Gnome Dome

Gnome Dome is a first-person horror game about working the night shift in an enclosed garden. You water flowers, pull weeds, trim hedges and repair equipment, trying to finish your tasks before time runs out while garden gnomes watch you. There are four increasingly disturbing Night Shifts, and the story builds toward a mystery about the Dome itself.

Complete your shift

Each night gives you a series of gardening and maintenance tasks across the garden. Every task has its own timer: complete it in time and you earn extra time on the overall shift clock. If a task timer expires, one random gnome comes to life and hunts you. You are not told which gnome has become active, and more gnomes can activate during Overtime, which begins when the shift timer runs out.

The four shifts introduce tighter time limits, new tasks, more aggressive gnomes, changes to the garden, and new areas and discoveries. You have no combat; survival depends on movement, timing and making smart decisions.

Use the water

Gnomes cannot follow you into the garden’s water, so ponds and flooded areas can provide temporary shelter during a chase. Swimming drains your stamina, though, and once it runs out, staying underwater becomes as dangerous as going back to shore.

Night shifts and discoveries

The game includes old-school text-based dialogue with retro text sounds, multiple endings, and hidden lore connecting GNOME DOME to The Twisted Universe.