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Botanica Idle
An idle garden game: grow plants, bloom them and evolve their genes.
Build method: Agentic AIDevelopment stage: Early Access
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About Botanica Idle
Botanica Idle is a cozy incremental game about tending a glass conservatory. Plant a fern, watch it grow, and come back to find your garden has kept busy without you.
Every plant produces Biomass, and Biomass pays for more terrariums, higher levels and new ideas. Your garden keeps growing while the app is closed, and a welcome-back report tells you what happened while you were away. It is a calm idle game, and a short visit is always worth it.
GROW A GARDEN THAT WORKS TOGETHER
• Four plants, Fern, Succulent, Moss and Ivy, each with a different role. Where you plant them matters.
• Every plant grows from Sprout to Budding to Mature. Bloom a Mature plant for a production boost across your whole garden.
• Level up each terrarium, then Ascend it to make it stronger.
• Unlock up to nine terrariums, one at a time.
RESET FOR POWER
• Compost turns your Biomass into Compost Points to spend on four upgrades that power up your run.
• Propagate to harvest Gene Splices, then spend them in the Genetic Tree.
• Genetic Research: Lab Workers arrive over time and can be sent to boost Plant XP, drops or research.
• Six Genetic Challenges, each with a rule to play under and a permanent reward.
• The Botanical DNA Helix: five branches of traits to socket and upgrade.
• Ecosystem Blessings: after five Propagations, pick one of three each time you Propagate.
LET IT RUN ITSELF
Automation unlocks one helper at a time. They can plant, grow, bloom, ascend, compost and propagate for you, so you can tend the garden as closely or as lightly as you like.
A LITTLE EXTRA
• Dew speeds up time for a while.
• Wandering Fauna visit your terrariums and give them a boost.
• 27 achievements to collect.
• Back up your garden: export and import your save from Settings.
• Available in English and French.
• Optional rewarded ads give bonus Dew. There are no other ads.
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