Garden Siege
Plant towers by the path and stop twenty waves of garden pests.
Tower defense in a garden. Ants, grasshoppers, snails, aphid swarms and a stag beetle every fifth wave march down the garden path toward the cabbage bed. Plant brambles, puffballs, honey pots and sunflowers on the grass beside the path, upgrade each one twice and dig them up when the plan changes. Three gardens from a long lawn to a short vegetable patch, a speed switch, and a Daily siege with a twist that is the same for everyone.
- Category
- Arcade
- Modes
- Easy · Medium · Hard · Daily
- Controls
- Mouse · Touch · Keyboard
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How to play
Pests walk the path from the hole in the hedge to the cabbage bed. Every one that gets there eats lives: one for an ant, a grasshopper or an aphid, two for a snail and eight for a stag beetle. You have 20; lose them all and the siege is lost. Tap the grass beside the path to see the four towers and their prices; tap a tower once to see its reach, again to plant it. Tap a planted tower to see its reach, upgrade it (twice at most) or dig it up for 70 percent of what it cost. Kills pay coins and every cleared wave pays a bonus. The first wave waits for you; after each wave a twelve-second break counts down, and calling the next wave early pays a coin for every second left. Clear all 20 waves to win. The 2× button doubles the speed.
What is Garden Siege?
Garden Siege is a tower defense game set in a garden. Pests march along a winding garden path, wave after wave, toward the cabbage bed at the far end, and you stop them by planting towers on the grass beside the path. Every tower shoots on its own; your part is choosing what to plant, where, and when to spend your coins.
Five kinds of pest come at you: ants that simply walk, grasshoppers that run fast but break easily, snails whose shells take a bite off every hit, swarms of tiny aphids, and every fifth wave a stag beetle, slow, armoured and very hard to stop. There are 20 waves in a siege, three gardens to defend (a long lawn path on easy, the herb garden on medium and a short dash through the vegetable patch on hard) and a Daily siege that is the same for everyone.
How to play Garden Siege
- The pests. They come in through a hole in the hedge and walk the path to the cabbages. Each one that gets there costs lives: one for an ant, a grasshopper or an aphid, two for a snail and eight for a stag beetle. You start with 20 lives.
- Planting. Tap the grass beside the path and the four towers appear with their prices, placed so they never hide the path. Tap one to see how far it reaches, then tap it again to plant it.
- The four towers. The bramble (50 coins) fires quick thorns at one pest. The puffball (80) lobs spores that hurt every pest where they land. The honey pot (60) splashes sticky honey that slows pests down. The sunflower (110) sends a long beam of sunlight at the toughest pest in reach, strong enough to get through shells.
- Upgrades and digging up. Tap a planted tower to see its reach. You can upgrade it twice, each time hitting harder and reaching further, or dig it up and get back 70 percent of everything you spent on it.
- Coins. Every pest you stop pays coins, and every cleared wave pays a bonus on top.
- Waves. The first wave waits until you start it. After each wave a twelve-second break counts down; call the next wave early and you get a coin for every second left.
- Speed. The 2× button runs the siege twice as fast, and the pause button stops it (you can still plant while paused).
- Winning. Stop all 20 waves and the garden holds. Lose all your lives and the siege is lost.
- On a phone held sideways the garden lies across the screen, the pests coming in from the left, and the buttons move to the side.
Tips and strategy
- Plant at the bends. A tower on the inside of a corner sees two stretches of path at once, so it gets twice the shots.
- Honey first, then damage. A slowed pest spends longer in front of every tower around it. One honey pot near your brambles makes all of them better.
- Puffballs for swarms. Aphids come in dozens and die to anything, but a bramble can only hit one at a time. One puffball cloud clears a whole clump.
- Sunflowers for shells. Armour takes a flat bite off every hit, so small thorns barely scratch a snail or a stag beetle. The sunflower's big beam goes straight through.
- Call waves early when you are ready. If your defence is holding easily, the early-call coins add up to a free tower every few waves.
- Upgrade the towers that see the most path. An upgrade on a tower at a good bend is often worth more than a new tower on a straight stretch.
Frequently asked questions
Is Garden Siege free?
Yes. Like every game on Play, it runs free in your browser, with no download and no account.
How is my score worked out?
100 points for every wave you clear, 25 for every life you have left at the end and 1 for every 10 coins still in your purse. A perfect siege, all 20 waves with all 20 lives, is worth at least 2500.
Does the 2× speed change my score?
No. It only makes time pass faster on your screen; the pests, the towers and the score are exactly the same at either speed.
What is the Daily siege?
Every day one of the three gardens comes with a twist: harder shells, faster feet, an extra aphid swarm in every wave, or a lean season with more coins to start but no bonus for cleared waves. It is the same garden and the same twist for everyone, so the scores compare on the leaderboard.
Why can I not plant on some tiles?
Towers only grow on open grass. The path, the rocks, the pond and the other garden pieces are not for planting.
