Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife

Fun game. Not what I would consider "cozy". Rather frustrating actually. The game becomes much more fun after the little dudes unlock the ability to heal the animals for you, up until then it gets to be a lot of seemingly pointless clicking. I also wish the habitats would show you what they want/ are lacking because it really sucks the fun out when I feel like I have tried everything and I just can't seem to figure out what the dang thing wants and its stuck on 99%..... This is a game I play until it gets too annoying so I turn it off. But I keep coming back because I love cute "relaxing" animal / nature vibe games and there aren't very many that appeal to me that I haven't already played. Might as well get it if you have your eye on it

[h3]TL;DR[/h3] Do you have ADHD and/or autism just like me? Do you like complex systems, building, and unlocks in games? Spend a small amount of money and WAY too many hours on this game. [b]I genuinely can't recommend this game enough! At sale, it's a STEAL![/b] The last two weeks I have played 40 hours of this game. That is a half-time job. My actual job has been stressful lately and this game has seriously been like therapy for me. It starts out fairly simple with easy animals with simple requests for their habitats. Soon, you'll be juggling multiple different animal habitats that require other habitats to overlap with their own. You'll run out of available space and need to unlock new items that make multiple animals happy. Also, not all animals are compatible! You get access to frogs and goldfish very early on and learn that goldfish are driven away by frogs. However, you will later find an animal that needs both frogs and goldfish to overlap with their habitat to be happy. This creates a very dynamic and interesting environmental puzzle that I can sit and tweak for literal hours, as is obvious.

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 exist. I've seen a lot of comments comparing it to Zoo Tycoon, I loved that as a kid and they're right, I enjoy the simple graphics. Small critique, the UI is slightly finicky and I also often find I'm trying to zoom out only to enter the lot buying mode and it's quite jarring. I wish I could zoom out a little bit more. Absolutely hooked, very very enjoyable, because it's so simple it's refreshing to play a game that's not making my computer take off, and I hope there are updates in the future to keep me coming back.

It took a while to figure out how to have fun with this. The first 10 times I played were probably for less than an hour per session, ending in frustration. Once you unlock more upgrades, the QOL is much improved (especially dealing with sickness). I have a couple gripes: Corruption is ridiculously easy but for some reason takes an outrageous amount of time of staring at a dark garden. The upgrades for corruption only make it take longer for some reason. The habitats automatically placing themselves can be useful, but I wish you could delete them as needed. The signs that block animals from entering (frogs) is useful. But sometimes I am trying to place a habitat but the center I had planned will be occupied by a bumblebee or something. Overall, I’ve spent plenty of time on this game and can’t wait for some more DLC. It’s highly relaxing and requires only a simple level of puzzling. There’s also some excellent mods out there.

Extremely fun game to just relax and garden. Fun little challenges await the clever gardener. If you like building animal habitats, gardening, and decorating this is a must buy game.

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 collecting cuter creatures!

Beautiful game. I read some comments that people are finding it difficult to get the habitats right, and yes, it is, but it's not really that hard. You just have to explore and try, and be patient. Most animals will visit your garden when the habitat is starting to become attractive to them, and by clicking them you will learn some of the features they require. Then puzzle it together! 10/10 recommend if you want to play a cozy strategy game ^^

Been looking for a game to scratch my Zoo Tycoon itch for years and this game is the only thing that's achieved that. The freedom in creativity, relaxing gameplay, and beautiful enviornments makes this game so incredibly addicting. I'd recommend this game to anyone who is a fan of Viva Pinata, Zoo Tycoon, or just a gorgeous agricultural game experience.

TLDR: Base game is empty and really poorly managed, BUT playing with mods is awesome and very fun. Yay for modders, Boo to the developers for making such a bare bones game and calling it good when it had so much potential. I would definitely not recommend this game in it's base version. There's maybe 10% of the total animals that should be in the game, and the animals they do have are just painfully basic and not at all whimsical given the game's theme of magic. Like I swear there's only like 10 animals in the whole game, yet a GIGANTIC garden to build in. I don't want to build the same 4 habitats over and over again, that's just dumb and boring. There's also the issue of decay and sickness. EVERYTHING is decaying and getting sick ALL THE TIME. Literally every second you have several new animals and items needing urgent attention. Even when I have a bajillion keepers and soothers, everything is always falling into despair. I don't really understand why they needed to make it so persistent, and it really comes together with my first point that they simply put the bare minimum into the game. They didn't care to fill the game with meaningful things, just time wasters. Despite all that, playing with Steam workshop mods is awesome. Some cool people made plenty of mods that add in all the animals that SHOULD'VE been in the game, as well as plenty of really fun and magical additions. There's also an abundance of plants, decor, and tiles to add that make it feel fresh and fun even 90 hours in. So all in all, base game is poop. Modded game is awesome!

A whimsical garden-builder where you restore a garden that has fallen to a mysterious decay to help out some Gnomes, attract adorable critters by building habitats, and fight off evil creatures at night. What is there not to like? Follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46120374] SupaIndio's Steam Store Page[/url] for more reviews and recommendations.