Grow a Garden
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| engine = Roblox Studio
| platforms = Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Xbox One, Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
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Grow a Garden is an idle video game released in March 2025 on the online game platform Roblox. It is known for its record-setting concurrent player count, which reached a peak of 9.1 million players on May 24.{{Cite web |last=Zwiezen |first=Zack |date=2025-05-21 |title=This Is One Of The Most Popular Games On The Planet Right Now |url=https://kotaku.com/grow-a-garden-roblox-5-million-active-users-record-pc-1851781824 |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=Kotaku |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=This Roblox Game Is Blowing Up In Popularity |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/this-roblox-game-is-blowing-up-in-popularity/1100-6531728/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2025-05-23 |title=Why Roblox Mega-Hits Like Grow A Garden Are Outpacing Steam's Biggest Games |url=https://aftermath.site/aftermath-hours-podcast-roblox-grow-a-garden-geoguessr |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=aftermath.site |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-05-21 |title=Blending Stardew Valley and Minecraft, this new farming game is suddenly bigger than anything on Steam |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/roblox/grow-a-garden-player-count |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=PCGamesN |language=en-US}} In May 24, the game achieved a concurrent player count of at least 8 million players, according to RoMonitor.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=[⛲] Grow a Garden 🍅 |url=https://romonitorstats.com/experience/126884695634066/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=RoMonitor Stats |publisher=Silicon Digital Group |language=en}} The game is jointly owned by its original developer and the game studio Splitting Point.{{disputed inline|date=May 2025}}
Gameplay
Grow a Garden is a minimalist farm life simulator. The player begins with an empty plot of farmland and some currency to purchase seeds. By planting and harvesting crops, they can earn money to buy progressively more exotic plants, where it is visible to other players on the same server.
Popularity
The game's May 18 "Blood Moon" update drove the game to break the previous concurrent player count record achieved by any Roblox game, formerly held by Blox Fruits. The game was noted for surpassing the concurrent player counts of top-played games on Steam, such as PUBG: Battlegrounds and Counter Strike 2 on several occasions.{{Cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Nicole |title=A new Roblox gardening game is hotter than anything on Steam |url=https://www.gamefile.news/p/grow-a-garden-roblox-interview |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=www.gamefile.news |language=en}} As of May 24, the game has received 2.3 billion visits, with over 1 million favorites.
Reception
Nicole Carpenter, writing for Game File, called the game the "new generation’s FarmVille", while noting its simplicity.