Botanicula

Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.

Botanicula is a casual, funny and point & click game developed and published by Amanita Design.
Released on May 07th 2012 is available on Windows and MacOS in 10 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Czech and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 6,054 reviews of which 5,795 were positive and 259 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 2.24€ on Steam and has a 85% discount.

The Steam community has classified Botanicula into these genres:

Casual Funny Point & Click Exploration Story Rich Colorful Nature Family Friendly Stylized Cute Surreal Relaxing Puzzle 2D Hand-drawn Cartoony Atmospheric Comedy Singleplayer Adventure

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *:Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7/8/10
Processor:1.6 Ghz Processor
Memory:1 GB RAM
DirectX®:5.0
Hard Drive:550 MB HD space

MacOS

OS:Snow Leopard or later.
Processor:Intel Mac
Memory:1 GB RAM
Hard Drive:550 MB HD space

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

This game is absolutely charming. I started this game and suddenly, I dont care about the achievements, I dont care about anything at all. Puzzles are fun, characters and interactions are funny, and the music and sound effects are *chef's kiss*. Simply put, just relax and play this gem.

Oct. 2024

TLDR Family-friendly point-and-click adventure in a “botanical” setting, charming and unique aesthetics, although simple gameplay [18/20⭐, 5h🏅, 1/5💡] Context Botanicula is a family-friendly point-and-click adventure game, which follows a group of creatures trying to plant a new tree to inhabit after an invasion by parasitic creatures. Being an Amanita game you can expect an exquisite experience, even if very simple in gameplay this time. Writing The game takes place in a tree habitat that is being corrupted by some parasitic creatures. You play as a group of… botanically-inspired creatures as they try to reach the surface to plant a new tree. As they adventure to the bottom of the tree, they meet and help varied creatures, but there really isn’t much of a deeper plot. There is no voice acting and all dialogs with other creatures are all pictorial. Aesthetics This is the point where my writing skills just can’t make justice to Botanicula. Amanita excels at creating unique and artistic aesthetics that perfectly capture the game’s world, and this one is no exception. The visuals and the soundtrack are simple and cute without feeling childish. The game progresses essentially by interacting with other creatures, which always result in whimsical animations. Gameplay Technically, this plays as a point-and-click adventure: you interact with creatures, and collect and use items. At some points you can choose which of the playable characters should act. But don’t expect any remotely complex puzzles. The game is straightforward, and mostly about finding the right creature to interact. Even the extras, finding every creature and collect their cards, follow the same design, and toughest challenges amount to clicking in several hotspots with medium speed. But don’t get me wrong: that’s exactly how a game like Botanicula should play out, where you are mostly exploring the environment and the beautiful animations. You can’t die, there are no gameovers nor deadends. The game auto-saves automatically, but you can save at any place manually. Value It took me 3h to finish the game, which is split into 6 chapters, and then about extra 2h to get all the creature cards (they do not accumulate through runs). You can save the game at any point, although there are only 6 slots. Achievements are related to collecting those creature cards, which may not require an additional complete playthrough if you keep saves games at the right places. For more puzzle-game reviews and curated lists check out the [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43326007-The-Clueless-Adventurer-Puzzle-Trove/]Puzzle Trove .

June 2024

childhood game that was on the tip of my tongue for years, found it my older brother who got it won it through a call of duty tournament way back when, so glad I was able to play it now. Only wish I could play it through the eyes of my child self again that was magical.

Jan. 2024

I dig the vibes - the game has a certain sense of wonder. It feels like you can encounter something new on pretty much every step. Unfortunately that feeling gets muddled in the second half of the game, when the puzzles start to span bigger maze-like areas, or tend to be more focused on clicking on random stuff rather than actually solving something. It's still an extremely unique and imaginative experience, especially in terms of the visuals, audio as well as world and character design, but the gameplay suffers from the same problems most point and clicks do.

Dec. 2023

I imagine the developers of this game went outside with a jeweler's loupe in order to watch aphids crawl between the veins of fallen leaves. Maybe they asked themselves: "What is their story?" I hate to compare it to other Amanita works but it's definitely more surreal than Machinarium and much more grounded than CHUCHEL. While Botanicula is aesthetically closer to latter, I cannot help but feel more impacted by it like I was with the former. At times, Botanicula feels like a hidden-object game, but it has so many subtle, memorable scenes that I just came away from it feeling good. Without a single utterance, you really connect to these characters, and their tiny, insignificant world becomes greater, whether that was by seeing a slow-moving terrapin in the background or watching a mother feed her baby a dandelion tuft to calm her down. It's all very nice and delicate. The way Amanita plays with the ideas of nature is, in my opinion, quite unmatched.

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-85% 14.99€ 2.24€

9.2

5,795

259

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Developer

Amanita Design

Publisher

Amanita Design

Release 07 May 2012

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