The Game Census
Plantera cover art

Plantera

VaragtP · 2016-01-28

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 09, 2017 (Wii U), Feb 09, 2017 (Nintendo 3DS), Jan 28, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 23, 2017 (PlayStation Vita)

In Plantera you build your own garden and watch it grow with new plants, bushes, trees and animals. As you play and expand your garden you will attract Helpers, round blue creatures that will help you with your harvesting tasks.

4
playing now
89%
positive of 5.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
39/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
52/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 94 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 148k–355k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,920 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.23-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.44 at Steam (2023-04-10) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 30 of 45 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
737320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 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: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

922026-08-11 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.492016-01-282026-08-172016-01-28 — best price $2.392016-10-10 — best price $1.642017-07-10 — best price $0.892018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-09-13 — best price $2.992019-02-15 — best price $2.992020-01-09 — best price $0.742020-05-26 — best price $2.402020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-08-07 — best price $2.992020-09-16 — best price $2.992020-10-16 — best price $2.992020-11-13 — best price $2.582020-12-21 — best price $2.992021-02-12 — best price $2.192021-03-20 — best price $2.442021-04-20 — best price $2.192021-06-04 — best price $2.992021-10-19 — best price $2.192022-01-14 — best price $1.492022-05-17 — best price $2.442022-08-09 — best price $2.292022-12-02 — best price $2.992023-04-17 — best price $2.992023-11-13 — best price $2.992024-02-19 — best price $0.742024-05-10 — best price $2.192024-08-01 — best price $2.292025-01-14 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $0.892025-12-18 — best price $0.592026-05-29 — best price $2.222026-08-17 — best price $2.23
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
67.6%
earned "Starting out"
41.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Swedish, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,71847%29
PS Vita (PlayStation)44456%21
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGCuteFunnyIdlerCasualClickerSandboxBuildingRelaxing

Census log

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

Recent updates

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