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A HERO AND A GARDEN
Developer npckc
Play as a fairytale hero and help him garden, since saving the princess didn't go that well. A fantasy gardening visual novel and clicker game. From the Steam store page
54 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 3, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
96
LovedLoved
48 positive · 2 negative
95% range 87–99%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 48 | 2 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
4 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
77 of 81 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
54 of 54 · most liked first5/5 is A HERO AND A GARDEN's 3-year steam anniversary! originally made for a game jam, then released on consoles, then made a whole new mode for steam/full pc release... it's come a long way 🌱 🎮 store.steampowered.com/app/1914740/...
unlabelledView post →I'm not into clicker games, but I immediately recognised the art from the dev's previous visual novels so I was happy to check this one out. Didn't regret it at all, it's quite adorable. I played it focused on the visual novel, with the garden-themed clicker elements for pacing/breaks. It took me about two hours to finish the story part, resizing the game window to read other stuff while waiting and casually harvesting berries to unlock the next scene. Suited my ADHD brain pretty well…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →”Let Me Tell You a Story” "Once upon a time, there was a princess locked in a tower. The evil witch kept her away and ordered her minion monsters to keep the humans away. All travelers who were brave or foolish enough to go on a rescue, had never returned or ever heard from again. Until one day, a mighty hero with a magical sword came and bravely annihilated all the beasts and their mistress, then he rescued the princess from the rusty chain of the broken tower. Evil forever perished from the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →halloween is coming up so to celebrate, i've released THREE NEW GAMES on gog!! 🔎 a pet shop after dark 👻 A TAVERN FOR TEA 🎃 A HERO AND A GARDEN pick them up with the 10% launch sale now! ✨
unlabelledView post →A Hero and a Garden is a visual novel disguised as a clicker game by npckc. You play as a knight who unsuccessfully tries to rescue a princess from a wicked witch, but ends up as a gardener in a village full of monsters instead. You collect magic berries from bushes, which you can sell for money and use to complete missions, which get you upgrades that help you gather berries faster. Every time you complete a quest or buy an upgrade, you see a cutscene with story dialogue. Sometimes, that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The good: + Nice story with heartwarming moments + Lovely character with nice dynamic with MC + Good soundtrack, although it's rather repetitive after 2 hours + Cute artstyle + Native Linux support The bad: - The ugly: * Mediocre clicker game, although it's bearable if you also do another light activity I'm not fan of Visual Novel and Clicker games, but i really enjoyed this game. Wwould recommend if you're looking for short cute story with heartwarming moments.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really, really hate that I'm leaving this developer a negative review right now because I like much of their other works. The story was fine. I never cared much about the main character, but I was interested to see what would happen in the end. The gameplay is boring, particularly for the last two "routes" since you have to literally sit and click ad nauseam until you get enough berries to complete the villager's requests. This just wasn't fun for me. You accumulate tons of other berries that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A HERO AND A GARDEN is a visual novel with clicking elements developed and published by npckc. You take on the role of the hero, a knight with a mission to rescue the princess. However, things don't turn out well when the magic sword the hero wields ends up harming the town that the princess is in as well as several of its inhabitants. As punishment, the witch of the town places a curse on the hero, forcing him to earn money to pay for repairs to the town. He has to tend to the witch's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Hero and a Garden! actually any of @npckc.net 's games. They're amazing, fun, a great way to just make you think, laugh, and enjoy the storytelling. store.steampowered.com/app/1914740/...
unlabelledView post →Adorable and Deserves Way More Attention! You play as a hero and you tend to a garden. Collect fruits to progress. That is the very basic overview. Surprisingly enough this simple gameplay loop never gets boring. I never found myself waiting for more than a minute to get enough fruits to progress. A few clever game design choices made sure of it. The art style is adorable. I am a fan. The music, there are quite a few tracks, and they fit perfectly with the whole vibe. I really like the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very cute and surprinsingly deep game. I'm glad the hero is happy at the end. I wouldn't have minded if the game was a bit longer. Please check npckc's other games if you haven't already!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Liked the hot springs series, even if it was a bit preachy at times. This one has mostly been boring thus far, I've only two berry types to finish off (the slowest growing ones) for their scenes and the final payment thing I guess. The helper is useless and it'd honestly be better if they didn't even exist, since things went better when I stopped trying to time berries for them to pick up and just grabbed them all manually regardless. It should've just been coded to auto-grab the bush type it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great to do some clicker gardening on its own or while doing something else. Cute characters and a fun story that considers subjects like tradition, apology, and friendship in a way I don't typically see. Nell is a personal favorite character of mine, she's so adorable. The remix music in the endless mode is great, and the endless mode itself has some neat implied storytelling and easter eggs. Would definitely recommend if you're in the market for a short, quality visual novel.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cyrus x Yen Vesper x Letta mlm wlw solidarity
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very cute and charming visual novel with clicker elements. Highly recommend if you are a fan of chill games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Extremely cute game. Short, but I feel it's worth it. This is a story combined with an "idle" game (clicking on berries). Pros: - Relaxing, no stress. - Tells a full story through dialogue only, it has plenty of emotion and touches on deeper subjects. - Cute characters, as always. Cons: - No ability to backscroll or access history/log if you accidentally miss a sentence. - You may expect a bigger ending than it has. Other: - You can't save on the decision screen (at the end of the game), but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Adorable clicker game that has a moral for our hero that you should never judge a book by its cover.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's doing its best <3 Sooty
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fairytale-style story that may appear simple at first glance, but manages to contain many nuances about: understanding, friendship, communication, mistakes, atonement, forgiveness, and more. Recommended if you enjoy a good wholesome heartwarming story. I went in without expecting much, but found myself more and more invested in the characters. I was more engaged in the 2 hours than most games I play. The art, music, and characters are also very cute. The witch is my favourite. I ended up…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A story about making up for your mistakes and forming bonds with the people around you. Love it. I love the story that is laid out for us. It is definitely worth playing. However, just a warning, if you hate clicker games, you're gonna get bored. Not too much since it isn't a long game. If you do not like clicker games, you can let your assistant pick the berries for you and leave the game in the background
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*Edit* Finished! Copy pasted from my Backloggd: https://www.backloggd.com/u/melos_han_tani/review/390559/ Fun visual novel, I thought it was cool how the little berry clicker game is used to pace out the routes, while also reinforcing Cyrus reflecting on what he did. The story itself is a nice subversion of typical high fantasy settings and gendered tropes. The sense of the 'monster's world beyond the hero's garden' was enticing, the game felt like the sort of fantasy that the Atelier games…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i have only been playing for 30 minutes and i am already hooked :) the story is fassenating the chareters are awesome and the art is 10/10 i would have paid more its nice to see the hero own up to his actions and not be a total blockhead so yeah you should totally get this game :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't expect for a silly little clicker game to make me feel things, yet here we are. It's short, it's cute, that's really all there is to say. There's no paths or anything, you click on things and watch the story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very very sweet little game, very cute soundtrack, lovely artstyle, very lovable characters, great message, huge recommend if ur looking for a chill low effort game to play for an hour or two
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a really lovely short little clicker game. I watched my friend play it and had to play myself and leave a review. It's very cute and calming, but also has a lovely story about redemption and recovery that I actually found really moving. Very worth it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short, cute game with lovable characters! I think npckc's writing is really on point in this one, it was quite funny.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A soothing and absolutely charming little idle game with a compact yet heartwarming story, highly recommend, I found it more than worth the price
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thank you for making this game, I just spent about 30 whole minutes crying over Rutaboo because it reminded me of my best friend and then he started crying too o(TヘTo) IT'S SO ADORABLE AND CUTE AND SLOW THAT IT JUST RELAXES YOUR BRAIN!!! DEFINITELY TRY IT OUT!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoyed playing this VN again. I first played it on my phone years ago, and I've been struggling with a boss in an RPG recently, so this game, with its light gameplay and heartwarming story, was a nice way to take a break.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Soooooooo cute!! The artstyle was just too adorable!! I loved all the characters! I really enjoyed the gameplay! Such a sweet and simple little game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun time! The story is so cute :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love collecting berries to make up for having messed up big time. This game is lovely. Short - and that's good, because the gameplay did not offer anything to keep me engaged for longer, I got a bit bored of clicking for berries. Loved the writing. The premise is not complicated, but feels subversive and refreshing all the same! A useless hero is tasked with collecting berries to make up for his wrongdoings. He's a little stupid, but he eventually sees the errors of his ways and grows to love…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm really enjoying this developer's games. Another really cute story with fun characters and cute art. The clicker part isn't really a major part of the game. Just something to do to further progress the story. I'd reccommend if you want a short, sweet visual novel.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game's very slow if clickers aren't your thing, but the story is worth it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Adorable short game, clicker gameplay is nothing stimulating, objectively, its a little tedious. However, its not really without purpose in my opinion, it does a good job of naturally pacing out all the story beats, plus you're like cursed to do your job and its not really supposed to be fun. Art is extremely charming as per usual from npckc. Music too, reminds me of a music box, I didn't get tired of the soundtrack in my time, very lovely.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short and cute game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short, yet sweet and emotional.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A HERO AND A GARDEN store.steampowered.com/app/1914740/...
unlabelledView post →Get my man a knight right now
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Hero and a Garden is a fun game. Great to have the Hero be there from platonic, long-term love for the Princess. Lot of stories have the Hero meet the Princess shortly before they're under undue duress and they often barely know each other by the game's conclusion. This is cute. I'm glad they have mutual respect, even though the game starts off with the Hero making a bad choice. Great Visual Novel style, nice achievements. The characters are generally fun oddballs. The clicker farming game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →berry clicker sim 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →short, but sweet
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very cute and wholesome game. Everythign npckc makes is really lovely : )
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very cute, yen is best girl
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A short and sweet game for when you are looking to relax. I enjoyed the art style and the dialog. All around a nice way to spend the evening!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let's collect berries
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its a fun game. i completed it a while ago when i downloaded it from itch.io
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is a game, can confirm
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OMG this was such a cute and wholesome game. It's incredibly sweet and simple and straight to the point. While the one complaint I would have would be that not all of the farming portions line up easily so there were some points where I would be sitting for lengths of time just waiting until I could get to the next segment of story. But what I will say about the farming is that it's incredibly calming and placative so I didn't even mind sitting there all that much. The art is so flipping cute…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Hero And A Garden was a good game about not knowing the consequences of our actions on the world, and how that can change our perception of what is actually going on within our lives. The overall theme of the game is a rather interesting one, and the actual story is quite good, and explores more and more characters as the story progresses. The game play loop for the most part is fun, granted, I did get kind of tired of it by the end of the game. I think that my only real issues with the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short and sweet, and I absolutely adore the soundtrack Was sent here by a friend! And they really delivered. Perfect if you're someone who enjoys visual novels, and the pacing is nicely broken up by the idle game aspect. It's not a huge bother, and you'll really find most of the charm and your playtime during the interactions you have with other characters. The conversations are witty, the writing is on point for the awkwardness that would occur in such a world, but still fun and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Although this is neither a super indepth clicker game or story, A Hero And A Garden is very sweet and full of charm. Great if you're looking for a short two hour game, although I recommend you have a youtube video lined up for some of the clicker game aspect later on
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played this on other platforms, but had to check out the new update. You're a knight out to save your princess from the witch who kidnapped her!...except when you attacked the witch your sword exploded with enough force to knock you out and level the town. Now you're stuck as the gardener until you've made enough cash to rebuild the place, and it turns out the princess didn't even want to be saved. The story is simple but good, the characters are absolutely charming, and the clicker gives…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it's really sweet!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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