Strange Horticulture
Developer Bad Viking
Publisher Iceberg Interactive
Format PC
Release Out now
Something is rotten in the county of Cumbria. As the new proprietor of a humble shop trading in rare plants, you might not notice it at first, but a sense of unease steadily creeps in and takes root. At first, you’re picking out flowers to make the ideal gift, or as a balm for mild ailments, but it’s not long before things take a turn for the weird. On excursions to find fresh blooms, you see crows gathering overhead; discover a dead deer, ribcage exposed, lying by a riverbed; encounter a shadowy, hollow-eyed man, gesturing towards some wild flowers. It’s more likely to be fear than hope that rises on the Grasmere, then; while it’s not exactly panic on the streets of Kendal, the Lake District has never seemed quite so sinister.