Treeplanter is now live on Steam, and it’s exactly what it sounds like — a peaceful, meditative woodland toybox where you piece together a tiny grove and watch it come alive. Birds settle in. Roots spread underground. Animals move in and make your creation their home. The whole thing shifts with the seasons, so no two visits feel quite the same.
But here’s what makes it genuinely special: for every copy sold, Henry personally plants a real tree — on farms, in schools, and through partnerships with woodland charities and community orchards. He already planted 1,000 trees during development alone. The first milestone goal is 10,000, and if that’s hit, the team is promising millions of wildflowers to celebrate. Your $3.99 is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
Built With Heart (and Young People)
The game’s prototype was co-created with a small crew of rural young people aged 18–20, who built out the majority of the art, visual effects, and even the satisfying fungi and root-growing systems. They were mentored and paid through funding from the Eastern Education Group — a genuinely cool initiative that shows in the game’s warmth and craft.
It’s also been playtested at LEVEL, a special educational needs and disabilities charity, where it was shown in a full wraparound 4K projector space to audiences ranging from ages 5 to 85. That’s a pretty solid stress test for “accessible and chill.”
What You’re Actually Getting
Think LEGO-meets-nature-documentary in the best possible way. If you’ve spent time with games like Summerhouseor Tiny Glade, you’ll feel right at home. There’s no pressure, no fail states — just you, your grove, and a genuinely educational look at the natural world above and below the soil. It comes from the creator of Secrets of the Soil, which Vice once called “A Spectacular Underground Cosmos,” so the pedigree is there.
Pricing & Bundles
Treeplanter launched as part of Steam’s Earth Appreciation Festival at $3.99 / £3.99 / €3.99 with a 20% launch discount. It’s also available in bundles alongside Terra Nil, Little Corners, and SUMMERHOUSE if you want to go full cozy-game ecosystem.
Honestly, for under four dollars and a real-world tree, this one’s hard to pass up.