Midnight Garden

Midnight Garden is a tactical action roguelite built around short days and nighttime base defense. You have one minute of daylight to venture into the forest, gather materials and return home before night falls; if your house falls during the attack, the run ends.

Gather by day

The clock keeps running as you explore. The woods near home are safe, while rare resources for stronger towers lie deeper in the forest. You can risk a trip farther out, such as a run to a gold chest at the edge of the map, but you may be caught outside the walls when night comes.

Defend by night

Use what you gathered to build walls, pumpkin turrets, spike traps and sentinel gargoyles. Automated defenses are not enough on their own: you run across the battlefield, draw enemies away and cover your base’s blind spots. You can arrange walls into mazes that funnel enemies through trap-filled corridors.

Upgrades and tools

Defeated monsters yield essence, which you use to unlock permanent upgrades in the Village. Future runs can begin with faster boots, sharper tools or new explosive tower plants. Your gathering tools also evolve into weapons of mass destruction.