Grow sets of flowers. Fend off pests. Watch the neighbours.

A cozy garden card game for one player and three cheeky neighbours. For iPhone, iPad and Android.

Coming soon

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Backyard Bloom arrives soon on the App Store and Google Play.

€3.99, once. No ads. No in-app purchases.Launch price: €2.99 for the first 14 days.

See it grow

A look at a real game: four gardens, one deck, and neighbours who plant, steal and block.

Three things to do in your garden

Grow

Plant matching flowers to complete sets. There are 24 kinds, from Roses and Tulips to Sunflowers and Bug Eaters, and each kind has its own set size: two, three or four flowers.

Steal

A flower that is not in a complete set is fair game. Send a slug, a mole, a deer or the kid next door to carry it into your garden. Take the one flower you need to finish a set.

Protect

Keep defense cards in your hand: Salt stops slugs, the Garden Hose soaks dogs and kids. Place a Greenhouse, a Fence, a Cat or a Sprinkler for protection that lasts.

How to play

The rules fit on one seed packet. A playable tutorial in the game teaches them in a few minutes.

1Collect sets of flowers
Four neighbours grow flowers. Plant matching flowers to complete a set. The card tells you how many you need: a set of two, three or four.
2Play one card on your turn
Your hand fills to six cards. Then you play one: plant a flower, send an attack, place protection, or throw a card away to draw a new one next turn. Special cards give you extra plays.
3Steal what you need
An attack card moves one loose flower from a neighbour's garden into yours. Watch the creature walk across the board and carry its prize home.
4Block with the right card
When a pest comes for your flowers, the game offers you the matching defense card from your hand. Salt for slugs and snails, Bug Spray for insects, Rodent Bait for moles, gophers and squirrels.
5Build lasting protection
Environment cards stay in your garden for good. The Greenhouse keeps out freezes and hail, the Fence keeps out deer, dogs and kids, the Cat chases rodents, and the Sprinkler beats heat and drought.
6Beware of disasters
A Freeze, a Flood or a Heat Wave strikes the moment it is drawn. Each garden it hits loses one loose flower to the walkways. Anyone can pick those flowers up later instead of drawing.

The cards

The deck holds 122 hand-painted cards. Scroll through each row to see them all.

Flowers

64 cards · 24 kinds

Plant them to build sets.

Attacks

23 cards

They steal a loose flower from a neighbour's garden.

Defenses

18 cards

Keep them in your hand to stop an attack.

Environment

4 cards

Place them in your garden for lasting protection.

Disasters

6 cards

They strike the moment they are drawn.

Specials

7 cards

They give you extra plays.

Meet the neighbours

Three computer players share your street. Each one plays in their own way, at three levels of difficulty.

Rosa

The Gardener

Tends her own beds and keeps her defense cards ready.

Vince

The Thief

Steals from whoever is winning. Often that is you.

Edith

The Strategist

Weighs every garden and plays for the most points.

A look over the fence

Four gardens around one deck. Yours is in the bottom right corner.

A squirrel carries a neighbour's flower home.

The salt shaker stops a slug in its tracks.

A Freeze covers the whole board with frost.

Made to relax

Pay once
No ads, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions.
Plays offline
On a plane, on a train, in the garden. No internet needed.
Private
No account. The game collects no data at all.
Saves itself
After every move. Stop at any time and come back later.
A tutorial you play
A guided first game teaches every rule in a few minutes.
Your own garden
Plant where you like and move your flowers around.
18 languages
From English and Português to 日本語 and العربية.
Phones and tablets
iPhone, iPad and Android, in landscape.

Questions and answers

How much does Backyard Bloom cost?

The game costs €3.99. You pay once in the App Store or on Google Play and the whole game is yours. For the first 14 days after release the price is €2.99. Prices can differ a little per country and store, because the stores convert and round them.

Are there ads or in-app purchases?

No. There are no ads, no in-app purchases and no subscriptions. Nothing in the game asks you for more money.

Which devices does it run on?

iPhone and iPad with iOS 15.1 or later, and Android phones and tablets with Android 7.0 or later. The game plays in landscape.

Does it need an internet connection?

No. The whole game is on your device and plays offline. The app does not connect to the internet at all.

Can I play against my friends?

Not yet. Backyard Bloom is a game for one player against three computer neighbours: Rosa, Vince and Edith.

How long does one game take?

About 20 minutes when you play through the whole deck. The game saves itself after every move, so you can stop at any time and come back later.

Which languages does it speak?

Eighteen: English, Español, Português (Brasil), Português (Portugal), Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Türkçe, Русский, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文, 繁體中文, Bahasa Indonesia, हिन्दी, العربية. The game follows the language of your device, and you can choose another one in the settings.

Where is my game saved?

On your device only. There is no account and no cloud copy. If you delete the app, the saved game and your settings go with it.

I skipped the tutorial. Can I play it again?

Yes. Choose "Tutorial" on the start screen. "How to play" on the same screen holds the rules and every card.

Is it suitable for children?

The game has no ads, no purchases, no chat and no links to the web, and it collects no data. The worst that happens is a squirrel that takes a tulip. Please check the age rating on the store page for your country.

I bought it on iPhone. Do I get the Android version too?

No, sorry. The App Store and Google Play are separate shops, and a purchase in one does not carry over to the other. A purchase on iPhone also covers your iPad, and the other way round, when both use the same Apple Account.

How do I get a refund?

Apple and Google handle all payments and refunds. On iPhone and iPad, ask at reportaproblem.apple.com. On Android, ask in Google Play under your order history. If you get stuck, write to support@backyardbloom.app and we will help.

Is this the garden card game I played in the 1990s?

Backyard Bloom is a new, original game. It is inspired by Green Thumb Cards, a Windows card game published by Playful Minds in 1996, and it plays by similar rules. All art, text, music and code are new. We are not connected to the makers of the original.

Who makes Backyard Bloom?

EZ-WEB, Lda., a small software company in Portugal. The paintings, the sound effects and the music were made with the help of AI tools, then picked, cut and tuned by hand.

I found a bug, or I have an idea. Where do I send it?

Write to support@backyardbloom.app. Tell us your device, what you did and what happened. A screenshot helps a lot.

Your garden is waiting

Plant the first Rose today.

Coming soon

Android test

Backyard Bloom arrives soon on the App Store and Google Play.

€3.99, once. No ads. No in-app purchases.Launch price: €2.99 for the first 14 days.

See it grow

Three things to do in your garden

Grow

Steal

Protect

How to play

1Collect sets of flowers

2Play one card on your turn

3Steal what you need

4Block with the right card

5Build lasting protection

6Beware of disasters

The cards

Meet the neighbours

Rosa

Vince

Edith

A look over the fence

Made to relax

Pay once

Plays offline

Private

Saves itself

A tutorial you play

Your own garden

18 languages

Phones and tablets

Questions and answers

Your garden is waiting