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Strange Horticulture

Bad Viking · Iceberg Interactive · 2022-01-21

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 28, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 21, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 04, 2023 (Xbox One), Feb 23, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Nov 22, 2022 (Mac), Aug 04, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

273
playing now
94%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (55 ratings)
7.3h
to beat · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.79
steam price (US)

273 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Strange Horticulture is a 2022 video game by British independent developer Bad Viking, published by Iceberg Interactive for Windows, Nintendo Switch, macOS and Xbox One. Described as an "occult puzzle game", Strange Horticulture involves the discovery and identification of a fictitious herbarium of plants for sale to a range of mysterious and unscrupulous customers. Gameplay involves the completion of puzzles by matching the details of customer requests of plants to their descriptions, opening up access to more plants and identifying information.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 273 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,543 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~193/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 321k–721k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,027 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.79-70%
GOG$6.39-60%
Microsoft Store$14.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$18.40

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.90 at AllYouPlay (2025-10-10) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.82 · on sale 121 of 277 observed days · $2.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
82782720222026Week of 2022-01-01: 827 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 635 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

411312026-08-06 22:00 — 56 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 44 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 75 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 74 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 88 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 88 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 55 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 95 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 82 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 69 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 63 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 39 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 56 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 46 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 32 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 89 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 83 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 37 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 61 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 80 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 58 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 411 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 375 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 217 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 183 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 284 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 211 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 273 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$18.82$4.792022-01-212026-08-302022-01-21 — best price $13.412022-04-08 — best price $14.992022-07-03 — best price $10.492022-09-06 — best price $10.992022-10-31 — best price $11.492022-12-05 — best price $9.742023-01-20 — best price $10.042023-04-01 — best price $14.992023-06-12 — best price $8.992023-07-31 — best price $8.992023-10-30 — best price $8.242023-12-18 — best price $14.992024-02-19 — best price $14.992024-04-01 — best price $15.992024-05-10 — best price $8.002024-07-11 — best price $15.992024-08-22 — best price $7.342024-10-26 — best price $15.992024-12-18 — best price $15.992025-02-20 — best price $8.002025-04-18 — best price $15.992025-07-10 — best price $6.392025-09-17 — best price $15.442025-11-21 — best price $5.592025-12-15 — best price $18.522026-01-09 — best price $18.362026-02-03 — best price $18.612026-02-26 — best price $18.602026-03-19 — best price $6.392026-04-11 — best price $15.992026-05-03 — best price $18.552026-05-26 — best price $18.352026-06-16 — best price $18.282026-07-07 — best price $18.022026-07-28 — best price $17.932026-08-19 — best price $18.272026-08-30 — best price $6.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

560302026-05-30 — 88 pageviews2026-06-02 — 91 pageviews2026-06-05 — 74 pageviews2026-06-08 — 99 pageviews2026-06-11 — 41 pageviews2026-06-14 — 84 pageviews2026-06-17 — 48 pageviews2026-06-20 — 57 pageviews2026-06-23 — 155 pageviews2026-06-26 — 50 pageviews2026-06-29 — 47 pageviews2026-07-02 — 54 pageviews2026-07-05 — 57 pageviews2026-07-08 — 40 pageviews2026-07-11 — 47 pageviews2026-07-14 — 41 pageviews2026-07-17 — 60 pageviews2026-07-20 — 54 pageviews2026-07-23 — 50 pageviews2026-07-26 — 56 pageviews2026-07-29 — 41 pageviews2026-08-01 — 54 pageviews2026-08-04 — 60 pageviews2026-08-07 — 38 pageviews2026-08-10 — 49 pageviews2026-08-13 — 40 pageviews2026-08-16 — 46 pageviews2026-08-19 — 36 pageviews2026-08-22 — 57 pageviews2026-08-25 — 46 pageviews2026-08-27 — 60 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1502026-08-28 12:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
96.2%
earned "Beginnings"
51.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Dutch…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,15016%18
PS4 (PlayStation)20548%19
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)19623%18
Switch (Nintendo)1460%0
PS4 (PlayStation)13647%19

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

Player tags

2DNaturePuzzleMysteryRelaxingAdventureDetectiveSimulationStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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