The gameplay loop of Garden in! is as follows: plant seeds, give them time to grow, care for them, and repeat. Seeds, potting mediums, and pots are broken into three categories: ground, air, and water. You can unlock rooms, decorations, and additional seeds simply by growing plants to maturity. It's just the peaceful, zen experience that you'll keep coming back to in your downtime to care for your plants and maybe do some decorating. Most of the controls rely on your mouse, so it works pretty well with the Steam Deck out of the box.

All in all, Garden in! is a great game for people who love and nurture plants, people who can't keep a plastic plant alive, but still enjoy gardening, and even those just looking for something less involved than a farming sim. I wholeheartedly recommend it.

This is one of those slow burn games that take a while to get going, but are well worth the investment of time. It may be a bit frustrating due to the reliance on RNG (much like a gacha, you put in your "money" and get a random pull in return), but if you keep your eye on the end goal, you'll spend dozens of hours working on your perfect setup without even noticing the time go by.

Absolute perfection in terms of its gameplay loop. If you like fishing/management style games, you need to check this one out. Dave the Diver has you diving by day, and maintaining a sushi restaurant by night. As you progress, you can upgrade your gear and dive deeper, giving you more types of sushi and more capital to upgrade your gear. Rinse, wash, repeat. Progression is very satisfying with risk versus reward, roguelike elements: do you dive deep and hopefully return to the surface before running out of oxygen (thus losing everything you picked up that dive) or do you play it safe and grind away with the same old fish? The writing and art are fantastic, too—and this is only early access!

I didn't realize this is by the same developer as Garden in! for a while o.o Huh. The Tenants is a fun management sim with some elements of customization in terms of building interiors. I've dabbled a bit and I really like it. I've seen some complaints in other reviews that customization is very limited to what the customer wants, but there are enough options to make it your own even if you have to bow to the AI's tastes.

I mistook Beacon Pines for a wholesome, fairytale-esque story with gorgeous graphics and some unique, engaging word-play based gameplay. I mean, yes it's both of those last thing, but the story is everything but a fairytale. No spoilers, just know that you should play this if engrossing stories are your thing. Go go go.