Adventure · January 21, 2022
Strange Horticulture (2022)
Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your growing collection to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries. Welcome to Undermere, a quaint town surrounded by hag-infested forests and rugged mountains. You are the Horticulturist, owner of local plant store Strange Horticulture. As a cast of colorful customers come by your shop, you are quickly thrust into an occult mystery stretching back hundreds of years. Explore the lands beyond your store to find new plants, but be careful! The dark woods and lakes are not always friendly to a simple herbalist. You might discover powers beyond your wildest dreams - or lose your mind completely. Use context clues to determine which places to visit, and which to avoid! Using your trusty encyclopedia and clues found on your explorations, you learn more about the strange plants you come across. By identifying each plant, you will be able to use their effects to influence the story -- from hypnotic hallucinogens to powerful poisons.
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Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Mystery · 393
- Puzzle · 356
- Investigation · 328
- Nature · 324
- Exploration · 313
- Relaxing · 297
- Detective · 265
- Choices Matter · 263
- 2D · 261
- Multiple Endings · 252
- Story Rich · 235
- Lovecraftian · 209
- Simulation · 204
- Atmospheric · 201
- Adventure · 168
Position in Adventure
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 13.2k Steam reviews | Top 18% in Adventure |
| Positive rating | 95% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 29% |
| Metacritic | 83/100 | Genre average 77 — top 25% of Adventure titles |
| Concurrent peak | 134 players | Top 18% in Adventure by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 6 h average | Top 53% for session depth among Adventure |
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (12)
- English
- German
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- French
- Italian
- Spanish - Spain
- Korean
- Japanese
- Traditional Chinese
- Czech
- Dutch
Reception Metrics
Steam community
95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 13.2k reviews
12.5k positive · 658 negative
Metacritic
83/100 critic aggregate
Curator recommendations
13.3k
Peak concurrent players
134
Press Quotes
“Strange Horticulture is quiet, meticulous, delightful, dark, and beguiling. An utterly lovely game.” Bestest Best – Rock Paper Shotgun “Strange Horticulture is the best detective game I've played in years. A deeply engrossing puzzle game about identifying plants and solving mysteries.” 90/100 – PC Gamer “It’s so easy to become engrossed in this world, to become obsessed with the litany of beautiful, exotic, and sometimes dangerous plants that line the walls of my shop. Strange Horticulture [...] is one of…
Release & Availability
| Release date | Jan 21, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Bad Viking |
| Publisher | Iceberg Interactive |
| Base price | $6.39 -60% |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
6h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
5h
Typical completion time
Achievements
18
Steam unlocks available
Editions & Packages
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