Botany Manor, exploration puzzle game, heading to Switch

Botany Manor, an exploration puzzle game, was announced for Switch during today’s Indie World Showcase. A release is planned for 2023.

The upcoming project comes courtesy of publisher Whitethorn Games and developer Balloon Studios. It takes place in a historical English homestead and has players investigating clues around the house and grounds to figure out the ideal habitat for a collection of rare flora.

More information can be found in the following overview:

Botany Manor is an exploration-puzzle game where you play as a retired botanist called Arabella Greene.

Key Features

Botany Manor is set in the 19th century, a time of great scientific discovery.
Explore a complete historical English manor and its grounds. There are many rooms and gardens to discover, all set inside a beautiful countryside surrounding. Botany Manor is a relaxing and peaceful environment, feel free to stop and smell the roses.
The puzzles you solve in Botany Manor come in the shape of growing plants. Find seeds, pot them and carry your seedlings to the right environment.
The plants you need to grow are fussy, and finding their ideal habitat will sometimes require you to think outside the box. There are many interactive items scattered around the house that can help you achieve this.
To figure out each plant’s habitat, you will need to gather information by inspecting clues such as botanical posters, newspapers, letters, paintings and postcards. In Botany Manor, literally anything you encounter can be useful for your research.
Room by room, you learn more about the life and career of Arabella, and the challenges she faced as a woman navigating her scientific career.

You can get a closer look at Botany Manor with the trailer below.