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Journey of the Garden Rose

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54%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
79% User Score Based on 19 reviews

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About Journey of the Garden Rose

Journey of the Garden Rose is a single player role playing game with fantasy, romance and dark fantasy themes. It was developed by Renegade Sector Games and was released on March 23, 2026. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Once upon a time there was a cruel prince with a beautiful garden. Although the Prince loved his garden, he loved it cruelly. He would prune his flowers into exactly the shape he wanted, pulling flowers out by the roots when they disappointed him. Of all the flowers in The Prince's garden, the one he loved above all others was The Rose. To be the most beloved flower of the cruel Prince was a fea…

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79%Audience ScoreBased on 19 reviews
graphics3 positive mentions
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  • Charming indie project with sincere writing and heartfelt storytelling, enhanced by new cutscenes and dialogue elements.
  • Appealing art style and world design, creating a fairy tale atmosphere with solid writing and interesting lore.
  • Challenging and satisfying combat inspired by soulslike mechanics, including enjoyable mechanics like hitting enemies into walls for extra damage.
  • Combat can be janky with inconsistent hit detection and frustrating multi-enemy boss fights, especially in later sections.
  • Level design and navigation can be confusing and backtracking-heavy, with some areas feeling illogical and difficult to map.
  • Presentation issues such as long text blocks without voice acting, occasional glitches in reading lore books, and some audio/visual roughness.

  • story

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 24% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The story features heartfelt, pulp-inspired writing with added cutscenes and dialogue, creating an engaging yet somewhat abstract and puzzle-like narrative. However, its complexity and disjointed structure, including multiple confusing paths and scattered lore, may be overwhelming or frustrating for some players. Overall, the fairy tale framing and sincere storytelling offer a unique and enjoyable experience despite its rough edges.

    • “The new addition of cutscenes, dialogue, and other storytelling elements added so much for me.”
    • “I really got the feeling of pulp storytelling that I wanted, just a bit more than previous RPG games, and this game is full of very heartfelt and sincere writing.”
    • “I love the fairy tale framing of the story, and the look of the game is fantastic!”
    • “The storyline itself seemed a bit overwhelming with 25+ lore books spread about in random order.”
    • “It's more of a puzzle than an on-the-rails storyline.”
    • “It's a bit frustrating what appears to be multiple paths leading to the same place (three entrances to the cabin area, and other small areas that, when mapped out, make no logical sense, just teleporting the player, making any mental maps nearly pointless, such as the quest your dad gives you).”

  • graphics

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    43% positive mentions, 43% neutral mentions, 14% negative mentions

    The graphics receive mixed feedback, with some users appreciating the charming, outsider art style and appealing retro aesthetic, while others find certain visuals janky or unattractive. Overall, the unique art direction and world design are praised for enhancing the game's atmosphere and exploration experience.

    • “I want to start this review by prefacing that I absolutely love the art style and the world design as a whole.”
    • “I was lured in by the polygonal graphics, and I was not disappointed.”
    • “Journey of the Garden Rose is a retro aesthetic, Souls-like adventure game with great art direction and solid writing.”
    • “Wooden gameplay, ugly visuals, I didn't enjoy it at all.”

  • gameplay

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, -34% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The gameplay introduces several new mechanics that are well-explored and feature a better difficulty progression compared to previous titles. However, some users found the gameplay clunky or unappealing, though the action becomes engaging once it clicks.

    • “There are a few other new mechanics that I feel were explored thoroughly throughout the game's encounters, and the pacing in terms of difficulty ramping up felt much better than previous RPG titles.”
    • “The gameplay is a little janky, but the action really works once it clicks.”
    • “Wooden gameplay, ugly visuals, I didn't enjoy it at all.”
    • “The gameplay is a little janky but the action really works once it clicks.”

  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game delivers a strong emotional impact through heartfelt and sincere writing, successfully capturing the pulp storytelling vibe that fans of previous RSG games desired more of.

    • “I really got the feeling of pulp storytelling that I wanted, just a bit more than previous RPG games, and this game is full of very heartfelt and sincere writing.”

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is well-crafted and immersive, offering a captivating world, though it may not feel as tightly designed as in Reavers of New Rome.

    • “I love the atmosphere and world, even if it's not as tight as Reavers of New Rome.”

  • music

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The music features short, repetitive trumpet loops that lack depth and spatial feeling, contributing to an overall unpleasant gameplay experience.

    • “The music consists of short loops of blaring trumpets, the textures offer no sense of space or direction, and overall the audio experience contributes to making the game feel unpleasant to play.”
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Journey of the Garden Rose is a role playing game with fantasy, romance and dark fantasy themes. Common tags for Journey of the Garden Rose include magic, surreal, psychological, exploration, nature and others.

Journey of the Garden Rose is available on PC and Windows.

Journey of the Garden Rose was released on March 23, 2026.

Journey of the Garden Rose was developed by Renegade Sector Games.

Journey of the Garden Rose has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Journey of the Garden Rose for its graphics but disliked it for its story.

Journey of the Garden Rose is a single player game.

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