$19.99Garden Paws A gentle farm with no rush
You inherit your grandparents' farm and turn island finds into coins through your own little shop. Till soil, water crops, tame rabbits and alpacas, fish, mine, craft furniture, and help Frank and Mayor Wilson rebuild the town, building by building.
Is Garden Paws worth it?
Garden Paws is worth it if…
- you like slow days of planting, watering, fishing, and crafting
- you want to run a little shop and decorate farm and home your way
- you like taming wild animals and collecting mounts and pets
- you want relaxed online co-op for up to three friends
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Run your farm and shop
Seeds come from wild flowers and vegetables or from Sammy the Seed Seller. You hoe the soil, plant, and water every day until harvest, unless rain or sprinklers save you the trip. Then you cook crops into pies and salads or wrap flowers into bouquets for better prices. Your shop opens from 12:00 to 18:00, stocked with anything from raw materials to crafted goods, and grows from a single-table stand to something far showier. You hire an assistant to mind the counter while you wander off to fish or explore.
Raise and tame animals
Talk to Frank about a Chicken Coop and Barn, then fill them the usual way or the fun way. Wild rabbits, foxes, goats, ducks, calves, sheep, horses, alpacas and more can be befriended with favorite foods and led home to live with you. Mature larger animals double as mounts when gliding gets old, and some pets even collect eggs and fur for you. Keep an eye out for legendary creatures, including a unicorn at the end of a spring-morning rainbow. Rabbits love carrots, in case you were wondering.
Build up the town and islands
Coins from your shop pay Frank to commission new town buildings, each one bringing shops, upgrades, quests, and new areas. There are over 700 quests and plenty of islands and caves to pick through for flowers, geodes, treasure, and, yes, poop to sell. Once the mining camp is built, miners clear rubble to open new caves with no spirits to fight. Farming fans who want a scrap can still take on the 10-level dungeon and its boss, or shoot the entrance mushrooms smallest to largest for hardcore mode.
Good to know before you plant?
Can you play it solo or with friends?
Both work. You can play alone in story mode or invite up to three friends online, with the host opening a public or private server where visitors can fully interact with the world. There is also a Creative lobby for up to 32 people to build and hang out together.
Who do you play as?
One of 10 animals: Fox, Bunny, Bear, Dragon, Cat, Bird, Badger, Chipmunk, Horse, or Dog. Each has its own look, with over 400 skins plus 150+ dyeable clothing items, from wings to bucket hats, found in chests, earned through quests, or bought from Splash in town.
Is there more than farming?
Plenty. Beyond crops and animals there is fishing by hand or trap, over 600 crafting recipes for furniture and building pieces, cooking stations, mining, questing, seasonal events, and a boat ride to Halloween Island in fall for extra loot.
Anything for streamers?
Yes. Twitch Integration lets active chat viewers appear as customers in your shop, type hype or love to interact, and show emotes or chat in game, with more viewers hanging out in the Inn and Townhall.
