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== Reception ==
== Reception ==
Nicole Carpenter, writing for ''Game File'', called the game the "new generation’s ''[[FarmVille]]''", while noting its simplicity.<ref name=":2" /> Ted Litchfield of [[PC Gamer|''PC Gamer'']] noted that as an outsider, "there is a [[cognitive dissonance]] to learning that it's far more popular than any game I've ever covered or played".<ref name=":5"/> Zack Zwiezen of ''[[Kotaku]]'' commented that the game looks more like a prototype rather than a finished game.<ref name=":0" /> ''[[PCGamesN]]'' listed it among the best Roblox games of 2025 but commented it was "a pretty standard [[Glossary of video game terms#AFK|AFK]] game" despite apparently being "hard to put down for millions of Roblox players".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-17 |title=The best Roblox games in 2025 |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/best-roblox-games |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=PCGamesN |language=en-US}}</ref> Kieran Press-Reynolds, writing for the [[New York Times|''New York Times'']], noted that "there is barely any long-form content proportional to the game’s success [...] this one is all short-form videos".<ref name=":9" />
Nicole Carpenter, writing for ''Game File'', called the game the "new generation’s ''[[FarmVille]]''", while noting its simplicity.<ref name=":2" /> Ted Litchfield of [[PC Gamer|''PC Gamer'']] noted that as an outsider, "there is a [[cognitive dissonance]] to learning that it's far more popular than any game I've ever covered or played".<ref name=":5"/> Zack Zwiezen of ''[[Kotaku]]'' commented that the game looks more like a prototype rather than a finished game.<ref name=":0" /> ''[[PCGamesN]]'' listed it among the best Roblox games of 2025 but commented it was "a pretty standard [[Glossary of video game terms#AFK|AFK]] game" despite apparently being "hard to put down for millions of Roblox players".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-17 |title=The best Roblox games in 2025 |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/best-roblox-games |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=PCGamesN |language=en-US}}</ref> Kieran Press-Reynolds, writing for the [[New York Times|''New York Times'']], noted that "there is barely any long-form content proportional to the game’s success [...] this one is all short-form videos".<ref name=":9" />

== Fruits ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Fruits in Grow a Garden
! Fruit
! Rank
! Cost
! Multi Harvest
|-
| Carrot || Common || ¢10 || No
|-
| Strawberry || Common || ¢50 || Yes
|-
| Blueberry || Uncommon || ¢400 || Yes
|-
| Tomato || Rare || ¢800 || Yes
|-
| Corn || Rare || ¢1,300 || Yes
|-
| Watermelon || Legendary || ¢2,500 || No
|-
| Pumpkin || Legendary || ¢3,000 || No
|-
| Apple || Legendary || ¢3,250 || Yes
|-
| Bamboo || Legendary || ¢4,000 || No
|-
| Coconut || Mythical || ¢6,000 || Yes
|-
| Cactus || Mythical || ¢15,000 || Yes
|-
| Dragon Fruit || Mythical || ¢50,000 || Yes
|-
| Mango || Mythical || ¢100,000 || Yes
|-
| Grape || Divine || ¢850,000 || Yes
|-
| Mushroom || Divine || ¢150,000 || No
|-
| Pepper || Divine || ¢1,000,000 || Yes
|-
| Cacao || Divine || ¢2,500,000 || Yes
|-
| Sugar Apple || Prismatic || ¢25,000,000 || Yes
|-
| Ember Lilly || Prismatic || ¢15,000,000 || No
|-
| Beanstalk || Prismatic || ¢10,000,000 || Yes
|}



== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 16:42, 21 June 2025

Grow a Garden
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Developer(s)BMWLux
Splitting Point Studios
Do Big Studios
EngineRoblox Studio
Platform(s)Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Xbox One, Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
ReleaseMarch 26, 2025; 2 months ago (March 26, 2025)
Genre(s)idle game
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Grow a Garden is a multiplayer idle video game released on the game platform Roblox in March 2025. It gained widespread attention for its concurrent user (CCU) records, with over 21.3 million players having been online on June 21, 2025—the day of its "Summer Update".[1] This feat followed a peak of over 5 million CCU on May 17, the highest ever for any Roblox game.[2][3][4] The game is jointly owned by its original developer and Splitting Point Studios, a 20-person team owned by Janzen "Jandel" Madsen. Another company, Do Big Studios, holds a minority share.[5][6]

Gameplay

A player on their plot with starter crops. Late-game crops are visible in the background.

Grow a Garden is a free-to-play farming-themed idle game. The player begins with an empty plot of farmland among other player's farmlands, and some in-game currency called "Sheckles" (¢) to buy carrot seeds. By planting and harvesting crops, they can earn more Sheckles to buy progressively more exotic plants.[4][6] The seeds may go in and out of stock, and exclusive items are released each week that players must be online to claim, boosting player retention.[7][8] The plants grow even when the players leave the server.[5] Players can obtain pets like monkeys or the Bizzy Bees by opening loot boxes.[8] Roblox's built-in premium currency, Robux, can be used to speed up waiting and gain additional perks.[5] Robux can also be used to steal other's crops.[9]

History and popularity

The game was created by an anonymous 16-year-old who goes by the username "BMWLux".[8][9] Jandel's Splitting Point Studios bought a share of the game in April, a time where it had around 1,000 concurrent users. According to Jandel, the original developer still owns "50% of the game", and the initial version was developed in only three days.[5] Some time later, Florida-based Roblox game development company Do Big Studios came to hold a minority share.[9][5] Do Big Studios have been criticized for introducing excessive monetization to the game.[9][10] Jandel has declined to share how much the game earns.[6]

On May 18, the game released its "Blood Moon" update, which drove it to break the previous CCU record achieved by any Roblox game, formerly held by Blox Fruits.[4] Upon the release of "Bizzy Bees" event on May 31,[11] the game reached a peak of over 11.7 million CCU, according to RoMonitor.[12][13] In June 14, the game released its "Working Bees" event update, and achieved over 16 million CCU,[14][15] breaking Fornite's CCU record of 15.3 million.[8] Additionally, the game surpassed CCUs of top-played games on Steam, such as PUBG: Battlegrounds and Counter Strike 2 on several occasions.[16][2] On June 21, the "Summer Update" was released, bringing new seeds, cosmetics, and events. The day of the update saw a peak of 21 million concurrent players, the highest recorded in video game history according to IGN.[1] As of June 21, the game has received 9.3 billion visits, with over 3.5 million favorites.[17] According to Jandel, Grow a Garden is the fastest Roblox game to have reached a billion visits,[18] and around 35% of the playerbase is under 13-years-old.[8]

There have been concerns that a part of Grow a Garden's player count consists of automated bot accounts. Roblox has pushed back on this idea, commenting that “our preliminary analysis confirms genuine popularity, not artificial inflation, validating the game's authentic community-driven growth.” Upon the game reaching 5 million concurrent players, investment company TD Cowen alleged that fraudulent bot activities artificially inflated Grow a Garden's visibility in Roblox's game recommendation algorithm, pointing to an "upsurge" of account creation rates in Philippines and Indonesia. However, it later retracted its claims of manipulation, while still noting the upsurge.[6][5][16] Many players offer to exchange rare items for real-life money through unofficial avenues such as eBay or Discord. Such practice is prohibited under Roblox's terms of service.[19]

Reception

Nicole Carpenter, writing for Game File, called the game the "new generation’s FarmVille", while noting its simplicity.[16] Ted Litchfield of PC Gamer noted that as an outsider, "there is a cognitive dissonance to learning that it's far more popular than any game I've ever covered or played".[5] Zack Zwiezen of Kotaku commented that the game looks more like a prototype rather than a finished game.[2] PCGamesN listed it among the best Roblox games of 2025 but commented it was "a pretty standard AFK game" despite apparently being "hard to put down for millions of Roblox players".[20] Kieran Press-Reynolds, writing for the New York Times, noted that "there is barely any long-form content proportional to the game’s success [...] this one is all short-form videos".[8]

Fruits

Fruits in Grow a Garden
Fruit Rank Cost Multi Harvest
Carrot Common ¢10 No
Strawberry Common ¢50 Yes
Blueberry Uncommon ¢400 Yes
Tomato Rare ¢800 Yes
Corn Rare ¢1,300 Yes
Watermelon Legendary ¢2,500 No
Pumpkin Legendary ¢3,000 No
Apple Legendary ¢3,250 Yes
Bamboo Legendary ¢4,000 No
Coconut Mythical ¢6,000 Yes
Cactus Mythical ¢15,000 Yes
Dragon Fruit Mythical ¢50,000 Yes
Mango Mythical ¢100,000 Yes
Grape Divine ¢850,000 Yes
Mushroom Divine ¢150,000 No
Pepper Divine ¢1,000,000 Yes
Cacao Divine ¢2,500,000 Yes
Sugar Apple Prismatic ¢25,000,000 Yes
Ember Lilly Prismatic ¢15,000,000 No
Beanstalk Prismatic ¢10,000,000 Yes


See also

References

  1. ^ a b Yin-Poole, Wesley (June 21, 2025). "Grow a Garden Summer Update Propels Roblox Game to Astonishing Concurrent Player Record, Dwarfing Even Fortnite — Here Are All the Details". IGN. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Zwiezen, Zack (May 21, 2025). "This Is One Of The Most Popular Games On The Planet Right Now". Kotaku. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  3. ^ Marnell, Blair (May 22, 2025). "This Roblox Game Is Blowing Up In Popularity". GameSpot. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Brown, Josh (May 21, 2025). "Blending Stardew Valley and Minecraft, this new farming game is suddenly bigger than anything on Steam". PCGamesN. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Litchfield, Ted (May 26, 2025). "A Roblox farming game made by a teenager 'in like three days' had 8.9 million players online at the same time—Steam peaked at 11.5 million across all games on the same day". PC Gamer. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d Cripe, Michael (May 30, 2025). "Roblox's Grow a Garden Towers Above Even the Biggest Steam Games — but You Probably Have No Idea What It Is". IGN. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  7. ^ Merritt, ByMatty (June 18, 2025). "'Roblox' garden mode unseats concurrent user record set by 'Fortnite'". Morning Brew. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Press-Reynolds, Kieran (June 17, 2025). "Roblox's Grow a Garden Surpasses Fortnite With 16.4 Million Players". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d Notopoulos, Katie. "Roblox's 'Grow a Garden' had 9 million people playing at once recently. It was created by a 16-year-old". Business Insider. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
  10. ^ Neal, Chris (May 27, 2025). "One of PC gaming's biggest titles is a garden growing game made by a teenager in Roblox". Massively Overpowered. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  11. ^ Ingram, Michael Brandon (May 31, 2025). "Grow a Garden Released a New Update and Now There's Over 11 Million People Playing It". Game Rant. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  12. ^ "[⛲] Grow a Garden 🍅". RoMonitor Stats. Silicon Digital Group. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  13. ^ Dzisko, Mik (June 3, 2025). "Roblox Farming Simulator Grow a Garden Surpasses 11 Million Concurrent Players". Gaming News. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  14. ^ Rose, Danielle (June 13, 2025). "Next Grow a Garden update release date, schedule, and details". PCGamesN. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  15. ^ Official game page archived on Archive.today on June 14.
  16. ^ a b c Carpenter, Nicole. "A new Roblox gardening game is hotter than anything on Steam". www.gamefile.news. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  17. ^ Official game page archived on Archive.today on June 21.
  18. ^ Astle, Aaron (June 2, 2025). "Roblox game Grow a Garden beats Steam with record concurrent user high of 8.9m". www.pocketgamer.biz. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  19. ^ D'Anastasio, Cecilia (May 30, 2025). "Roblox's Hit Farm Game Spurs Underground Digital Fruit Economy". Bloomberg News. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  20. ^ "The best Roblox games in 2025". PCGamesN. June 17, 2025. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
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