From indie.io:
Greenhearth Necromancer is a witchy semi-idle sim where life and undeath are both part of growth. Players step into the role of a young necromancer inheriting their late grandmother’s balcony garden, guided by her familiar spirit, Compostifer. Without her grandmother's natural green thumb, they rely on necromancy to resurrect withered plants and cultivate a hybrid ecosystem of living and spectral flora.
Designed as a semi-idle gardening sim and ambient companion, Greenhearth Necromancer is built to live alongside a player’s day. The balcony garden evolves in real time and can be left running during work sessions, study blocks, or cozy gaming nights, quietly growing, decaying, and transforming in the background.
Players can tune the in-game radio to lo-fi beats, calm ambience, or productivity drum and bass, layer in sound effects, and even shift the time of day to match their mood. The space can simply exist as a living backdrop, or become the focus of deeper, hands-on experimentation whenever players choose to step back in.
When stepping back in, engagement extends far beyond watering plants. Players resurrect and prune flora, compost for resources, balance fertilizer, learn and cast spells, brew potions, repel pests, and experiment with systems that reward curiosity. Choosing whether to let a plant decay, compost it, or bring it back in undead form unlocks new plants and expands a growing collection. Over time, the balcony transforms into a curated showcase of living blooms, ghostly petals, and rare discoveries shaped entirely by player choice.
What sets the game apart are it's narrative moments that unfold between gardening sessions. Players befriend neighbors in the Greenhearth co-op, uncover fragments of their grandmother’s magical research, and explore themes of grief, early adulthood, and belonging. Written by the BAFTA-nominated writer of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, the story grows gradually alongside the balcony itself.
What’s New in the Next Fest Demo
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Massive UI overhaul with redesigned icons, improved tooltips, new notification systems, event card timers, and event card booster packs
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New plants in both living and undead forms, including the thundercloud-shrouded Nymph’s Foot
Expanded potion, fertilizer, and pesticide options -
Reworked contagion system making pests more dynamic and more manageable
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Accessibility updates, including text resizing
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A new key story event offering a deeper narrative tease
Steam Next Fest runs February 23 through March 2, with the refreshed demo available on Steam February 23 @9am PST. Players can wishlist Greenhearth Necromancer now and prepare to cultivate a balcony oasis that thrives alongside their daily life.
