Garden of Days

Garden of Days is the definition of a low-stress phone game. You tend a garden, decorate, help out villagers, and watch the seasons roll by. It's the game I open while waiting for the kettle to boil.

Everything is tap-based and forgiving, so it plays fine one-handed. It's extremely light on battery and never heats the phone, which fits how you're meant to dip in and out.

There's not much challenge here, and that's clearly the intention. If you want something calming with steady little goals, it delivers exactly that without asking much of you.

What we liked

• Genuinely relaxing loop
• One-handed, forgiving controls
• Barely touches your battery