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Play Overview
Grow a Garden (2025) is a Roblox game where you work on incrementally developing a garden from humble beginnings to a mega-farm. Play involves buying seeds from the shop, planting, harvesting and then selling them to buy more seeds - the only twist is that your crops grow even while you aren't playing. It stands out for its simplicity and huge popularity, inspired in part by the desire to scale up production to massive size using techniques and strategies discussed by the community.
You start with a small patch of land and limited currency. From here, you work to scale up your farm through the loop of buying seeds, growing crops and harvesting. You have to wait for the crops to grow before you can harvest and sell, which adds an efficiency challenge.
As you progress, you steadily work through upgrades and increased capacity. This enables you to invest in better seeds, tools, and garden expansions. Get the weather and planting conditions right, and your crops can mutate into rare variants, increasing their value. You also need to keep an eye on the environment as dynamic weather conditions affect growth.
The result is a simple game that has become the hang-out space of the moment. The challenge to increase your yield is part of the fun, but the real driver is taking part in the Grow a Garden discourse on social media to share tips, showcase gardens, and participate in community events.
Our examiner, Jo Robertson, first checked Grow a Garden (Roblox) 6 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 6 weeks ago.
You start with a small patch of land and limited currency. From here, you work to scale up your farm through the loop of buying seeds, growing crops and harvesting. You have to wait for the crops to grow before you can harvest and sell, which adds an efficiency challenge.
As you progress, you steadily work through upgrades and increased capacity. This enables you to invest in better seeds, tools, and garden expansions. Get the weather and planting conditions right, and your crops can mutate into rare variants, increasing their value. You also need to keep an eye on the environment as dynamic weather conditions affect growth.
The result is a simple game that has become the hang-out space of the moment. The challenge to increase your yield is part of the fun, but the real driver is taking part in the Grow a Garden discourse on social media to share tips, showcase gardens, and participate in community events.
Our examiner, Jo Robertson, first checked Grow a Garden (Roblox) 6 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 6 weeks ago.
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Play Style
This is a Collecting, Simulation and Strategy game. This is a single-player game. The game encourages social interaction, allowing players to visit each other's gardens and trade items.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Skill Level
7+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it’s important for parents and guardians to ensure they understand in-game purchases and have spending limits set-up. You need to understand how the different items and seeds work in the game to get the best mutations.
Costs
Grow a Garden
This game is free to play, but there are other costs associated with this game:
- In-Game Loot Boxes: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience. These include in-game purchases of random items (known as 'loot boxes') that offer a chance of getting rare/higher-value items although common/lower-value items are more frequent.
- Trade Items Outside Game: Players can trade or bet items they have earned or purchased, on third-party sites outside the game. Where these sites offer the ability to gamble with items, they require confirmation that the player is 18 or over.
Many families choose to pay for an In-Game Subscription that grants access to features and Robux currency for use in any Roblox games without the risk of individual transactions. Outside the game, you can make larger purchases.
This subscription grants 450 Robux a month as well as discounts on buying more Robux and access to selling and trading items with other subscribed Roblox players. The games generally encourage the spending of Robux to progress as a proportion of the money spent goes to the person who creates the game.
Players can buy large amounts of the in-game currency, Sheckles, to expedite progress and purchase various items within the game.
- Sheckles: Purchase 100 Sheckles for 49 Robux. Which is about 0.5 GBP.
- Exotic Cosmetic Crate: A limited-time crate offering exotic cosmetics with varying drop chances.
- Forever Pack: A pass that provides daily rewards, including Sheckles, non-limited seeds, and tools. Prices range from 37 to 175 Robux, depending on the number of items purchased.
- Starter Pack: A special offer for new players, available during specific events.
- Super Seed Pack: Offers nine Super Seeds at once, available during limited-time events.
- Exotic Seed Pack: A limited-time pack offering exotic crops with varying drop chances.
- Exotic Bug Egg: A limited-time egg offering exotic pets with varying drop chances.
- Master Sprinkler: This premium tool automates watering, significantly improving farming efficiency.
- Pets: Pets like the Dragonfly and Red Fox offer gameplay benefits, such as increased crop yield or faster growth.
Although there is no built-in or secure trading of items in the game, this can be achieved by players giving items to nearby other players. In this way you can agree to gift items, trusting the other player to offer Robux in exchange. Players also turn to Discord to trade which can also result in scams and tricks to get high value items without recipricating.
It's worth noting that because of the nature of mutation and types of seeds, some items have massive value in the game (as much as 9 billion Sheckles). This can result in arguments and high stakes if trading doesn't go to plan.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Game Details
Release Date: 25/03/2025, updated in 2025
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Collecting, Simulation and Strategy
Accessibility: 0 features documented
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
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