The Greenening news & patch notes

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 -> $3.99

Found a bug or got any issues? Join the Discord and let me know!

It's been quite the journey creating this game, but I'm really happy with how it turned out and super excited for you all to experience it in full :)

Thanks,

Erkberg

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 complete game with you all soon and can't wait to hear how you like it!

Cheers,

Erkberg

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 <3

There's also three new music tracks to listen to now, which are unlocked as you progress through the demo. Hope you like them as much as I do :)

Work on the full release is also progressing nicely, can't wait to hear your thoughts about the complete game soon!

Cheers,

Erkberg

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:

The recent updates improved the demo a lot in terms of balancing, performance and more. They also added many new languages like Chinese, Russian & Spanish, so now's the best time to play the game.

Let me know how you like it via the form linked ingame, the Steam forums, or by leaving a review on the demo.

Thanks a lot for your feedback and support 💚

Erkberg

Hi everyone!

I just updated The Greenening Demo with 5 new languages:

• Chinese

• Russian

• Spanish

• Japanese

• Portuguese

Thanks a lot to my translators for making this possible: Anna, Lin, Pedro & Nicolith <3

And there's even more in this update!

• Many balancing adjustments for an even smoother flow

• Yonder Drops have been replaced by Baby Drops for the demo (but Yonders will make a return in the full version)

• The upgrade tree has received some new animations and now teases some special upgrades further down the tree (none of them part of the demo though, sorry!)

• Minor bugfixes and improvements

If you haven't yet, now (or during the upcoming Next Fest) is a great time to check out the demo here:

Thank you so much for your interest in my little game! <3

Erkberg

Hi everyone!

I just updated The Greenening Demo with new features and improvements, here's what changed:

• New ability: Yonder drops

• Tease yet to be unlocked upgrades

• Changes to upgrade tree structure and balancing

• Show motivated impact duration in UI

• Detector can be switched on and off

• Can now also pan with left mouse button on upgrade screen

• Upgrade screen remembers camera position and zoom

• Significant performance optimizations

• Show previous best in area end screen

• Some new animations

I hope you enjoy these while I continue working towards the release of the full game.

Thanks a lot for your interest and support,

Erkberg

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:

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/CozyQuest2025

And watch the live showcase here: Cheers,

Erkberg

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 adjusted

• New settings to change resolution & quality (try these if your PC is a bit slow)

• Improved controller support via some handy hotkeys and smoother movement

• Optimized performance

• Sparkle now has a voice!

• And many more smaller changes as well as some balancing adjustments

I hope you enjoy these changes while I continue working towards the full release of the game, which is planned for Spring 2026.

Cheers,

Erkberg

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 and bring the world back to life. 🌱

It also features tons of upgrades, a cute character by the name of Sparkle and a cozy idle space garden.

🎮 Play the demo and wishlist the full game now!

Thank you so much for your support - your feedback truly helps in shaping the full game! 💚

Cheers,

Erkberg

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 sure that it stays that way for the full release next year.

The demo is releasing tomorrow (Sep 09, 7pm CEST), so it's not long until you can try it out for yourself :)

Cheers,

Erkberg

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 going well and the content is about 50% finished. Here's a sneak peek at one of the areas from the middle of the game:

There's also a free demo planned to be released in August 2025. This one is already fully playable, but needs some more fine-tuning and polishing touches to really shine, which I'm also working on :)

It's been a bit quiet around here since the announcement of the game a few months back, but I'll make sure to share some progress updates and infos about the game more regularly from now on. Stay tuned!

Thanks a lot for your interest and support!

Erkberg