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Zen Garden

Casual · Phone & PC · 20 languages · Free

Rake calm patterns in the sand around mossy stones and match each garden card with only a few strokes. One stone may be moved per garden.

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How to play

Zen Garden: Choose a level
1Choose a level
Zen Garden: In play
2In play

Controls

DragHoldKeyboardU R V
  1. Drag on the sand to rake.
  2. Drag a stone to move it.
  3. Keys: U undo, R reset, Enter done, hold V to peek.

About the game

Zen Garden is a quiet puzzle about raking sand. Each garden comes with a small card showing the finished pattern: straight rows, gentle waves, rings around the stones. Drag across the sand to pull the rake, and the grooves follow your finger. You only get a few strokes, so every line has to count, and a bar at the top shows how close your garden is to the card.

The twist is the stones. In each garden you may move one stone, once. Some cards show a stone in a different spot, so you need to spot that, slide it into place first and only then rake the rings around it. Twenty-five gardens grow from single lines to spirals and three-stone layouts, each rated with up to three stars, and Free mode lets you rake with no limits.

Free to play in your browser. No download, no sign-up. Works on phones, tablets and computers. Your progress is saved on this device.

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