Gardenscapes

Nintendo 3DS · 2009

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About this game

Gardenscapes is a hidden object game with a landscaping theme.

As the sole inheritor of a mansion with a ruined garden, the player has to sell household items to raise the money necessary to refurbish the place.

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The sale takes place in the various rooms of the mansion, each represented by a screen showing the available items scattered over the scenery.

At the left side, a clock shows the remaining time to finish the sale, with portraits of customers and their orders displayed beneath it.

The objective is to find and click on all the required items before time runs out.

Each patron has a patience meter, a series of hearts that start to vanish if the order takes too long to be fulfilled, making them pay less when finally receiving their objects.

As in most time management games, the customers leave their payment as stacks of coins, that have to be quickly collected to make the slot available for the next patron.

The game incorporates some of the hint system ideas found on the Little Shop series, as extra items that can be collected on each location.

The thermometers make all the visible portraits frosty or glowing red with heat when the cursor is far away or close to the required object.

The cameras turn most of the screen white with their flash lights, with the exception of some of the requested items. ? marks can be collected for extra uses for the hint button at the bottom, that replaces the order entries with pictures of the objects.

Coins can also be found concealed on each scene, to be clicked and automatically added to the funds.

The money received has to be spent on a separate screen showing a top view of a garden section, with the butler Austin roaming around it and giving advice and clues.

Parts of the ruined scenery can be clicked, bringing the available purchase options.

As the garden is reformed, letters and telephone calls move the plot forwards.

When the section is complete, the game moves to the next one.

Data by MobyGames.com

About Nintendo 3DS

The Nintendo 3DS (2011) added glasses-free stereoscopic 3D and a second analog input to Nintendo's handheld line, eventually building a library that rivaled the DS in size and quality. Because the eShop for digital purchases has since closed, physical 3DS cartridges are the only way to preserve access to many titles — a dynamic that's pushing more collectors toward cartridge-based copies even for games that were originally digital-first.

Gamevaro tracks Gardenscapes for Nintendo 3DS with separate market values for loose, complete-in-box (CIB) and factory-sealed copies, sourced from real eBay sales. Prices also vary by region — PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J releases of the same game often sell for different amounts due to print run sizes and regional collector demand.

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Market values by condition

PAL

Loose / Item only

€39.32

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Recent sales

Date	Type	Region	Price	Source
2026-07-10	Loose / Item only	PAL	€39.32	eBay NL

Rarity & condition

Only a handful of market sales have been tracked for Gardenscapes, suggesting it doesn't trade hands very often — a sign of relative scarcity compared to more common Nintendo 3DS titles.

Complete-in-box (CIB) copies typically command a premium over loose cartridges/discs because the original box and manual are more fragile and get discarded or damaged over time — fewer complete sets survive.

Frequently asked questions

How much is Gardenscapes worth?

Gardenscapes for Nintendo 3DS is currently worth €39.32 loose. Prices are based on real sales and update regularly on Gamevaro.

Is Gardenscapes rare?

Gardenscapes has only a handful of tracked market sales, suggesting relative scarcity compared to more common Nintendo 3DS titles.

What's the difference between loose, CIB and sealed for Gardenscapes?

Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. These are tracked as separate market values because the price gap between them can be significant, especially for older releases.