Guardener

Guardener

Released Jun 2022

An arcade strategy game about defending your garden. Grow potatoes, onions and carrots to defend your lawn!

83% positive · 153 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Guardener is a small arcade strategy game from Sokpop Collective, a studio known for releasing self-contained games on a monthly subscription model. The store description outlines a clearly scoped, finite experience: 5 vegetables, 8 enemy types, 3 seasons, and approximately 1–2 hours of playtime. There is no DLC, no announced future content, no roadmap, and no post-launch update history in the provided data. The game was released on June 21, 2022 and appears to have launched as a complete, standalone product with no post-launch content cycle. This is consistent with Sokpop Collective's well-established model of releasing small, finished games rather than games with ongoing expansions or updates.
Evidence
Store description defines a fully scoped game with fixed content counts (5 vegetables, 8 enemies, 3 seasons) and a ~1–2 hour playtime estimate, indicating a complete, self-contained product.
description · Jun 21, 2022 source development ending
high
Sokpop Collective notes they release a new game every month, consistent with a model of shipping finished, standalone titles rather than ongoing live-service or DLC-driven games.
description · Jun 21, 2022 source development ending
medium

Media

Details

Publisher
Sokpop Collective
Achievements
10
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

An arcade strategy game about defending your garden.

Your garden is under attack! As a garden gnome, you grow and sell various vegetables to create an army. You'll pull out weeds, water plants and fight worms as you go through this year's seasons. Can you survive until winter?

Features
  • 🧅 5 different vegetables to grow.
  • 🍄 8 different types of enemies.
  • 🍂 3 seasons to play through
  • 🏆 Online leaderboards
  • 🎵 Original soundtrack
  • ⏰ ~1-2 hours of playtime


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Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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