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Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife

inDirection Games · Slug Disco · 2024-07-11

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 11, 2024 (Linux), Jul 11, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 30, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

Horticular is a relaxing garden builder where you grow plants, design habitats and attract a wide range of wildlife. Help the gnome Keepers restore a barren wasteland with magical powers and populate it with adorable critters. Reclaim nature from a looming corruption and create your perfect garden.

90%
positive of 417 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

You have been magically summoned by mysterious gnomes to restore a long-lost garden. Attract adorable animals, build a lush environment, and immerse yourself in this relaxing garden-builder. Will you manage to reclaim the wasteland or succumb to a looming corruption?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 47 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (173 reviews).
  • · Top 39% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.3k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 417 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99-65%
GOG$7.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at Fanatical (2026-08-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 55 of 76 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16316320242026Week of 2024-07-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$6.992024-07-112026-08-302024-07-11 — best price $17.992024-08-24 — best price $15.992024-10-21 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $13.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-26 — best price $9.992025-07-24 — best price $19.992025-09-16 — best price $19.992025-09-22 — best price $19.992025-11-08 — best price $9.992025-11-23 — best price $10.002025-12-18 — best price $8.392026-01-08 — best price $16.262026-02-18 — best price $9.992026-02-28 — best price $9.992026-03-08 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $8.392026-03-27 — best price $9.992026-04-06 — best price $9.992026-04-17 — best price $16.262026-04-27 — best price $8.592026-05-13 — best price $19.992026-05-20 — best price $8.592026-06-01 — best price $7.992026-06-09 — best price $7.992026-06-13 — best price $16.572026-07-09 — best price $9.532026-07-17 — best price $7.992026-07-29 — best price $19.992026-08-06 — best price $6.992026-08-17 — best price $6.992026-08-29 — best price $7.992026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
86.3%
earned "It’s settled"
3.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, German, Japanese, Swedish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French

Player tags

RPGCuteCasualSandboxBuildingColorfulLife SimRelaxingAdventureOpen World

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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