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2016 · Playrix · Match-three · Puzzle

Gardenscapes

Nintendo console exclusive

Gardenscapes is a casual puzzle game developed by Playrix where players embark on a journey to restore and beautify a neglected garden. The protagonist, Austin the butler, inherits a sprawling but dilapidated garden and mansion and enlists the player's help to renovate it to its former glory. The gameplay primarily revolves around completing match-3 puzzle levels to earn stars, which are then used to progress in the garden renovation process and unlock new areas to restore.

Released: 5 July 2016
Platforms: Android Nintendo DS iOS
Genres: Match-three Puzzle Simulation Strategy
Developers: Playrix
Publishers: Playrix Plarium
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Country: Russia
Age ratings: PEGI 3 ESRB E CERO A ACB G GRAC ALL

About

Gardenscapes: New Acres is a casual, narrative, match-3 game, released in 2016 for Android and iOS devices and also on Facebook.

Keywords

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Gameplay

The original version of Gardenscapes, which was released for Microsoft Windows in October 2009, and was later released on OS X, iOS, Android, the Nintendo DS and 3DS, was a hidden objects game in which the player runs a B&B hotel. Two sequels, Gardenscapes 2, which was released in April 2013, and Gardenscapes – Mansion Makeover are also part of the series.

According to VentureBeat, a mobile version was in development for over four years and was released in 2016 as a combination of match-3 gameplay with a city-building core. The storyline is centered on a butler named Austin, who strives to rebuild the dilapidated mansion and garden. To complete the chores, the user must complete levels and earn the required "stars". Gardenscapes allows players to choose decorations for cleaned-up areas of a massively overgrown garden as they level up. The core gameplay is completed with occasional pin-pulling mini-games in which players need to solve puzzles to save characters.