Waking Garfield from a nightmare overflowing with vegetables and sugar-free candy is no small task. Hunting down all 30 Garfield Escape from Monday achievements requires quick reflexes, keen exploration, and an insatiable appetite for Italian pasta. Whether you are struggling to maintain a 60-second roly-poly or hunting for hidden side levels in the Barbecue Desert, mastering the Garfield Escape from Monday achievements is the ultimate badge of platforming skill for completionists.
Developed by OSome Studio and published by Microids, this 3D platformer sends the world's laziest feline across three vibrant worlds packed with tricky platforming chains and dozens of collectibles. In this definitive guide, we break down every single achievement, detailing campaign unlocks, tricky movement challenges, lasagna locations, and time attack strategies to help you reach 100% completion in record time.
Complete Garfield Escape from Monday Achievements List
The base game includes 30 Steam achievements covering campaign milestones, side levels, combat interactions, collectibles, and speedrun challenges. The table below lists every achievement, its official requirement, and its category.
| Achievement Name | Requirement | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Like a Monday | Finish the Tutorial | Story Progression |
| The Scales Can't Take the Strain | Get all a Yum-o-meter's lasagnas | Collectible |
| Bottomless Stomach | Find all the lasagnas on a level | Collectible |
| A Game of Cat and Mouse | Meet Squeak | Character Encounter |
| Fowl Play | Get the turkey costume | Costume Unlock |
| Off the Beaten Track | Complete a side level | Side Objective |
| Wind Beneath My Wings | Stay airborne for at least 10 seconds | Movement / Stunt |
| We Said 5 Fruits and Vegetables a Day! | Finish Vegetable Nightmare | World Clear |
| Greased Lightning | Complete a level in Time Attack mode | Time Attack |
| Feline-Harvester | Complete all the side levels in Vegetable Nightmare | World Completion |
| The Cutest Cat in the World | Meet Nermal | Character Encounter |
| Surf 'n' Turf | Get the surfer costume | Costume Unlock |
| Green Fingers | Get all the lasagnas in Vegetable Nightmare | World Collectible |
| Sweet or Salty? | Bounce off three Corn shots in a row | Combat / Stunt |
| I've Always Got Room for Dessert | Finish Sweet Kingdom | World Clear |
| The Fastest Appetite in the West | Get the cowboy costume | Costume Unlock |
| Hunger causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true. | Collect 35 snacks while surfing without putting the board away | Movement / Stunt |
| Who Let the Dogs Out? | Meet Odie | Character Encounter |
| A Rolling Cat Gathers No Moss | Do a roly-poly for at least 1 minute | Movement / Stunt |
| Hell's Kitchen | Beat Chef Monday | Boss Battle |
| For a Few Burgers More | Finish Barbecue Desert | World Clear |
| Trick or Treat? | Complete all the side levels in Sweet Kingdom | World Completion |
| Flavour Clash | Crash into an Eggplant while riding another Eggplant | Combat / Stunt |
| Crème de la Crème | Get all the lasagnas in Sweet Kingdom | World Collectible |
| Not What the Doctor Ordered | Collect a total of 10 000 Snacks | Cumulative Collectible |
| Conquest of the West | Complete all the side levels in Barbecue Desert | World Completion |
| Rich in Fiber | Complete all the levels in Vegetable Nightmare in Time Attack mode | Time Attack |
| Done to a Turn! | Get all the lasagnas in Barbecue Desert | World Collectible |
| Sugar Spike | Complete all the levels in Sweet Kingdom in Time Attack mode | Time Attack |
| The Fastest Paw in the West | Complete all the levels in Barbecue Desert in Time Attack mode | Time Attack |
You can check official updates and global community progress on the Garfield - Escape from Monday on Steam product hub.
Story Progression, Character Encounters, and Boss Battles
Eight achievements automatically unlock as you proceed through the main narrative, beat bosses, and cross paths with Garfield's classic comic strip cast.
Tutorial and World Clears
- Like a Monday: Granted upon completing the opening tutorial level inside Jon's house. You will learn basic jumping, the double jump off bounce pads, wall climbing, and fragile floor rolling.
- We Said 5 Fruits and Vegetables a Day!: Unlocks upon beating all main stages in World 1, Vegetable Nightmare.
- I've Always Got Room for Dessert: Awarded when you complete all primary stages within World 2, Sweet Kingdom.
- For a Few Burgers More: Triggers after clearing the final main stage of World 3, Barbecue Desert.
- Hell's Kitchen: The climactic showdown against Chef Monday, who trapped Garfield in this culinary dreamscape using spinach lasagna. Defeating him finishes the campaign and rewards this achievement.
Meeting the Cast
- A Game of Cat and Mouse: Triggered when encountering Garfield's rodent acquaintance, Squeak.
- The Cutest Cat in the World: Awarded upon your first cinematic or level interaction with Nermal.
- Who Let the Dogs Out?: Unlocks when running into Garfield's faithful sidekick, Odie.
None of these story-related achievements are missable, as progressing through the linear main path guarantees you cross paths with all three characters.
Costume Unlocks and Skill-Based Stunts
Costumes expand Garfield's traversal toolkit, granting unique mobility buffs while disabling certain default options. Earning these suits is essential for 100% completion across all three worlds.
Unlocking the Three Costumes
- Fowl Play: Acquired when you unlock the Turkey costume. This outfit converts long falls into slow glides, letting you reach high-altitude collectibles.
- Surf 'n' Turf: Unlocked when you earn the Surfer costume. This suit allows you to dash across water surfaces horizontally.
- The Fastest Appetite in the West: Awarded upon earning the Cowboy costume, which replaces standard aerial moves with a lasso swing to grapple onto rings.
Pulling Off Movement Stunts
Several Garfield Escape from Monday achievements require specific contextual maneuvers:
- Wind Beneath My Wings: Garfield must remain airborne continuously for at least 10 seconds. This is easiest on World 3's wind drafts or high-altitude mesa sections using the Turkey costume glide.
- A Rolling Cat Gathers No Moss: Perform a continuous roly-poly ball roll for at least 1 minute without stopping. Seek out large circular arena spaces or wide open hub areas free of walls and hazards to keep your momentum going.
- Sweet or Salty?: Bounce off three projectile shots fired by Corn enemies consecutively without touching the floor. Time your jumps carefully to rebound directly from one kernel to the next.
- Flavour Clash: Mount an Eggplant enemy or rideable hazard and steer it directly into another Eggplant to trigger an impact crash.
- Hunger causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.: Ride your surfboard and grab 35 snacks in a single uninterrupted surfing line without stowing the board away.
Collectible Mastery: Lasagnas, Yum-o-Meters, and Snacks
To satisfy Garfield's legendary appetite, you must comb through every level to collect trays of lasagna and snack caches.
Level and World Lasagna Clears
- Bottomless Stomach: Grab every single lasagna dish available within any single standard stage.
- The Scales Can't Take the Strain: Completely fill a stage's Yum-o-meter by gathering all designated lasagnas.
- Green Fingers: Discover and collect all lasagnas hidden across Vegetable Nightmare.
- Crème de la Crème: Secure every piece of lasagna scattered throughout Sweet Kingdom.
- Done to a Turn!: Collect all lasagnas located inside Barbecue Desert. According to community walkthrough data, Barbecue Desert contains exactly 78 lasagnas (60 in the 7 main stages and 18 spread throughout the 4 side levels).
Cumulative Snack Grinding
- Not What the Doctor Ordered: Accumulate a lifetime total of 10,000 Snacks. Snacks include donuts, pizza slices, and ice cream cones found along main corridors and side routes. Because snacks carry over across all world attempts and stage replays, you can naturally grind this total while cleaning up missing lasagnas or tackling side stages.
Side Level Challenges and Time Attack Clears
Side levels and Time Attack speed runs form the toughest tier of the Garfield Escape from Monday achievements. Side stages are hidden behind cracked walls, environmental puzzles, or costume-specific paths.
Side Level Unlocks
- Off the Beaten Track: Awarded for beating your very first side stage.
- Feline-Harvester: Complete every optional side stage hidden within Vegetable Nightmare.
- Trick or Treat?: Find and complete all side stages tucked away in Sweet Kingdom.
- Conquest of the West: Complete all four hidden side stages in Barbecue Desert. Based on player reports from 100% video playthroughs, these desert side entrances sit behind brittle cactus walls, under stone arches, and atop mesa peaks accessed via multi-glide currents.
Master of Time Attack
Time Attack challenges test your route optimization and platforming precision under a ticking clock.
- Greased Lightning: Successfully beat any individual stage in Time Attack mode.
- Rich in Fiber: Finish every single stage in Vegetable Nightmare under Time Attack conditions.
- Sugar Spike: Complete all levels in Sweet Kingdom within Time Attack mode.
- The Fastest Paw in the West: Finish every stage across Barbecue Desert in Time Attack mode.
To shave seconds off your Time Attack splits, community guides suggest chaining wall jumps across vertical corridors using alternating wall taps and utilizing the ball-curl brake technique to eliminate landing recovery frames.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Garfield Escape from Monday achievements are there in total?
There are 30 achievements in total across Steam and consoles. They encompass campaign milestones, costume acquisitions, lasagna collection milestones, side level clears, stunt actions, and full Time Attack world completions.
What is the requirement for the Done to a Turn! achievement?
To unlock Done to a Turn!, you must collect all 78 lasagnas located within World 3, Barbecue Desert. This requires collecting 60 lasagnas across the seven primary desert stages and 18 lasagnas hidden within the four optional side levels.
Can I unlock all Garfield Escape from Monday achievements in a single playthrough?
While you can collect every lasagna and side level in a single comprehensive campaign run through careful exploration, achieving 100% completion requires replaying stages to tackle the dedicated Time Attack modes for all three worlds.
What happens if I miss a side stage or lasagna in an earlier world?
All completed stages remain accessible from the world map. You can return at any time after unlocking costumes or beating the main story to clean up missed collectibles, farm snacks toward the 10,000 threshold, or access side level entrances.