Botanicula
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…
Botanicula is an adventure developed by Amanita Design, released 19 April 2012 on Android, iOS, Linux and Mac. It currently starts at $2.99 at GOG. The main story takes about 3.6 hrs to finish.
What Botanicula is
Botanicula is an adventure game developed by Amanita Design and released in 2012. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Adobe Flash Player.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Botanicula follows the adventure of five botanical creatures (named Mr. Lantern, Mr. Twig, Mr. Poppy Head, Mr. Feather and Mrs. Mushroom) who are trying to save the last seed of their home tree from evil parasitic creatures that have infested their home.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy, fantasy, kids and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 53 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Botanicula holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 80, across 136 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 3.6 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $2.99, that works out to about $0.83 per hour of the main story, or $0.70 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.6 Ghz Processor and 1 GB RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.99 at GOG, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Botanicula launched on 19 April 2012, within three weeks of The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead and Fire Emblem Awakening. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead, Fire Emblem Awakening.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Botanicula yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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