
Raise a garden... from the dead! Greenhearth Necromancer is a cozy, witchy, semi-idle game about caring for living and undead plants alike. Grow cute plants in your balcony garden, cast spells, and brew potions, enjoying the chill idle gameplay and ambience throughout your day.
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Cultivate a balcony garden in this cozy, witchy, semi-idle sim where life and death are both parts of growth! Leave the game running as a vibey companion in the background, or step in for more in-depth gameplay. Steal a moment to balance water and fertilizer, ward off pests, learn spells and brew potions, and explore the narrative at your own pace.
Step into the shoes of a young necromancer tending their late grandmother’s garden. Not blessed with her green thumb, they must rely on necromancy to bring plants back to undead life and tend the spectral flowers.
Grow into the Greenhearth community as you grow your garden, getting to know your neighbours and your grandmother’s familiar spirit, Compostifer. Uncover a heartfelt narrative from the BAFTA-nominated writer of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist all about community, grief, early adulthood, and the natural cycles of life.

Care for your garden — nurture living and undead plants to make a balcony oasis uniquely your own.
Cast powerful spells — resurrect withered plants, speed growth, repel pests, and even alter plant traits with necromantic energy.
Embrace the cycle of life and undeath — bring dead plants back to (un)life and discover special traits and yields unlocked through transformation.
Redefine failure — every shrivelled leaf is just the start of another journey!
Find your place in the community — befriend your neighbours, piece together your grandmother’s magical research, and uncover a deeper narrative.
Idle, stress-free play — let the game run while you work or study, and return when you’re ready for meaningful bursts of care.
Set the vibe — choose from lofi beats to calm ambience to productivity drum and bass, or relax to the peaceful sounds of your garden.
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Content Warning: Greenhearth Necromancer features themes and mechanics of death, loss, and grief, including terminal illness and the death of loved ones. The protagonist must also navigate social anxieties, including awkward and occasionally adversarial scenes with other characters who live in the same building. We have striven to handle these topics delicately, thoughtfully, and with compassion, however, they are interwoven into the narrative, integral to the protagonist's journey, and cannot be avoided.
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Languages: English
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Cute and calming! Admittedly I haven't gotten very far into the story, but it's nice to be able to tool around the garden without any time pressure or let the game run in the background without fear of messing something up permanently. The Focus Mode, which refreshes resources faster and turns the game into a screensaver as long as you aren't actively playing, is useful for getting other tasks done when I would rather be gaming. I recommend Greenhearth Necromancer for second-screen activity, and for gamers who prefer taking their time over winning.
really cute and cozy, and I can let it run while im doing something else and get rewarded for it. a nice time killer and mood palette cleanser, and there's a lot of fun sort of role playing style story immersion too with all the characters
I'm a sucker for cozy games. This is like a chill lo-fi version of strange horticulture somewhat. I get the same cozy vibes and the music is fantastic.
I absolutely adore this game! Collecting the plants and unravelling the story has been a blast. I played the demo before it came out and bought it on release. It's slow paced and some things only happen once every real life day, but I highly recommend it if you're someone who enjoys that sort of thing.
It's a great game for focusing and tracking time while you're doing something. The music and noise settings are very helpful, and the game itself has some interesting mechanics.
Great so far. Goes well with my vibes already recommended it to two people. No dislikes so far.
Really great vibes for a few minutes' distraction when you need one, rewards you for actually having focus time. There's enough going on to feed the brain, but not so much that you can't get work done. And it's super, super cute. SO much cuter than killing the plants at home.
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For a game that's supposed to keep running in the background, it eats quite a lot of battery. My laptop lasts 1/3 the time when playing it. The demo was also faster paced than this actual game. There was always something to do in the demo. But the game is just idling time away. That said, it reminds me a lot of Fallen London / Echo Bazaar. If you enjoyed that web-browser game, you'll enjoy this one too. Edit: 30 hours in, the pace at which I have to water / fertilise / medicate my plants is getting old. These have got to be the most needy and demanding plants in existence, requiring attention every few minutes. Edit: 48 hours in, I'm getting irritated and frustrated by the real-life time-gating (you get 1 honey per day, and the quests require 10 honey + 5 honey + ...). I'm basically logging in to idle for 15 mins a day to collect the honey, and then logging out. By day 15, I've forgotten what the story was about. Don't get me wrong, if you're the kind who plays for half an hour a day, this would still be an excellent game I'd recommend for you. If you're like me and play in bursts however, you should give this game a skip. Yet another edit: 58 hours in, I've discovered that I can harvest more than 1 honey a day by having multiple plants in bloom when playing the bee card. I hope this helps someone.
Absolutely adorable game! Very cozy and relaxing~ if anything, I would just make needs decay a little slower, but I still very much love leaving my little garden for a while and coming back to take care of it again <3
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