Strange Horticulture

Strange Horticulture

Released Jan 2022

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

94% positive · 16K reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Strange Horticulture launched on January 21, 2022 as a complete narrative puzzle game. In the months following launch, Bad Viking shipped several quality-of-life and maintenance updates: localization expansions, accessibility options, controller support, and minor bug fixes — all through December 20, 2022. No major story content or paid DLC was ever added to the game itself. The developer's focus after 2022 shifted entirely to building a standalone sequel. Starting in December 2024, Bad Viking began publicly teasing Strange Antiquities, the follow-up set in the same world of Undermere. A demo launched on June 5, 2025 during Steam Next Fest, and the full sequel released on September 17, 2025. All communications since late 2024 have been about Strange Antiquities, not Strange Horticulture. There is no announced DLC, expansion, or additional content for Strange Horticulture itself. The game shipped as a self-contained story, received polish and maintenance updates through the end of 2022, and the studio moved on to its next project. The last meaningful update to Strange Horticulture was the controller support and Steam Deck integration patch on December 20, 2022.
Evidence
Bad Viking announced and launched Strange Antiquities, a standalone sequel to Strange Horticulture — all post-2022 developer energy was directed at this new game, not additional content for Strange Horticulture
news post · Sep 17, 2025 source development ending
high
Steam Deck integration and full controller support added — the last meaningful update shipped for Strange Horticulture
news post · Dec 20, 2022 source content shipped
medium

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Iceberg Interactive
Achievements
18
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your growing collection to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Welcome to Undermere, a quaint town surrounded by hag-infested forests and rugged mountains. You are the Horticulturist, owner of local plant store Strange Horticulture. As a cast of colorful customers come by your shop, you are quickly thrust into an occult mystery stretching back hundreds of years.

Explore the lands beyond your store to find new plants, but be careful! The dark woods and lakes are not always friendly to a simple herbalist. You might discover powers beyond your wildest dreams - or lose your mind completely. Use context clues to determine which places to visit, and which to avoid!

Using your trusty encyclopedia and clues found on your explorations, you learn more about the strange plants you come across. By identifying each plant, you will be able to use their effects to influence the story -- from hypnotic hallucinogens to powerful poisons.

Last evaluated Jun 23, 2026
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