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Released May 7, 2026 $4.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

The Greenening

By Erkberg Games

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Reviews 521 Overwhelmingly Positive
Players now 8 Peak today 8
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About The Greenening

The Greenening is a game tagged Incremental, Casual and Idler by Erkberg Games, released May 7, 2026. It has 521 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). The Steam games most like it include Restore Earth, The Waking Grove and Little Idle Isle.

A short and wholesome incremental journey about exploring and reawakening a forgotten world. Wash away the ashes to discover the secrets hidden beneath, upgrade your versatile watering abilities, and grow your own cozy space garden.
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Everything Steam lists for The Greenening · record updated 1 hour ago

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Overview

App ID3441280
Release dateMay 7, 2026
Last change number40244852
Last record update1 hour ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Erkberg Games
Publisher
Erkberg Games
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Technologies
Godot detected

Platforms

Windows
Steam Deck
Verified
Controller
Full support

Features

5
Single-playerFull controller supportSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$4.99
On sale0 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$4.99Oct 23, 2026
Checked15 hours agoin 41 regions

MENA (USD)$USD

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Patches

Patch notes

8
  1. Sep 22, 2026 Demo Update & Stronger Together Event

    Hi everyone!The Greenening is currently part of the super nice "Stronger Together Demo Showcase", which you can check out here:https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46283057/sale/StrongerTogetherDemoShowcaseTo celebrate the event, I updat…

  2. Aug 26, 2026 Improved Steam Deck Touch Support

    Hi everyone!I just pushed a small update for The Greenening that improves Steam Deck Touch input a lot.You can now properly pan the upgrade screen via touch and upgrades are not purchased immediately when tapping them (without knowing what…

  3. Jun 9, 2026 Small Improvements #1

    Hey everyone!Thank you all so much for the ongoing amazing reception and feedback

  4. May 21, 2026 Update #1 - Cursor & Collection

    Hi everyone, and thank you all so much for your great feedback so far!The first update for The Greenening is now live, adressing some of the more prominent issues you reported:Cursor visibilityThe outline around the ingame cursor is now bi…

  5. Feb 12, 2026 Big Language Update! (and more)

    Hi everyone!I just updated The Greenening Demo with 5 new languages:ChineseRussianSpanishJapanesePortugueseThanks a lot to my translators for making this possible: Anna, Lin, Pedro & Nicolith

  6. Jan 12, 2026 Another Nice Demo Update!

    Hi everyone!I just updated The Greenening Demo with new features and improvements, here's what changed:New ability: Yonder dropsTease yet to be unlocked upgradesChanges to upgrade tree structure and balancingShow motivated impact duration …

  7. Nov 11, 2025 Big Demo Update!

    Hi everyone!I just updated the demo for The Greenening with some nice improvements, here they are:Garden customization now allows rocks & logs to be placed as well as size and rotation for all elements to be adjustedNew settings to change …

  8. Jun 23, 2025 Quick development update

    Hi everyone! Here's a quick update on the development progress of the game so far and what's up next.I'm currently working on making the game fully playable, which means adding lots of content, gameplay mechanics and visuals to it. It's go…

Builds

1
BuildBranchUpdated
24927661publicAug 26, 2026

Depots

Depots

1
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
3441281 — All 376.5 MB 226.5 MB 4248378981278077797

Branches

1
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 24927661 Aug 26, 2026 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/The Greenening

Launch options

2
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
TheGreenening.exe Windows Play The Greenening
TheGreenening.exe --rendering-driver d3d12 All Play Compatibility Mode (D3D12) - Use this if you experience missing visuals or crashes, especially on AMD GPUs (or try updating your drivers)

Cloud saves

Space per player9.5 MB
Filesup to 10
Save locations1
RootPathPatternSystems
WinAppDataRoamingGodot/app_userdata/The Greeneningsave*All

Achievements

Achievements3412 hidden
Most unlocked98.8%The First Of Many
Rarest49.2%Megaflora

Global unlock rate

share of players who have it
  • The First Of Many Get your first upgrade 98.8%
  • Rocks & Logs Hidden achievement 97.8%
  • Grass & Garden Hidden achievement 93.8%
  • Motivated! Refresh your motivated buff before it runs out 90.8%
  • Flowers & Machines Hidden achievement 88.1%
  • Regenerated Regenerate 20 drops in one day 85.2%
  • Clusters & Bushes Hidden achievement 84.4%
  • There can be more than one? Discover multiples 83.5%
  • Cluster Chain Pop a water cluster using another cluster 83.4%
  • Preserved Recover 30 drops via preservation in one day 82.3%
  • Birds & Ashes Hidden achievement 81.3%
  • Sprinkler Growth Have your sprinklers grow a new plant 81.3%
  • It Tickles! Hidden achievement 81.2%
  • Plantiful Grow the same plant twice 80.9%
  • Ambitious Collector Complete 50% of your collection 80.8%
  • Baby Baby Baby Spawn 4th generation baby drops 79.8%
  • Trees & Essence Hidden achievement 77.6%
  • Lucky Yonder Hit a machine with a yonder drop 77%
All 34 achievements
  • Full Feather Family Have all bird powerups active at the same time 76.2%
  • Adorable Wings Find 3 butterflies in one day 73.4%
  • Halfway There Complete 50% of the upgrade tree 73.1%
  • Fully Charged Use your charge ability to its maximum duration 73.1%
  • Lakes & Butterflies Hidden achievement 72.8%
  • Big Refill Refill from a lake at max capacity 72.1%
  • Essential Pick up essence 10 times in one day 71.9%
  • Reclaimed Have an animal take down a machine 70.8%
  • Animals & Rain Hidden achievement 69.5%
  • Rainbow Encore Trigger the rainbow twice in one day 65.7%
  • The Gardening Have 100 plants in your garden 64.3%
  • The Factory Hidden achievement 62.7%
  • Upgrade Complete Complete the upgrade tree 58.1%
  • The Greenening Hidden achievement 56.3%
  • Relics Of The Past Complete your collection 49.5%
  • Megaflora Hidden achievement 49.2%

News

  1. Jun 24, 2026 · Community Announcements The Greenening is Steam Deck Verified ✅

    Hi everyone!The Greenening already worked really well on the Steam Deck when it was released, but after some more tweaks, it now got the full seal of approval from Valve:The Greenening is officially …

  2. May 7, 2026 · Community Announcements The Greenening is OUT NOW!

    The Greenening is OUT NOW!I just hit the release button, which means The Greenening is officially live on Steam!Get it now with a 20% launch discount: $4.99 -> $3.99Found a bug or got any issues? Joi…

  3. Apr 15, 2026 · Community Announcements The Greenening releases on May 7th!

    Hi everyone!The Greenening now has a release date!On May 7th, you'll be able to dive into this wholesome incremental journey I built over the last 15 months.I'm super excited to finally share the com…

  4. Mar 6, 2026 · Community Announcements French & Polish translations now available!

    Hi everyone,I just updated The Greenening demo with two new languages: French & Polish!Thanks a lot to my translators for making this possible: Lola Marlhoux and Michał Koperski

  5. Feb 23, 2026 · Community Announcements The Greenening is in Steam Next Fest!

    Hi everyone,Next Fest is upon us, and with it thousands of demos of upcoming games for you to try out.If you look close enough (and squint just a little), you can find The Greenening Demo in there: T…

  6. Nov 17, 2025 · Community Announcements Cozy Quest 2025

    The Cozy Quest 2025 event is happening right now, featuring many wonderful games from awesome indie devs, and I'm super happy that The Greenening is among them 😍 You can check out the event here:htt…

  7. Sep 9, 2025 · Community Announcements Demo Out Now!

    The demo for The Greenening is now live!Dive into a wholesome incremental journey where you control a fluffy cloud, raining down on a forgotten planet. Discover the secrets hidden beneath the ashes a…

  8. Sep 8, 2025 · Community Announcements Running well on Steam Deck!

    The Greenening will be playable on Steam Deck!Here's a quick video of that:Both stick and touchpad controls work quite well and it runs smoothly.I love playing games on the Deck myself, so I'll make …

  9. Feb 3, 2025 · Community Announcements A new journey begins ...

    Hi everyone! I'm Erik aka Erkberg and super excited to announce my second game here on Steam. The Greenening is a short incremental game about rediscovering and growing life in a forlorn world. Devel…

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