About the Game
ASTROBOTANICA™ is a science-driven survival game set on prehistoric Earth. You're Xel, a highly educated alien botanist on a mission to discover rare seeds needed to save your home planet. After crashing on ancient Earth, you’ll find yourself surrounded by wild animals, primal humans, and a toxic atmosphere, and you’ll need to adapt quickly to survive.
Your knowledge of alien botany is the key to survival. You’ll learn how to grow and process Earth’s unfamiliar flora into food and medicine. Experimentation, adaptation and research will be key to finding plant species which could thrive on your home planet. But for now, you have to discover and cultivate essential herbage to secure the stable supply of carbon dioxide you need to breathe.
Neanderthals are curious, but timid. Learn to communicate, earn their trust, and cure their ailments using hand-crafted tonics made from plants. Heal their wounds and illnesses, and they might just reward you with tools, supplies and a helping hand.
Build walls, floors, and fences to protect your property and crops from natural disasters and hungry wildlife. Collect and manage resources to expand your shelter, turning it from a fragile dwelling into a fully-fledged abode.
Wander through beautifully untamed wilderness, filled with secrets to uncover and a wide variety of plants to study. Observation is key - there’s always something new to discover if you look closely. But stay alert! The local fauna is as cute as they are dangerous, while invariably hungry.
Shape your playstyle through six unique skill paths: Planetary Knowledge, Research, Investigation, Management, Adaptation, and Learning. Assigning Knowledge Points according to your habits, talents and preferences will define your progression.
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Experiment with plants to create needed resources
Obtain and maintain a sustainable CO₂ supply
Explore prehistoric ecosystems and discover extinct animals
Form alliances with Neanderthals through communication and trading
Level up using the P.R.I.M.A.L. skill system to shape your playstyle

Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
- Fixed bugs related to expanding backpacks from P.R.I.M.A.L. perks.
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🌱HOTFIX 0.1.2
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Hey Explorers!
The first update based on your feedback is now live. Here’s the changelog for version 0.1.2:
Highlights
- Steam Deck/Gamepad improvements
- Pickaxe can be used by holding button
- Implemented animal mood and trust gain status after feeding
- Flashlight beam no longer shakes while sprinting
- Added Steam Cloud Saves
- Removed 144 FPS cap
UI / Menu
- Steam Deck/Gamepad improvements (tools, quick store, menu, worktable) and fixed issues with non-functional options on gamepad (confirmation window, drop-down menu, opening storage.)
- Improved UI's resilience to input switching between mouse & keyboard and gamepad
- Tutorials can be closed by opening the Pause Menu (ESC by default)
- Buildables' tooltips have been adjusted for better positioning
- Updated map tutorial
- Puzzles should now be correctly displayed on the Compass
- Main menu: “wishlist now” button deleted
- Pressing ESC in the Save/Load menu now takes you to the Pause Menu, not the game.
- Fixed a bug that caused saves to always list “today” as the save day.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to set the wrong resolution when switching between monitors.
Gameplay / Mechanics
- Pickaxe can be used by holding button
- Destroying objects now requires holding the button for 3 seconds
- Implemented animal mood and trust gain status after feeding
- Flashlight beam no longer shakes while sprinting
- Disabled scanning of animals that have already been discovered
- Reduced footstep volume
- Improved doors' visual readability
- Improved damage indicator
- Audio fixes
- Fixed a bug where taming a new pet would break the previous one and cause it to disappear after loading a save
- Fixed an issue with Grog getting sick again after a save/load
- Fixed an issue where pressing sprint while jumping/falling would cause the character to get stuck in the running animation
- Fixed vignette not appearing when taking toxin damage
Performance / Steam-related
- Added Steam Cloud Saves
- Removed 144 FPS cap
- Further performance improvements
- Removed inactive options from graphics settings
- Fixed issues with some achievements not unlocking
We’re already working on the next patch!
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Thank you for being part of the Astrobotanica community. Let’s grow something extraordinary, together! 🌱🌟
Current Release
Build 23486659
Uploaded Jul 01, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
Astrobotanica.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
1.6 GB
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DEC82845
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