Fit check
Is Yardlings worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Local groups who want short competitive strategy matches
- Players who enjoy managing troops while controlling map objectives
- Solo players seeking a garden-themed strategy game with adjustable AI opponents
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a long-form campaign, since the campaign is described as short and sessions last 30 minutes to 1 hour
- Players looking for a hands-off strategy game, since the player directly controls a hero and can join fights
- Players wanting online multiplayer rather than local matches
Our take on Yardlings
The defining structure is a garden-control battle in which potted plants produce troops while flower gardens heal forces, attack nearby enemies, and grow toward spawning stronger units.
What is Yardlings?
Yardlings is a local multiplayer strategy game set in a garden, with free-for-all and 2v2 matches, AI opponents at three difficulty levels, and a short campaign.
Players control a vegetable hero, gather units, capture potted plants that produce troops, and seize flower gardens. Flowers heal nearby units, support their evolution, fire seeds at enemies, and grow stronger over time before spawning strong units. Special abilities are collected from plants and charged through combat. Victory comes from controlling enough flower gardens or taking an opponent's base garden. The game includes over 10 unit types, 9 special abilities, 8 player characters, 2 map types, and sessions lasting 30 minutes to 1 hour.
How Yardlings plays
- 01Local multiplayer modes
- Matches support free-for-all play and teams of two.
- 02Three AI levels
- Computer-controlled opponents are available at three difficulty settings.
- 03Capturable production sites
- Claimed potted plants generate additional units over time.
- 04Growing flower gardens
- Captured flowers heal nearby forces, attack enemies, and eventually create strong units.
- 05Combat abilities
- Nine special abilities can be collected from plants and activated after charging through damage dealt.
- 06Multiple victory conditions
- A match ends by securing enough flower gardens or capturing every opponent base garden.
Yardlings compared to similar games
Yardlings focuses on local multiplayer matches where players directly control a hero, gather units, and capture garden objectives. Men of War: Assault Squad covers large-scale World War II battles with direct control of every unit, while Shogun Showdown uses turn-based combat, attack tiles, deck building, and roguelike progression.
Yardlings: platforms & release
Is Yardlings worth it?
It is worth it if: local groups who want short competitive strategy matches. Skip it if: players seeking a long-form campaign, since the campaign is described as short and sessions last 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Where can I download Yardlings?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Yardlings's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Yardlings on?
Windows and macOS.
