Botany Manor

"Botany Manor can easily be completed in a day. While this may seem short and the linear story of Botany Manor might mean there is little replay value, the beauty and relaxing nature of the game will bring me back …"

"Botany Manor offers a unique experience for puzzle and exploration game fans. It combines creative puzzles with a relaxing atmosphere and beautiful cartoon-style graphics. The controls are simple, and the technical performance is excellent. However, some puzzles can be unnecessarily …"

"Slowly unpacking the elaborate game world of Botany Manor provides a super-rewarding puzzle-infused adventure that&s;s delightfully chill. 🏡"

"Botany Manor is a colorful exploration game with clever puzzles to solve and an intriguing narrative to back it up. With each problem solved I felt gratified and smart for putting together the right clues and reading between the lines. …"

"Due to the length, cost, and lack of accessibility features, it comes a little short. Nonetheless, Botany Manor is worth the purchase for players interested in the puzzle genre and cozy games, although waiting for a discount may be recommended."

"Exploring Botany Manor is a great experience as everything feels beautifully interconnected and the puzzles are fun and engaging to tackle the whole way through. It makes up for its lack of difficulty with charm in spades and an interesting …"

"Botany Manor manages to combine well-constructed puzzles, with the sole purpose of teaching a little more about plants, with a delicate background story about a woman who fought against various prejudices in an ancient era, resulting in a great title."

"There’s something deeply healing about a game that asks you to slow down, pay attention, and let beauty bloom at its own pace."

"Botany Manor is a hyper-casual puzzle game that combines simple puzzles with an interesting historical narrative, making it a relaxing experience, though it lacks challenge and action."

"Though short, the time players do get to spend in the world is made immersive and engaging through its diverse map, classical soundtrack, and ambient nature sounds. It&s;s definitely one of 2024&s;s most relaxing puzzle games so far, and I …"

"Botany Manor is definitely a must-play for anybody who enjoy a little brain scratching through puzzles but also for anybody who enjoys simplicity’s strength. Between the relaxed environments and the unique flowers and their odd growing conditions, there’s never really …"

"Botany Manor is like spending a Fall afternoon with a hot cup of tea and a good puzzle—relaxing, challenging and beautiful to look at."

"While I certainly wanted more plants and puzzles, Botany Manor&s;s short duration and relatively low difficulty are perfectly suited. It&s;s a calm and enjoyable experience in a very colorful world that makes us reflect on the role of women in …"

"It looks like The Witness and it plays a bit like StreetPass Garden, but Botany Manor blooms into something that&s;s not only entirely its own, but also something quite special. Don&s;t let its cosy aesthetics fool you - Botany Manor …"

"I never truly felt lost while playing, even if some of the puzzles didn’t make complete sense right away, it just meant that I had some more exploring to do! The constant rotation of discovering a new seed, determining the …"

"Botany Manor is a delight. It&s;s sweet, succinct and serene, packed with clever puzzles that reward thoughtful exploration and engagement with its narrative. At a little under three hours it&s;s the perfect lazy weekend getaway for those that like to …"

"Gorgeous, perfectly designed and utterly engrossing, Botany Manor is quite simply one of the best puzzle games of recent years."

"Botany Manor is a genuine delight, a charming little adventure game with a nice story, a lot of creativity in its plant designs and unique botanical work, and amazing puzzles that feel like a throwback to the classics of yore …"

"Despite its brevity, Botany Manor is a wholesome puzzle game that turns academic research into an engaging endeavor. The central theme focuses on finding the conditions to allow a living entity to flourish, a concept that is elegantly reflected in …"

"Between its great pacing, breezy atmosphere, and more, Botany Manor shows Balloon Studios has a green thumb for game design."

"Botany Manor is a blissful, smart, and creatively conceived puzzle adventure. It’s just challenging enough to be engaging without veering into stressful territory, and its whimsical elements add fun, fantastical touches. I don’t think it made me better at gardening, …"

"Botany Manor is a charming puzzle game with a lovely setting, a relaxed mood, and fun puzzles you can spend an afternoon with! While recommended for fans of both puzzles and botany, the three-hour runtime may be steep for the …"

"But leaving you wanting more and making you feel good about what you just played are two hallmarks of a very good game – which Botany Manor undeniably is. It’s a relaxing puzzler that doesn’t allow being “cozy” to get …"

"Developer Balloon Studios cultivates a beautiful puzzle game with the timeless allure of a summer&s;s day stroll."

"Botany Manor is a dense and emotionally charged work, designed to bring the player to live in the shoes of Arabella, a young woman who rediscovers her career, finding her own affections. It is a well-crafted and time-conscious production, with …"

"In the era of difficult and challenging games, it&s;s sometimes great to experience something serenely beautiful as a counterbalance. Botany Manor grows flowers with a puzzle-like approach, and it does not offer anything very surprising, but it does everything it …"

"A puzzler that challenges as much as it inspires, full of life and passion, even if its narrative offerings tend to stumble towards the end."

"Clever clues entwine with Botany Manor’s charming old English setting to make for a lighthearted first-person puzzler worth tending to."

"Potter around a stately home as a Victorian botanist, figuring out how to get eccentric plants to grow"

"Botany Manor is an elegant puzzle game with a unique and fitting gameplay and setting. Balloon Studios presents an unusual gaming story, offering interesting and well-constructed puzzles, though not overly complex. Relaxed and relaxing, the game only falls short in …"

"A nice and short first person puzzle game which provides nice puzzles and inspiring visuals while not managing to fulfill the excellent premise of its setting."

"Botany Manor is all in all an excellent choice for cozy gamers who enjoy gardening and puzzles. It offers a smooth and relaxing gameplay experience that is sure to appeal to both veterans and newcomers alike. It’s a cozy gamers …"

"With a manor and its surrounding gardens, Arabella has more than a roof of her own to cultivate both fantastic plants and scientific treatises. Botany Manor uses the historical context of a Victorian female scholar to build an ingenious exploration …"

"Botany Manor should satisfy everyone who likes puzzles and nature and its mysteries."

"Botany Manor is a lovely little puzzle game that&s;s relaxing, engaging, beautiful, and approachable. It&s;s a great first game from Balloon Studios with a lot of charm, but it&s;s not perfect, and it&s;s even shorter than I expected. Being a …"

"A fun and pretty puzzle game. Not among the best ones in this genre, but still well worth of your time."