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Botanicula

Amanita Design · 2012-05-07

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 11, 2014 (Android), May 01, 2014 (iOS), Apr 19, 2012 (Mac), Apr 19, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 19, 2012 (Linux)

Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.

Botanicula is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2012, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 6689 reviews).

4
playing now
95%
positive of 6.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (133 ratings)
3.6h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 4.3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Botanicula is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. The game was released on 19 April 2012, for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The game was later ported to iOS and Android.

Trailer

Botanicula trailer thumbnail

Botanicula - Official Trailer

≈45,419 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 262 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 269k–538k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,720 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at GOG (2021-06-22) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 66 of 104 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
646420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2202026-09-15 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 22 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
965Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 96 · peak 428Dec 2012 — avg 28 · peak 103May 2013 — avg 7 · peak 25Oct 2013 — avg 12 · peak 35Mar 2014 — avg 9 · peak 28Aug 2014 — avg 8 · peak 24Jan 2015 — avg 11 · peak 47Jun 2015 — avg 12 · peak 41Nov 2015 — avg 7 · peak 43Apr 2016 — avg 9 · peak 28Sep 2016 — avg 6 · peak 22Feb 2017 — avg 10 · peak 35Jul 2017 — avg 16 · peak 59Dec 2017 — avg 24 · peak 66May 2018 — avg 9 · peak 34Oct 2018 — avg 9 · peak 32Mar 2019 — avg 6 · peak 20Aug 2019 — avg 6 · peak 20Jan 2020 — avg 11 · peak 35Jun 2020 — avg 8 · peak 32Nov 2020 — avg 10 · peak 41Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 19Sep 2021 — avg 6 · peak 23Feb 2022 — avg 7 · peak 23Jul 2022 — avg 8 · peak 23Dec 2022 — avg 8 · peak 28May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2023 — avg 10 · peak 35Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 23Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 30Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 26Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-11 — best price $3.992016-02-05 — best price $3.992016-11-10 — best price $3.992017-03-20 — best price $9.992017-09-05 — best price $2.492018-01-06 — best price $9.992018-07-16 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-06-18 — best price $9.992019-11-28 — best price $2.992020-03-30 — best price $9.992020-10-10 — best price $9.992021-01-23 — best price $9.992021-06-30 — best price $2.992021-11-22 — best price $9.992022-03-04 — best price $9.992022-07-25 — best price $3.492022-12-03 — best price $9.992023-02-16 — best price $5.242023-05-26 — best price $14.992023-09-21 — best price $2.242023-12-22 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-26 — best price $2.242024-09-24 — best price $2.992025-01-03 — best price $14.992025-04-02 — best price $14.992025-08-07 — best price $3.742025-11-05 — best price $14.992026-02-23 — best price $14.992026-06-11 — best price $4.492026-09-03 — best price $2.992026-09-23 — best price $14.992026-10-13 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

50132026-05-28 — 50 pageviews2026-06-01 — 34 pageviews2026-06-05 — 30 pageviews2026-06-09 — 26 pageviews2026-06-13 — 28 pageviews2026-06-17 — 24 pageviews2026-06-21 — 34 pageviews2026-06-25 — 18 pageviews2026-06-29 — 38 pageviews2026-07-03 — 33 pageviews2026-07-07 — 35 pageviews2026-07-11 — 32 pageviews2026-07-15 — 24 pageviews2026-07-19 — 36 pageviews2026-07-23 — 21 pageviews2026-07-27 — 29 pageviews2026-07-31 — 29 pageviews2026-08-04 — 19 pageviews2026-08-08 — 27 pageviews2026-08-12 — 28 pageviews2026-08-16 — 20 pageviews2026-08-20 — 14 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews2026-08-28 — 39 pageviews2026-09-01 — 24 pageviews2026-09-05 — 39 pageviews2026-09-09 — 27 pageviews2026-09-13 — 39 pageviews2026-09-17 — 30 pageviews2026-09-21 — 35 pageviews2026-09-25 — 19 pageviews2026-09-29 — 21 pageviews2026-10-03 — 46 pageviews2026-10-06 — 23 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
79.3%
earned "Brambora"
32.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Czech

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-06-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,95319%53

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyCasualNaturePuzzleSurrealColorfulRelaxingStylized

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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