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Plantera cover art

Plantera

VaragtP · 2016-01-28

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Plantera is a 2016 Casual, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $2.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 5926 reviews).

8
playing now
89%
positive of 5.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Plantera trailer thumbnail

Plantera - Launch Trailer

≈430,038 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 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 2% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 148k–356k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,926 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 28 of 40 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

1612026-09-14 23:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2616Jan 2016Aug 2026Jan 2016 — avg 95 · peak 705May 2016 — avg 63 · peak 108Sep 2016 — avg 68 · peak 240Jan 2017 — avg 77 · peak 199May 2017 — avg 58 · peak 103Sep 2017 — avg 72 · peak 196Jan 2018 — avg 82 · peak 225May 2018 — avg 37 · peak 98Sep 2018 — avg 28 · peak 65Jan 2019 — avg 29 · peak 61May 2019 — avg 45 · peak 1,934Sep 2019 — avg 25 · peak 74Jan 2020 — avg 30 · peak 61May 2020 — avg 17 · peak 33Sep 2020 — avg 14 · peak 31Jan 2021 — avg 22 · peak 44May 2021 — avg 16 · peak 30Sep 2021 — avg 19 · peak 41Jan 2022 — avg 17 · peak 28May 2022 — avg 16 · peak 32Sep 2022 — avg 17 · peak 44Jan 2023 — avg 18 · peak 34May 2023 — avg 20 · peak 46Sep 2023 — avg 9 · peak 19Jan 2024 — avg 24 · peak 72May 2024 — avg 22 · peak 71Sep 2024 — avg 16 · peak 44Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 24May 2025 — avg 9 · peak 19Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 20May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-02-19 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DRPGCuteFunnyIdlerCasualClickerSandboxBuildingRelaxing

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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