Strange Horticulture

In Strange Horticulture, you play the proprietor of a local plant store in Undermere, a quaint town bordered by hag-infested forests and rugged mountains. Colorful customers draw you into an occult mystery that reaches back hundreds of years, bringing you into contact with a coven, a cult, and the unsettling secrets surrounding the town. You can also spend time petting your cat between more ominous tasks.

The core loop combines exploration, deduction, and plant management. Use clues and context to choose destinations beyond the shop, searching forests and lakes for unfamiliar specimens while weighing the dangers of each location. Back at the store, consult your encyclopedia and evidence from your expeditions to identify the plants you collect. Correct identification reveals their unusual properties, including hypnotic hallucinations and potent poisons.

Your growing collection gives you ways to influence how the story unfolds and investigate Undermere’s mysteries, though exploration can bring discoveries—or the risk of losing your mind. The experience is designed for mobile devices and tablets, with its shop interactions and world exploration reworked for those settings.