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Botanicula (2012)

Amanita Design

Android · Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · iOS

3.68 from 425 ratings

2000 members have it in their collection · 20 playing now · 946 backlogged · 131 wish listed

How long? Main story 4h · with extras 4h · 100% 4h (from 16 logged playthroughs)

Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium. Like the previous games from Amanita Design, in Botanicula the player controls a protagonist (or multiple protagonists) while exploring the environment, solving puzzles and collecting items that are required for the obstacles that come in their way. The player is able to interact with other creatures and find easter eggs … Read more
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium. Like the previous games from Amanita Design, in Botanicula the player controls a protagonist (or multiple protagonists) while exploring the environment, solving puzzles and collecting items that are required for the obstacles that come in their way. The player is able to interact with other creatures and find easter eggs that are present in the lush environment. Like Machinarium, the game has no spoken or written dialogue. Read less
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Details

Developers
Amanita Design
Publishers
Amanita Design
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Point-and-click, Puzzle
Themes
Comedy, Fantasy, Kids, Party
Steam
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Release dates

  • Apr 19, 2012 (Worldwide) Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Apr 19, 2012 (Europe) Mac
  • May 01, 2014 (Worldwide) iOS
  • Oct 11, 2014 (Worldwide) Android

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Rating distribution

5 stars
75
4 stars
176
3 stars
138
2 stars
33
1 star
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giopep

Review giopep 4/5 · Nov 13, 2024

I’ve been wanting to re-play Amanita games with my daughter for quite a while and I decided to start from Botanicula because… I don’t know why, it just came to mind. I had played it 12 years ago for review purposes and back then I loved it, so it made sense to me. We started playing as we usualy do …

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I’ve been wanting to re-play Amanita games with my daughter for quite a while and I decided to start from Botanicula because… I don’t know why, it just came to mind. I had played it 12 years ago for review purposes and back then I loved it, so it made sense to me. We started playing as we usualy do with point and clicks: she manages the mouse, I enojy my co-piloting duties from the back. And we were having fun! It is a funny game, stilistically amazing and completely crazy. Also, it’s quite readable and easy to approach, even though navigation can be tough because of a cryptic map. But we were having fun, my daughter was constantly asking to play it… and then she wanted to stop. Too many bizarre and threatening big spiders, she didn’t want to play it anymore. We were approximately around two thirds of the game. Whatevs.

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amgirl

Review amgirl 4/5 · Aug 31, 2022

What a sweet and fun little gem. So far I love all of Amanita design's games. Well done :)

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anarchistica

Review anarchistica 2/5 · Feb 26, 2019

Click on stuff & hope it works

Botanicula is a beautiful game with its own cute, quirky style. Unfortunately, the gameplay itself is severely lacking. The tree is a maze and you have to click through a ton of screens to get anywhere. On every screen you can click on stuff which often doesn't actually do anything other than playing an animation. Puzzles consist of either clumsily …

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Botanicula is a beautiful game with its own cute, quirky style. Unfortunately, the gameplay itself is severely lacking. The tree is a maze and you have to click through a ton of screens to get anywhere. On every screen you can click on stuff which often doesn't actually do anything other than playing an animation. Puzzles consist of either clumsily manipulating objects or just clicking everywhere hoping you guess the right thing to click on in the right order. Maybe it'd be worth it if there was a map and it at least indicated where you have to randomly click on stuff.

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tylerisrandom

Review tylerisrandom 4/5 · Feb 11, 2017

A little gem of a point and click adventure. Loved the unique visual style and the unerringly original sound design, which deserves all the praise it's received. Also lots of great visual gags and unexpected interactive elements.

Only criticisms I have are a few puzzles that rely on finicky mouse movement or repetitive clicking (ouchy), and the game's low resolution... …

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A little gem of a point and click adventure. Loved the unique visual style and the unerringly original sound design, which deserves all the praise it's received. Also lots of great visual gags and unexpected interactive elements.

Only criticisms I have are a few puzzles that rely on finicky mouse movement or repetitive clicking (ouchy), and the game's low resolution... 1440 by 900 seems a travesty with artwork this pretty.

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ManuelGurrola

Review ManuelGurrola 4/5 · Aug 20, 2016

Charming little game that looks beautiful

Artistic Value: The game looks beautiful. The style is pleasant and fantastic, although it might not be to everyone's taste. Ambience gets darker when it needs to and always goes well with the overall setting. There are a couple of rooms where there is too much going on and the screen feels cluttered. Good music and ambience sound that …

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Artistic Value: The game looks beautiful. The style is pleasant and fantastic, although it might not be to everyone's taste. Ambience gets darker when it needs to and always goes well with the overall setting. There are a couple of rooms where there is too much going on and the screen feels cluttered. Good music and ambience sound that perfectly fits in with the visual style. The characters' "voices" rarely fail to convey the necessary emotion (not that this is an extremely emotive game). None of the music themes really stand out though. Rating = 8/10 for superb.

Gameplay: Although the overall mechanics were somewhat original in this puzzle-solver when it came out, the puzzles themselves feel small and not very fulfilling. It's very easy to navigate through the game with such intuitive controls. The mechanics and objectives are rarely confusing. The interface never gets in the way of puzzle-solving. The puzzles difficulty range from very easy to regular, which might be a downside. Rating = 7/10 for great.

Fun Factor: The story is simple and universal but presented in an original manner. The characters you meet are fun to interact with. Hardcore puzzle-solvers will breeze through the game in a couple hours and there is no real replay value. AFAIK this game is completely bug free. The game has a lot of charm. Rating = 8/10 for superb.

Final Verdict: Charming little game that looks beautiful. Rating = 7.7/10 for Superb.

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