A cozy, witchy semi-idle gardening sim with a heartfelt narrative about tending both living and undead plants
Silverstring Media, in partnership with indie publishing platform indie.io, is delighted to announce the first public demo for Greenhearth Necromancer, a cozy, witchy, semi-idle balcony-gardening sim where life and death grow side by side. The demo arrived on Steam today at 9 AM PT, offering players their very first chance to step into the garden ahead of the game’s full release (TBA).
In Greenhearth Necromancer, players take on the role of a young, socially anxious necromancer inheriting a balcony garden from their late grandmother. Guided by her grandmother’s familiar spirit, players will resurrect plants, brew potions, cast spells, and nurture a hybrid ecosystem of living and undead flora. Written by the BAFTA-nominated writer of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, the game explores grief, community, early adulthood, and the quiet magic found in tending a space back to life.
Demo Features Available Today
- Arrive at the Greenhearth Co-op: Begin on your grandmother’s balcony and meet her familiar, Compostifer.
- Core Gardening Loop: Revivify dead plants, nurture both living and undead flora, balance water and fertilizer, manage pests, compost, prune, and find your garden’s rhythm.
- Introductory Necromantic Spells: Learn about your plants, pests, and magical abilities while unlocking the foundations of potion-making and deeper gardening knowledge.
- Charms & Magical Buffs: Infuse plants with charms that grant unique properties and whimsical magical effects.
- Narrative First Look: Meet early co-op neighbours and experience introductory storylets that set the stage for the game’s heartfelt themes.
- Ghostly Bees & Magical Goods: Attract spectral bees to gather early magical resources and expand your balcony ecosystem.
- Continue Tending Your Garden: Once the main demo content wraps, keep tending your balcony and expanding your garden as long as you want! Change the radio, listen to cozy tracks, and let your garden thrive in the background while you work, study, or unwind.
Greenhearth Necromancer blends the comfort of a small witchy gardening sim with the gentle cadence of a semi-idle game. Its balcony garden grows and changes in real time, encouraging players to step away, return later, and discover what’s bloomed, wilted, or transformed in their absence. Some discoveries only emerge after time has passed, including new resources, withered flora ready for resurrection, and fresh narrative threads.
Rather than demanding constant attention, the garden quietly evolves at its own pace. Plants may flourish, fade, be attacked by pests, become overtaken by fungus, or even fully decay — but for a necromancer, these moments are simply part of the cycle. Brewing potions for pest and fungus control, reviving plants as undead companions, and nurturing both living and spectral flora allow players to explore gardening as a space where change — even messy change — is welcome. Whether actively pruning, brewing, and casting spells or simply letting the garden sway in the breeze beside a work or study session, Greenhearth Necromancer invites players to grow a space that thrives alongside the rhythms of their real-world life.
Players can begin their story in the quiet corner of a balcony of the Greenhearth Co-op by downloading the demo today on Steam. They can wishlist the full game on Steam and follow Silverstring Media on social media as this magical tale continues to bloom.