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Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife

Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife

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.

Released Jul 11, 2024 Developer inDirection Games Publisher Slug Disco Platforms Windows · Linux RelaxingCasualCuteColorfulLife Sim
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-16.

89.7%positive419 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“So cute, so fun. Was putting off playing it for a long time, I like the header picture change. I've been trying to stave off my craving to play Pokopia (I don't have a switch2) and I realised this game has similar gameplay and I love it more that it's animals that actually…”

— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I recently played this game's predecessor, Viva Pinata, again for old time's sake, and I realized something: I think as a garden simulator game, Horticular is probably the better game. I like both of them, but after getting a better look at both games I can't lie about this.”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I really love this game. It's actually a little tricky to get good, but once you get the concept you get quite the hang of it. The story is cute and funny and whimsy. The artstyle is really cute and I really like how cozy it feels. A great game to play when you feel like…”

— a player, Steam review · 83 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

292all-time peak
0 50 100 2025 2026 88 avg · Jul 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

54achievements
3.3%median completion
0.1%rarest: Frozen Frontier
86.3% of players 82.7% of players 75.7% of players 75.6% of players 70.3% of players 68.5% of players 68.3% of players 68.2% of players 62.1% of players 56.5% of players 53.7% of players 51.3% of players 40.3% of players 35.8% of players 20.2% of players 19.4% of players 13.3% of players 12.3% of players 10.9% of players 10.9% of players 9.4% of players 9.1% of players 7.1% of players 5.9% of players 5.8% of players 4.4% of players 4.1% of players 3.3% of players 2.8% of players 2.6% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.1% of players 86.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
86.3%It’s settled — Hidden achievement
82.7%Growing! — Hidden achievement
75.7%Restored — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Frozen Frontier — Frozen Frontier completed on the hardest difficulty.
0.2%Scholarly — Thawed all scholars before the full council.
0.2%Heaters only — Frozen Frontier completed without using the Heat spell.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$7.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-30
US19.99 USD
EU19.50 EUR
UK16.75 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,300 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China76.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$22

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 15, 2026
Patch Notes for 1.6.4

Hello keepers, I hope you are well! In the heat, I've put together a small update that adds some language polish for Korean and Japanese. Improved hangul fonts. Added a missing character for hiragana

Apr 30, 2026
Horticular is OUT NOW on Nintendo Switch!

Hey keepers, exciting news... YOU CAN NOW GARDEN ON THE GO You can check out the launch trailer here: It's really exciting to be able to finally say the game is out now on Nintendo Switch. As with her

Apr 16, 2026
Patch Notes for 1.6.3

Hello Keepers! Here comes another minor update to make life slightly easier for you. Changes Minor balance pass, making more corrupted nectar available to buy when there is less or no corrupted in the

Mar 19, 2026
Horticular is coming to Nintendo Switch!

Horticular is coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop on April 30th 2026! We are delighted to be able to bring the cozy garden-building experience that is Horticular to a new platform. Whether you're an e

Mar 04, 2026
February Round-Up ❄️

Hello Keepers! March is here, and with it, we have a few news to share with you! Featured Mod Release: Sea Adventures We've previously mentioned other mods by Anubscorpiak in our updates, and we've ac

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-16.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsRelaxing · Casual · Cute · Colorful · Life Sim · Agriculture · Simulation · Sandbox · RPG · Singleplayer · Open World · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, German, Japanese, Swedish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French
ControllerFull support
Achievements54
Official sitehttps://horticulargame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7 Processor: 2.7 GHz Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 620, GeForce 730, Radeon R7 240 or equivalent Storage: 512 MB available space Additional Notes: Low settings at 30-60 FPS