«The Guardian of Nature» is a hand-drawn, size-changing adventure. Embark on a magical journey with botanist Henry, use your size-changing ability to explore nature in big and small and solve solarpunk puzzles to put nature back in order.

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“«an impressive hand-crafted art style.»”
IGN

“«The Guardian of Nature is an incredibly peaceful point-and-click puzzle game…»”
PC Gamer

“«This hand-drawn adventure game looks absolutely stunning, like an animated movie come to life…»”
The Verge

About This Game

«The Guardian of Nature» is a wholesome puzzle adventure game about the interconnectedness of nature, created in a wonderful hand-drawn and hand-animation style. You play as Henry, a Guardian of Nature who needs to go on a magical journey to save nature and The Tree of Life.

✨ Change size to explore nature large and small. ✨ Explore environments above and below ground. ✨ Find and use inventory items. ✨ Find out how nature is interconnected and fill up the Book of Nature with discoveries you make along the way. ✨ Solve nature-inspired and solarpunk puzzles and learn about the intricate inventions of the Guardians. ✨ A wonderful blend of wholesome experience and a modern twist on point-and-click adventures. Cozy gamers and old-school adventure gamers will feel right at home!

A key feature of the game is that Henry can change in size to access game environments large and small, above and below ground. This allows you not only to wonder through forests and gardens but access ant hills or even fly on birds.

The game and story consist of three episodes, told in a linear order. Each act consists of different game environments. To continue your journey, you must explore how these environments are connected and solve various puzzles.

In order to continue your journey towards the Tree of Life, you need to find and use inventory items. They are stored in you backpack and are crucial for connecting the dots.

The story of «The Guardian of Nature» is told through a wonderful fairytale-inpired narration, filling the Book of Nature step-by-step. Throughout the game you will regularly find and collect “Nature Cards” which reveal new pages in the book. They tell you more about the ancient wisdom of the Guardians of Nature, the interconnectedness of nature and give you hints on how to continue your journey.

The Guardians of Nature have learnt how to use the magical energy flow of mycelial networks underground - which are vital for all trees, plants and living beings - and have built solarpunk devices. You need to solve solarpunk puzzles to use the magical power of nature.

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    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7 or later
    • Processor: i3 7100 or better
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Mac OS X 11 Big Sur or later
    • Processor: Intel Core i5 \ Silicon M1
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    Recommended:
      Minimum:
      • OS: Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04
      • Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2
      • Memory: 4 GB RAM
      • Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+, Vulkan capable GPUs
      • Storage: 3 GB available space
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