Botanica: Leaf or Die
The early prototype is ready to play.
Botanica: Leaf or Die is a 2D top-down colony builder. Plant seeds, secure water and power, and keep your stranded colony supplied.
Botanica at a glance
- Windows
- 10 to 20 minutes
- Early prototype
- 2D top-down colony builder
Botanica at a glance
A stranded colony on an alien planet.
You are the botanist of a stranded colony on a deadly alien planet. Your knowledge of plants is the foundation for survival. While you work to keep the colony supplied, its greatest threat is already growing: the Motherplant.
This alien plant once destroyed Earth and was banished into space. Now it has reached this planet and keeps spreading.
Build the colony's supply network, keep water and power running, and close the cycle of growing, harvesting and processing plants.
- Minutes per test run
- 10 to 20
- Top-down colony builder
- 2D
- Community prototype
- Early
From seedbed to supplied colony
Plants provide food and seeds. Water and power keep the cycle running.
Plant seeds
Prepare your plots and plant the seeds your colony needs for the next cycle.
Water crops
Pump enough water and tend every plot before the plants wither.
Harvest crops
Bring in ripe plants and decide what becomes food or fresh seed stock.
Secure power
Fuel the generator to keep water pumps, machines and infrastructure running.
Process resources
Process the harvest into seeds and food for the colony's next cycle.
Complete missions
Explore the surroundings, recover resources and complete the first story missions.
A look at the game right now
Nine scenes from the current prototype. Tap or click to take a closer look.
Get involved
Play the prototype. Tell us what gets in your way.
What already works well? What feels unclear? Which bugs did you run into? If you like, send us a screenshot or a short clip on Discord.
Prototype
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