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Botanicula cover art

Botanicula

Amanita Design · 2012-05-07

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

9
playing now
95%
positive of 6.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
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)
$14.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 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 11% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 268k–535k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,689 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-80%
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 40 of 71 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

1812026-08-06 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $4.492026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5072026-05-28 — 50 pageviews2026-05-31 — 25 pageviews2026-06-03 — 30 pageviews2026-06-06 — 34 pageviews2026-06-09 — 26 pageviews2026-06-12 — 29 pageviews2026-06-15 — 21 pageviews2026-06-18 — 18 pageviews2026-06-21 — 34 pageviews2026-06-24 — 27 pageviews2026-06-27 — 15 pageviews2026-06-30 — 42 pageviews2026-07-03 — 33 pageviews2026-07-06 — 35 pageviews2026-07-09 — 33 pageviews2026-07-12 — 23 pageviews2026-07-15 — 24 pageviews2026-07-18 — 32 pageviews2026-07-21 — 20 pageviews2026-07-24 — 28 pageviews2026-07-27 — 29 pageviews2026-07-30 — 19 pageviews2026-08-02 — 25 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-08 — 27 pageviews2026-08-11 — 19 pageviews2026-08-14 — 23 pageviews2026-08-17 — 7 pageviews2026-08-20 — 14 pageviews2026-08-23 — 22 pageviews2026-08-25 — 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

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.

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyCasualNaturePuzzleSurrealColorfulRelaxingStylized

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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