep 4, 2021

Summary and quote unavailable.


85

Pure Nintendo

Nintendo Switch

Jul 12, 2022

Summary and quote unavailable.


82

Gamer's Palace

Aug 27, 2021

Summary and quote unavailable.


80

NME

PC

Sep 3, 2021

A verdant puzzle sandbox that evolves beyond your usual feel-good, meditative experience, and leaves plenty of questions to reflect on. While puzzling can be a little obscure, and at times overly-elaborate, Cloud Gardens is more about tinkering and experimentation. An art rather than a hard science. It’ll be a while before I stop thinking about these beautiful little dioramas which value hybridisation over rewilding.


80

TechRaptor

Sep 28, 2021

Summary and quote unavailable.

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