Garten of Banban 7

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Alone under the kindergarten, search an underground town for your child.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
Stores: Steam
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (83% of 1,673 reviews); 4.3 of 5 on the PlayStation Store (946 ratings), 4.2 on the App Store and 3.9 on Google Play
Length: about 1 to 1.5 hours
Players: 1
Made by: Euphoric Brothers
Released: 2024

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What frightens Cut off from your friends, you search the monster-occupied levels under Banban's Kindergarten alone for your missing child, steering a drone through puzzles, fleeing chases and dealing with a four-armed doctor you cannot quite trust.
Content: violence (esrb teen, pegi 12), a warning for disturbing imagery at the start, a hallway swarming with cockroaches, surgery scenes with creatures on operating tables, chase sequences.

Garten of Banban 7 is the seventh chapter of Euphoric Brothers' first-person mascot horror series. Cut off from your friends, you search the monster-occupied levels under Banban's Kindergarten for your missing child, steering a drone, running from chases and exploring a small town built far underground. One run takes about an hour.

About Garten of Banban 7

Garten of Banban 7 is a first-person horror game by Euphoric Brothers, released on Steam for Windows on 10 May 2024. Feardemic brought it to PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X|S and Nintendo Switch on 19 December 2024, and it is also sold for iPhone, iPad and Android. It follows Garten of Banban 6 and leads into Garten of Banban 8: Anti Devil.

After the events of the sixth chapter you are separated from your friends and go deeper into Banban's Kindergarten on your own, still looking for your missing child. The game opens with a warning about disturbing imagery and an emergency breach broadcast: a staff survival guide for Case 8, a giant spider, whose first rule is not to be a hero. From there a keycard opens a hallway crawling with cockroaches and an examination room where strange creatures reach for the scissors.

You play with a remote in hand, flying a small drone to hit buttons and reach what you cannot. Reviewers found it fiddly, especially in dark rooms. Most of the chapter takes place in a small town built underground, with apartments, shops, a theatre, a bar and a motel, where a four-armed doctor called Syringeon sends you after informants. Between talks come chase sequences and returning enemies in new 'Naughtified' forms.

It is short: TheXboxHub put it at 60 to 90 minutes and GameGrin finished it in under an hour. Critics on Switch and Xbox called it a step back that repeats earlier set pieces, though TheXboxHub singled out an emotional scene halfway through as one of the best moments in the series. Players rate it more warmly: Very Positive on Steam and above 4 stars on the PlayStation Store and App Store.

The frights are mild for the genre, more creepy creatures, chases and surgery scenes than gore, and it is rated Teen by the ESRB and 12 by PEGI. Play the earlier chapters first; this one carries the story straight on.

How to play Garten of Banban 7

Buy it on Steam for Windows, on PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo Switch, or from the App Store or Google Play.
Play the earlier chapters first, especially Garten of Banban 6.
Watch the breach announcement at the start and take the keycard it gives you.
Call your drone and steer it with the remote to press buttons and open the way.
Explore the underground town, talk to the informants and run when something gives chase.

Screenshots

A red, clay-like one-eyed creature with striped party horns lying on its side on a teal-lit floor

A tall green big-eyed creature in a foggy red-lit street between buildings, the drone remote in hand

Three green big-eyed creatures playing cards around a small table in a dim wooden room

Pale limp creatures hanging from chains in a dark teal room, the drone remote held at right

A neon sign reading Welcome to Cityngeon hanging over a foggy street strung with lights

Two huge black spiked monsters with glowing purple eyes looming in a concrete hall

A green creature on a surgical table beside an IV stand, seen through bars in a dim operating room

Tips

The drone is hard to see in dark rooms; move slowly and listen for its beeping if you lose it.
If you hunt achievements, a late memory game shows about 20 silhouettes in quick succession and gives one try for the achievement; TheXboxHub calls it nearly impossible by eye.
Play the series in order; this chapter starts straight after the events of the sixth.

Questions

How long is Garten of Banban 7?

About an hour to an hour and a half for one run: TheXboxHub put it at 60 to 90 minutes and GameGrin finished it in under an hour.

Is Garten of Banban 7 a sequel?

Yes, it is the seventh chapter and follows Garten of Banban 6 (there is no fifth chapter); Garten of Banban 8: Anti Devil comes next.

What platforms is Garten of Banban 7 on?

Windows PC on Steam, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, iPhone and iPad, and Android.

Is Garten of Banban 7 scary for kids?

It is rated Teen by the ESRB for violence and 12 by PEGI, and opens with a warning about disturbing imagery. Its frights are creepy creatures, chases and surgery scenes rather than gore.