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Garden Rescue CE – Family Game Review
Garden Rescue CE is a Family/Puzzle game from Viktor Nikulin, first launched in 8th December 2012.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 86+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Garden Rescue CE Stand Out
On Christmas Eve you have a chance to get into the thick of a battle between beetles and plants – the two archenemies. Despite the cold spell, beetles are rushing to take revenge for their recent defeat. Help the plants to stop them!
This Family game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Garden Rescue CE is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 21st October 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Added ios 11 support
Download & Availability
Garden Rescue CE is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Garden Rescue CE on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Hey we liked this game. Would love an update or maybe another like it. Cheers.
We really like this game because Im not a gamer and enjoy more easily navigated gamescapes. We can see what is happening and make plans and adjustments without having to emulate a water-drop or a hot skillet.
Just what we said, this is like plants vs zombies PLUS a different way to play it.
Garden rescue is our favorite, but this is even better.
This is The best game ever!! We love it.
Loads of fun would love to see more Garden Rescue games in the future.
This app very fun. Love strategy games and reminds us of balloon tower defence.
This is a very fun game. The graphics are spectacular. We highly recommened it to anyone who is looking for a fun way to pass their time. We enjoy this game so much that we plan on updating to the full version. Check it out! It's free so you have nothing to lose.
This app is awesome it gets you into the mood for christmas.
If you're a fan of plants vs zombies, you're gonna love this game.
Loved the game as its easy to play and very much fun :).
This game actually similar with others – setting defense tower, protecting from the enemy. By judging the creativity of this game, those bugs were cutely designed, and some of their dresses were well match to the theme. The background appeared a bit dull initially but it will be getting awesome in subsequent level. The price for full version upgrade for this game is quite reasonable.
Easy to learn and very addictive.
The game is quite challenging and we like the Christmas theme a lot. Keep it up! ;).
There's always games like this that involves Skills and Strategy that involves defense which pulls us in the app that makes us in a fun zone.
Nice app really enjoyed it we would like ti see more graphics improvements.
Our daughter loves this game very much. Good app.
It's actually pretty good. We like the gardening aspect of the game. It's fun good graphics. We recommend it.
This game is alot of fun and reminds us of ballon tower defense. Great game.
It's a nice tower defence for christmas :).
Green Santa comes with this free fun game ! How great is that ? ;).
At first the tutorial was a bit confusing to us, we've got the hang of the game now & we must say its a good game, it's easy for us to play now.
The game was fun and we enjoyed how each level was significantly harder than the last. We had expected more of a christmas theme and the bugs really didn't seem very christmasy. But it was definitely still fun.
It's a okay game kind of tricky at first by fun. Same as other games, but different cartoonist.
Care and pride were taken when making this game as the graphics are great and it is fun to play. Nice job for a simple tower defense game.
We love the game Garden Rescue…BUT when you get so far, they LOCK it Down and want you to perches the full versionI'm surprised that this game has (5 in a half stars) People complain about ads why not complain about this.
We will Deleted from our phone because they're locking the game and they want us to purchase for money using the Internet it's more than enough for you.
This is a great app dealing with defending the route to the end without letting any enemy get through. The holiday theme is pretty good. Give it a try. (:.
This is a really amazing game. We can play this game all day long and not get board at all. We really enjoyed this app.
This game was strategic and we really enjoyed this type of games. There was a tutorial in the beginning of showing how to play, which we find more effective than reading how to play the game. It was a very additive game because every level was harder but at the same time more fun because you were trying to stop the bugs from going into the garden. Really fun strategic game that was more fun each level.
This game has 2 things we really enjoy, christmas and tower defenses. It is both addicting and the different levels are great. The controls are a little hard on the iPhone but it is easy to get used to.
This game is really awesome for the holiday and we enjoyed it too much.
VERY unique towerdefense game. Also has been one of the harder ones to beat, with many levels and several difficulties you can be entertained for a while. The face of the game is smooth and unique, go get those pesky insects.
It's a fresh take on a tapping/farm game. It's very addicting. It's not so much time mgt but beat the clock. You plant things to kill bugs before they steal your Xmas tree we feel like us and our son both will enjoy this through the holiday and maybe even after! If the Developers decided to start Incorporating mpoints would be a bonus too. Hint. Hint ha ah.
Ican take with us this awesome game that iam used to play it on the ipad on the go. Nice game.
We love tower defense games and we love the Christmas theme wonderful fun.
This app is a tower defense game and just in time for the holidays. It's pretty fun and nice pacing.
We've been looking for a new and great game for christmas and finally found one! This game is great, there are so many levels and sometimes ait can really get tricky, but isn't that what a game should actually be sometimes? Also it's even free, so why not try.
This is a very awesome tower defense game! We love it! We're addicted to it and it runs so smooth on our iPhone 4S. The levels are fun and the coins are a nice touch to the game :) we would definitely recommend this game.
Great game, The original is easier to play, but maybe we're just not that used to this one yet. Very fun though.
A fun tower defense game with a super cute christmas theme :).
Very cure and well made game. Similar to a tower defense game but with a garden and Christmas theme. Has good graphics and is well designed.
This game is very interesting that we cannot stop to play with! We love it.
Another tower defense game that we love The interface is nice and easy to use.
We really like the Christmas feel about this game, it really gets us in the 'wintery' mood. Fun to play until the snow starts melting again.
Great game and we love the graphical interface. It a must download content. Make a update to support iPhone 5 screen.
We like this game :) It has nice graphics, the characters are cute and the tutorial and tips are helpful. First we think it's easy to play but one you got to higher levels it can be a great challenge. We think this is a must-have app but we wish the texts were bigger (it's small so we had hard time to read it).
This is a cute mix between gardening and tower defense, definitely perfect for the holiday! Protect your Christmas Tree everyone.
This is a must download content.everyone should give it a try.
Great Christmas themed strategy game. Tutorial option is a great way to quickly learn this fun game. It's challenging without being frustrating.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.2
- Size: 137.74 MB
- iOS: 7.0 or later
- Languages: NL, EN, FR, DE, JA, KO, PT, RU
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Viktor Nikulin
Last updated: 21st October 2017 | Genre: Family, Puzzle | Developer: Viktor Nikulin