Plant Therapy
Enjoy the full base game for free:
On Steam
On the Apple App Store (no Ads!)
GET COZY!
- Build a beautiful indoor garden from the ground up in your New York City apartment.
- Decorate!
- Water and fertilize your plants and get rewarded with coins to buy more plants and art to decorate your apartment.
- Grow plants from sprouts and collect achievements as you decorate and fill your apartment with plants.
Note: The downloadable Windows and Mac versions have superior performance and many additional features and will give you the richest playing experience. We recommend the ITCH app for managing your downloads.
What is in the downloadable version?
- Save function! You can now save your games and come back to them.
- Extended apartment! Double the space for taking care of your plants. This feature is unlocked once you buy seven plants.
- Second Neighborhood with a brand new apartment and new street front to explore! This feature unlocks once you have played 10 days.
- Many new plants plus some that bloom.
- Be on the look out for Peperomia Watermelon, Swiss Cheese Monstera, Bunny Ears Cactus, and much more!
- Journal: Keep track of which plants you have unlocked and purchased.
- Plant Pop up: Name your plant and swap out pots!
- Achievements page so you can check to see what goodies are waiting to be discovered.
- Screenshot album so you can save custom images of your favorite plants and configurations.
- New Artwork
- The Vintage Shop has new goodies so be sure to check it out.
- Art Gallery to buy fancier art for your apartment.
- New Pots
- Did someone say Cat planter? (This is my personal favorite.)
Be sure to join us on our DISCORD server to keep up with new updates or to report any bugs you find. Player feedback and ideas have been crucial in getting Plant Therapy built—we love our fellow plant parents!
We are working hard to bring even more content to Plant Therapy. Be sure to follow us if you want to be kept in the loop!
Reviews help get our game seen. If you enjoy playing, please consider giving us a review! Thanks for playing and we love all the great feedback we have been getting.
Short Leg Studio Team
- Randy Larson - programming
- Jennevieve Schlemmer - game design and art
- Trevor Redfern - music, programming
- Cindy Rivera - UI/UX artist
Download
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Development log
- January patchJan 22, 2025
- Wallpaper and PaintDec 22, 2024
- Plant Therapy Coming to Apple StoreAug 19, 2024
- A Big RefreshJul 16, 2024
- A Few Fixes for the New YearJan 04, 2024
- Expanded Vintage Shops and Quality of Life fixesNov 18, 2023
- Shopping fixesOct 11, 2023
Comments
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ADDICTIVE. ADDICTIVE. ADDICTIVE.
10/10
Thank you for playing!
This is a really cute game! I've found myself falling in love with plants lately so this is amazing!
Thank you for your kind words!
Your browser does not support graphics API "WebGL 2" which is required for this content.
Interesting. Mind sharing what machine/browser you are using?
I'm enjoying the steam version. Farther along than I was before. I do find myself wishing for a bit more actually. Like trimming the succulents and growing more. Having some of them flower etc. Perhaps a future game/endeavor?
Thanks for the input! We do have plants that grow from sprouts and quite a few that flower but some of them are exclusively in the Queens DLC. Look for paint and wallpaper coming to the base game and all DLCs in September!
i really enjoy this game.
Thank you so much!
hi! im playing on the steam version, whenever i try to use the green house and place the items that are inside from the brooklyn apartment, it doesnt let me place them (as in i click the button but nothing happens) </3 i do love this game sm but i would like to know if theres an explanation as for why this is happening ?
edit: it actually does the same with the storage table too :(
You need to make sure you select an item and then press 'PLACE'--Sometimes when you open the storage it looks like something is selected, but it isn't. It would be great if you can make a bug report (from settings) and give us a copy of your save on our Discord (join from button on Play Screen). Also, it might be worth it to make sure you have auto updates enabled. We haven't heard of any issues with the storage units in a while, so would love to help you out!
Very lovely and cozy game!!! I enjoy it a lot, and the things you can buy are so pretty :)
Thank you so much!
I need my computer for other stuff so I can't download but it's nice to play and I don't mind starting over, it's like a nice reset. Sometimes.
i cant download the apps.. it says that the development needs to upgrade it (?)
for mac
Thank you for reporting this--we are looking into it!
thank you! im looking forward to play it
I wanted to let you know that we’ve refreshed the Mac version today. You should have better luck with this one. Thanks for hanging in there.
thank you so much! i finally can enjoy the game <3
The watermelon plush is a bit... blurry? (ps I love love love this game just been collecting plushes and noticed it)
wow! We've never seen that. Thanks for reporting! Were you playing in browser or the downloaded version? Thanks//
Was playing the browser version. Happy to help!
YES YES YES YES. I love this. Simple and Relaxing. Just what I needed ^_^
Thank you so much for your kind words!
is it normal for day 24 to just... not pass? (web)
Hi! That is a very random and rare bug that we have fixed on the Steam version of the game (both free and paid DLCs) but haven't gotten to yet on the Itch web version. On the downloadable version on Itch and Steam you can just save and come back and it fixes itself but the web version has no save so if it gets stuck right now, it stays stuck. Thanks for playing!
i LOVE this game. it always takes me a while to get around to reviewing a game, but i wanted to 100% everything i could. great art style, super fun, something easy to get lost in for hours <3
Thank you so much for your kind words! XOXO//Jenneveive
of course!! Thank you for your lovely game!! it gave me hours of relaxing fun <3
this game looks so good!!! i'm now finally looking into playing windows games on linux so that i can play it properly :D
i did it!!! loving it so far
40 game days later i can no longer keep up with all the coins that get stuck on shelves and feeding all the plants :( it was a nice experience though
i'm going back because i want more plants
i guess i wasn't in the right mindset for the game last time because now i like feeding every plant because i can appreaciate each plant individually when i do it :)
Thank you for playing the game! Glad to hear you are enjoying it!
I love this game so much, although sometimes the colours are very highly saturated on steam and on itch, especially when re-launching the game. This might be a problem on my end, though, but I'm not sure where to mention this, just in case it's a glitch. I attached some images just in case anyone knows a fix.
Honestly, this is such a good, relaxing game. 5 stars.
oh wow, we have never seen that. That's very extreme! if you look at the screenshots on the right of the page you will see what it *should* look like. Thank you for the nice words even though the colors are so harsh! Thank you for playing and we are looking into if this is a new bug!
I loads correctly sometimes through Itch, but never through Steam for some reason. This game is honestly so gorgeous and relaxing, and like I said, this could be a problem with my computer and not the game itself?
Yikes, this is definitely not what we were intending. To help look into this, can you tell a few things, please:
I have played it with the correct colors through Itch, but it always loads like this for me through Steam. I'd say 2/3 times it's the correct colors, but for some reason I can't get it to load correctly anymore, even on Itch.
I first played the game just yesterday, so this may be something wrong on my end.
Thanks for the info. I take it that you don’t see these odd colors with other programs you run on your computer? Are you on Windows or a Mac? What is the make/model of your monitor? I’d love to dig into your problem more. I don’t believe you’ve joined our Discord server. This may be easier to diagnose and chat about there (no pressure), if you are comfortable with that. There’s a link on the tile page of the game.
Thank you so much!!!
love this game. theres a small problem with the christmas cactus and string of hearts
Thank you for reporting this bug! Can you give a little more info about how it happened? Were they transparent once they got into your apartment? Or transparent in the store? Also, was this the web build or the one you can download on the Itch app? Any info really helps us a lot to track these things down. Thank you!!
UPDATE: Oddly, we have never seen this bug but were able to recreate it! Thank you for sharing it and it will be patched soon in an update!
hey! im so sorry about the very late reply, school got very busy so i was off itch for a while. the plants were transparent from the store but would then fix itself after a while. and I play using the download!
Hi! We played your game on stream and really enjoyed it!
Thank you so much! Your video was fun to watch!
If you are interested in playing the Queens DLC on Steam, let me know! I'm not sure if you stick to Itch or not. Cheers!
Hi! Sorry for not getting back sooner, I didn't notice this message until just now! I think we will stick to the itch version, but I appreciate the offer. I hope lots of people check out Plant Therapy, it's such a chill game!
Hi! Loooove this game. I've been playing the windows version I bought here on itch for a few hours, is there anyway to get the DLC on this version? I know it's on steam but I don't want to have to replay it all again.
Hi! We want to bring the DLC to Itch, however Itch doesn't enable DLC downloads the same way Steam does, so we are trying to work on a different solution. We don't have a timelime for that yet but if you decide to play on Steam we can provide you for a key to the DLC if you donated to this project. If you change your mind you can contact us on Discord. Thanks for playing!
Thanks! And don't worry about a key, I'd love to keep supporting this game.
Thank you so much for your support!
hi! I love this game!! it's so cute and relaxing. However, I was wondering if it was possible to save my progress? I had a lot of plants and went to the "apartments" page on accident and I lost all my progress :(
I only play it on the web though
Unfortunately, we do not have a save option for the web game. The downloadable game can be saved and the game is now on free to play on Steam and that has a save function. Thanks for playing!
Really enjoyed this! A very lovely and relaxing game! Great art style too! Awesome work! 🌿🪴
Thank you so much!
I cant repot in the downloaded version :/ and ive tried playing it on the itch.app and as a separate download :(
Note: you can only repot a plant if you have bought that pot in the store first. And pots are different sizes so if you try to repot a L plant into a M, it won't work. If this problem persists, please grab us a screen shot! We are releasing on Steam today and you might want to try that version--the base game is free to play!
I had a lot of fun with this!
Thank you so much for playing! We have a big update coming out in a couple of weeks so be sure to check back!
Oh I will have to remember to check that out when it comes. I also want to add that I love the diverse art types you can decorate your apartments with, I also get a giddy kind of joy seeing the kind of plants I have in my own home.
this is so wonderful to hear! THANK YOU
hello! Unfortunately, for some reason I can't buy things in stores. I downloaded the windows version. I tried reinstalling and rebooting several times, but when I click on an item, nothing happens. At the same time, my progress is preserved. Do you know how to fix it? :(
hi! I have one of our programmers looking at it right now. If you don't have enough money then things won't highlight. The different pots cost extra so if it looks like you can afford a plant, try clicking on the basic terracotta pot, which is free. If this persists, we would love to get a copy of your save or a screenshot of the problem. Thanks and I am sorry it's not working for you!!
https://imgur.com/a/cLo9Roi
I have enough money, but for some reason the buttons don't work. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I shot a video, I hope it helps!!
Thank you for the video! That is very strange. :/ I've not seen it do anything like that before. We'll see if we can figure out what might be happening for you.
Could you tell me the version number that you are running? It will show up in the top right of the title screen.
2308 10. 12
One more thing I can think of is even if you reinstall, your computer will keep your save. If you go into settings in the game you can select "fresh start" and it will reset your save files. Thank you for going the extra mile to help us figure this out---we have not seen this bug before!
thanks for paying attention to my case :3 i tried to start the game from scratch, but everything again stops at the moment of the tutorial when you need to buy a flower
Thank you again SO MUCH For pointing this out to us! We were finally able to recreate it on one of our laptops and are working on a fix!!
Thank you guys so much for responding to the audience in such a way and volunteering to help with my problem, you are great, thank you!!
super cool game! its def therapeutic and im paitently waiting updates as i overload my apartments with PLANTS :)
yay! Glad you like it! We are putting out a little update tomorrow--mostly tweaks to game play but I am very excited about the new watering can animation--it waters plants faster! Thank you for your patience, we are working on a very big update that will come out in September.
LOL I hope you can take care of them tbh!
hi!! i love this game, but I'm just wondering--is there any way to make the days longer or to pause the passage of time?? I ay or may not have gone overboard with the number of plants in my apartment and now I can't even feed and water them all in a day before the day is up and I need to start over.
hi! You don't actually have to water them all before the end of the day. They just won't give you extra rewards at night if they need to be fed or watered. Once you feed and water them again in the morning they will be back to totally fine! Thanks for playing!
Hello, I really enjoyed this game so much and excited for the new updates however I have a question: How do we look around in the room? While taking the picture of the second apartment I noticed it is way bigger actually but I cant see this other side no matter what I pressed and how much I scroll with the mouse.
When taking a screenshot, you can "grab" the center of the camera view and move it side to side. But if you move the cursor outside the square, nothing will happen. We are planning on adding instructions, sorry if it is confusing!
I hadn't played this game in a while and I'm so impressed with all the new features! Loving the inventory book
Thank you so much for checking it out!
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this game is a easy time passer. I swear I started playing around 12 or so and i looked back at the time and its now 5 am I could seriously play this game all night if i could. 10/10.
Oh thank you for the kind words! We really appreciate it.
I can't buy anything in the shops. I have enough coins but I click on them and nothing happens? 😩
Are you playing this on the Itch app (downloaded version) or the web? Did it happen right away or after a couple of in game days of playing?
Also, you might be able to afford the plant but if you switch to another pot it will be more expensive. The base price is in the terracotta pot.
i have it downloaded through the downloaded app onto windows.
If you go back to your save, does it still not work? We haven't seen this bug before so any details really help us---we also have a pretty big update coming out in the next week so that might take of this issue!
this game is lovely. thank you for making it, im sincerely looking forward to more of it :)
That you for your review! Look for a big update coming very soon!
I loved this game! Very cute and relaxing. Lots of different plants to buy and also a variety of pots. My favourite pot is the cat 🐱
Thank you so much!
Love this game. So nice to be able to take a break and tend my plants. Great variety of plants. Love the artwork.
Thank you for the kind words!
"Life is short, make it fun." -- I disagree. Life is way too long. I'm kinda done.
Hi! I downloaded this game but keep getting a "cant open this application" error on my macbook. any idea of how to fix this? thankyou!
let me get our Mac dev on it!
Also, if you feel comfortable joining our Discord channel, you can post screen shots and we can try to help you there.
Hi there! Have you tried installing using the itch app? https://itch.io/app
This app should help keep things up to date and make sure the application can run properly. I just tested downloading using it and it seemed to work.
An alternative to try: Sometimes Mac security controls will stop apps that it doesn't recognize from running. You can try holding the control key and selecting open from the menu. This should give you an option to open the application directly.
I hope one of these solutions resolves the problem for you!
oh that worked! thank you so much, sorry im a newbie at this
yay! no need to apologize-computers are weird!
If I save my game (downloadable version), it saves the amount of money that I have but nothing else. None of my plants, none of my art items. They all disappear.
I don't know if others have had this same issue but it sucks :(
Edit: I've now had a couple successes with saving, exiting, and coming back . . . sort of. Now my plants end up stacked on top of each other, all in the same spot, and all the other spots disappear.
Oh no! I am sorry this is happening!
Have you tried the new build that we released yesterday Feb 2nd? We had another tester that was having issues with a few items disappearing and we think we have fixed that now because it was tied to having multiple instances of the same plant stand but have never heard of all the items disappearing!
If it isn't fixed in the latest build we would love to get a copy of your save to test.
Well at the risk of jinxing it, I think the update might have sorted it out!!! I've saved, exited, and come back a couple times now, and all my plants are still there and in the spots where I left them :D :D
(I'm also loving the new rainbow pots)
. . . I might've jinxed it. There's still one plant stand where it seems like multiple plants just really want to be, and they move themselves there sometimes (upon saving, exiting, and coming back) after being placed elsewhere.
ok, it sounds like it might be the double instances of the same stand bug coming back. Our main programmer is on a minibreak but will be back next week so hopefully we can get this sorted soon. Thank you so much for letting us know what is going on. One quick question, is the second apartment unlocking for you? That is another bug that just came up today. (Also, feel free to join our discord to share any screen shots of bugs-it's very helpful!)
//Jennevieve
I haven't gotten enough money yet to try buying the second apartment, but I'll let you know if it works when I do!
one more thing--if you accidentally close the game without going to the main menu and selecting "Save & Exit" you will lose all progress. We do not currently have an auto save function. We have been testing and not able to recreate your bug. Let us know if you keep experiencing it. Player feedback is what keeps us going!
oooh thank you for the suggestion! I will try to figure out how to work in a rafflesia arnoldii! I saw a specimen of this plant at the Natural History Museum here in NYC and was blown away by how cool it looks! It's so big in real life--you might end up seeing it as a painting in our new art gallery!! Thank you for playing!
Also, I wanted to let you know the moth orchid will be coming in the 3rd apartment and that is a plant from Indonesia!!
omg tyyy so muchhh and the raflesia arnoldii can be painting or its can be a plant like the width is 3 round cactus but's its up to you ❤️
One of my favourite games. The perfect way to relax after a long day of work. Question: will there be a downloadable option for mac users in the future ?
Yes! We are currently working on a mac option for when we do our next big update. Thank you so much for your feedback!
Just to clarify, you think they are moving too fast? Or you are making too much money too fast? Thank you for playing and giving us playtesting feedback!
Thank you for the input!