Potioneer: The VR Gardening Simulator
A 2016 VR garden-builder that trades strategy depth for relaxing plant-tending and base construction. Works best as a low-pressure sandbox rather than a goal-driven sim.
GamerScout Verdict
Mellow VR sandbox for patient players who value presence over progression systems.
Compare Prices(4 stores)
Every store in this table quotes us in euros, so the EUR figure is the price the seller actually set, not our arithmetic — which is why EUR is also the currency we rank in. We only list an offer here when the store gives us its price in euros, so nothing in this table is a number we invented.
Pick USD, PLN, GBP, CAD or AUD in the header and we convert from EUR at the European Central Bank reference rate — converted amounts are prefixed with ~. Your bank or the store may apply a different rate at checkout. We never hide offers based on where you are: everyone sees this whole table.
We may earn a commission when you buy games through links on this page — at no extra cost to you. It never affects our rankings or verdicts.
Price History
Screenshots & Media
About Potioneer: The VR Gardening Simulator
I approached this expecting a mechanics-heavy gardening simulator, but Potioneer is fundamentally a room-scale VR toy. You plant seeds, tend crops, forage for wild plants, and gradually build a homestead with wood and basic tools. The appeal is tactile exploration and incremental progress, not optimization or complex cultivation systems. HTC Vive tracking makes interactions feel immediate, and there's genuine satisfaction in physically reaching to water a garden or swing a hammer. The catch: there's minimal feedback on what actually matters. Plant growth feels disconnected from your actions, building is rudimentary, and long-term goals are vague. As a passive, meditative VR experience it works. As a strategy-forward sim it falls short. Best played in short sessions without expectations.
Strategy & simulation
Tags
System Requirements
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 64-bit (Service Pack 1) or newer
- Memory
- 4096 MB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent or greater
- Processor
- Intel i5-4590 / AND FX 8350 equivalent or greater
- VR Support
- SteamVR
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Memory
- 4096 MB RAM
- Storage
- 1000 MB available space
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 980 or AMD Radeon RX480
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-6600K or AMD FX 8350
Keep exploring
Community Discussion
Be the first to comment on Potioneer: The VR Gardening Simulator.
Reviews & Ratings
No ratings available
Game Info
- Developer
- Focus on Fun Games
- Publisher
- Focus on Fun Games
- Release Date
- Oct 20, 2016