When comparing Shu's Garden vs Botanicula, the Slant community recommends Botanicula for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls?” Botanicula is ranked 28th while Shu's Garden is ranked 50th. The most important reason people chose Botanicula is:
Botanicula utilizes [immersive mode](http://www.slant.co/topics/2012/~what-are-the-best-andriod-games-with-immersive-mode) which is available on all Android devices that are on 4.4+.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Relaxing
The soft cartoony graphics, docile animals and no set goals playing Shu's garden is a relaxing world to play around in.
Pro Pure sandbox
There are no goals or objectives to be found.
Pro Living breathing world to play around in
Shu's Garden provides a small world that has 90 different plants that grow and seed as well as places to explore such as space or oceans.
Pro Immersive mode
Botanicula utilizes immersive mode which is available on all Android devices that are on 4.4+.
Pro Graphics border on being art
The fantastic visual in the game is remiss of art one would see in a pop art gallery.
Pro Intuitive puzzles
Unlike this studios previous work (Machinarium) the puzzles are intuitive and difficulty ramps up fairly.
Cons
Con May become boring
Considering there are no real goals to the game some may find that there is not much to do after seeing all there is to see.
Con Not free
Con Buggy and crashes
There are quite a few graphical bugs in the game as well as a lack of stability.