Strange Antiquities
Developer Bad Viking
Strange Antiquities is a 2025 adventure video game developed by Bad Viking and published by Iceberg Interactive. It is a followup to Bad Viking's previous game, Strange Horticulture. Players run an occult shop and assist customers by solving puzzles. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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60 of 124 · most liked firstJust finished Strange Antiquities. Fantastic game, just what I wanted after Strange Horticulture. Fricken TOUGH puzzles though!
unlabelledView post →I damn near exploded. I loved Strange Horticulture. (Review here: youtu.be/HVmi6nH3XIY?...) I don’t often try to get codes but for Strange Antiquities I would offer my right arm.
unlabelledView post →I need some cozy, fun, easy game recommendations to play on my Switch 1 while I recover and have the mental faculties of a turnip! My favorites in this genre are Strange Horticulture/Strange Antiquities, Cult of the Lamb, Cozy Grove, Stardew Valley, Spiritfarer, and Rune Factory 4.
unlabelledView post →ICYMI: Strange Antiquities is finally out on PC and Switch! We’re so excited for you to dive in and play the game. If you haven’t yet, maybe these shiny laurels and kind words will help convince you.❤️ #indiegame #indiedev #cozygames #cozy
unlabelledView post →PCGamer have got their hands on a demo build of Strange Antiquities and have published a lovely write up - www.pcgamer.com/games/puzzle... #cozygame #detectivegame #indiegame
unlabelledView post →Strange Antiquities is finally out! Yesterday was a lot to take in, and we're still processing it all. While the core team making the game is just the two of us, we want to acknowledge and thank the wonderful people who contributed behind the scenes in all sorts of ways. [1/12]
unlabelledView post →🛎️1 week to launch 🛎️ Our game, Strange Antiquities, releases next week. We thought we’d share some artefact porn with you - Here's a list of 10 of our favourite strange antiquities from the real world!🧵 #indiegame #indiedev #indie #cozygames #artefactporn #occult
unlabelledView post →Both critics and players have said some incredibly nice things about Strange Antiquities. We've put together some of our favourite quotes for a short accolades trailer. If you haven’t picked up the game yet, hopefully this will help stir your curiosity. #indiegame #indiedev
unlabelledView post →Looking for the perfect game to settle down to this Sunday evening. Check out Strange Antiquities for: 🔍 Occult detective puzzle game 🛎️ Odd Curiosity shop sim 🕯️ Cozy but atmospheric vibes. 🌗 Dark narrative undertones 🐈 Cute cat 📚 Relaxed pace 🏷️ Multiple endings #gamedev #indiegame #cozygame
unlabelledView post →It's the weekend. The nights are drawing in, getting colder. It's cosy blanket and cup of tea time. Here's the perfect game to play: Strange Antiquities OUT NOW #indiegame #indiedev #cozygames
unlabelledView post →Getting a free key for a game I've been very much looking forward to and then receiving a kind email from the publisher to say they enjoyed the stream and check in to see if I needed anything else is just really lovely. 🥹 (PS the game was Strange Antiquities, play Strange Horticulture too it's FAB)
unlabelledView post →The one non-Silksong game I'm excited for next month isn't delaying their release date because of Silksong whooo (Strange Antiquities)
unlabelledView post →Strange Antiquities, from developer @badvikinggames.bsky.social, is an excellent follow-up to Strange Horticulture and a quietly charming puzzle game in its own right. Check out @prettygrimgames.bsky.social's latest Bytesized here -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRfB...
unlabelledView post →🛎️ Strange Antiquities is 33% off! 🛎️ Our dark-cosy detective puzzle game is a daily deal on Steam. The perfect way to wind down a weekend. Offer runs until June 7th. Tell everybody! Thank you. store.steampowered.com/app/2885870/...
unlabelledView post →✨This Week!✨ 📝Mon - CoWork/Silksong ⚔️ 🔥Wed - Hades 2 💀Thurs - Strange Antiquities 🌱Fri - Greenhearth Necromancer by @silverstringmedia.bsky.social ✨ Special Sponsored Preview!!✨ 🧟 Bonus Friday Night - Baby's First RE w/ @silver-streak.games @intelligame.us & @mattcaulder.com Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames
unlabelledView post →I'm playing Strange Antiquities and have to ask: how do only 42% of players have the achievement for petting the cat 30 times? HOW? This happened in Strange Horticulture too! More people saw the ending than pet the cat repeatedly, and there you only had to do it 13 times! You people are monsters!
unlabelledView post →I've written a little review of Strange Antiquities, a sequel to Strange Horticulture that improves on the already amazing original in every way. kotaku.com/strange-anti...
unlabelledView post →It's #PitchYaGame day! Strange Antiquities is a detective puzzle game about collecting, identifying and curating occult artefacts, running a shop and helping the townsfolk. It's also a game about vibes and atmosphere. Dark and cozy. Demo out now! store.steampowered.com/app/2885870/...
unlabelledView post →Strange Antiquities is nominated in the Thinky Awards later today ('Best approachable game'). An honour to be included in such great company. 2025 was an amazing year for Thinky games!
unlabelledView post →I guess this is my new home now since Twitter deleted my account 😔 I'm a game developer, working on a game called Strange Antiquities about running a shop that specialises in arcane artefacts. It's the follow-up to a game called Strange Horticulture. #gamedev #indiedev
unlabelledView post →Strange Antiquities is out! It's the sequel to Strange Horticulture, which is a fantastically atmospheric puzzle / mystery / plant game. Big recommend from me:
unlabelledView post →Happy #WishlistWednesday 🎉 Strange Antiquities by @badvikinggames.bsky.social comes out in just a week! Return to Undermere in this cozy detective game about managing a store filled with occult antiquities!
unlabelledView post →The demo for Strange Antiquities by @badvikinggames.bsky.social is out today! Manage a store filled with occult antiquities in the same gloomy town that Strange Horticulture takes place in. thinkygames.com/game...
unlabelledView post →I really liked Strange Antiquities! I want more people to play it! So I wrote this! www.nintendolife.com/features/opi...
unlabelledView post →How many new games can I play today? I'm going to be streaming Beacon Patrol, My Card Is Better Than Your Card!, and Strange Antiquities. Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames Thanks to @assembleteam.bsky.social, @utustudios.com, and @badvikinggames.bsky.social for the keys!!
unlabelledView post →Mac users: We’re excited to announce that Strange Antiquities is now available on macOS! It's rated Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam so if you're looking for an atmospheric dark-but-cosy puzzle game, look no further. Go and grab it on Steam now: store.steampowered.com/app/2885870/...
unlabelledView post →happy pink friday 🌷 going live to check out the new mystery game Strange Antiquities + giving away some copies! Thank you @badvikinggames.bsky.social for the keys! 🔍🩷
unlabelledView post →If you found this post interesting, then check out Strange Antiquities, our dark but cosy puzzle shop sim game about collecting and identifying occult artefacts - it's out next week on Sept 17th. Thank you. store.steampowered.com/app/2885870/...
unlabelledView post →My First Impressions of Strange Antiquities Demo! If you enjoyed Strange Horticulture by Bad Viking then check out their next game below. 🎮✨ youtu.be/bJTwPy8uCmo?... #indiegames
unlabelledView post →i had never played Strange Horticulture but i picked Strange Antiquities up and it SLAPS. it fully consumed my brain until i finished it, at which point i immediately went and got Strange Horticulture and blew through that too. ty @marioprime.bsky.social for this! www.polygon.com/strange-anti...
unlabelledView post →First game I'm playing in 2026 is Strange Antiquities. Still early in, I'm identifying the magical items in my shop, helping customers, and giving the cat scritches. A fun follow-up to Strange Horticulture so far.
unlabelledView post →I have a 3 day weekend, and the spouse is playing a show out of town, so I'm starting the game Strange Antiquities.
unlabelledView post →We had a blast playing Strange Antiquities! Thank you to everyone that showed up, especially @currentlybothered.bsky.social, @tigergirltail.bsky.social and @darkmagenugget.gay. I enjoyed chatting with you while playing the cozy occult game.
unlabelledView post →The community selected Strange Antiquities for our next game!
unlabelledView post →"A good game is like a good book. You can’t put it down and that’s exactly how I felt after I started playing Strange Antiquities."
unlabelledView post →Strange Horticulture is my favourite game to play when the weather is hot, and I’m really hoping to pick up Strange Antiquities in the sale this week! Rainy rainy rain 🌧️
unlabelledView post →I rarely play games, because I do not have the patience when I could be doing something else. But Spiritfarer, a gentle cozy dark game about shepherding the dead to peace, is exactly my kind of game. That & Strange Horticulture/Strange Antiquities. I love them.
unlabelledView post →1 hour to go! I got one second under WR earlier Strange Antiquities is such a cool game and I love it so much See you here: twitch.tv/gamesdonequick Donate here: gdq.gg/donate
unlabelledView post →Our localisers. Strange Antiquities is full of nuanced wordplay and tricky language puzzles, yet the game launches in 13 languages. Incredible work. [6/12]
unlabelledView post →Finished it last night! It was fun :) only thing they could improve is having more than one music track 😅 (if we don't count the very last part) I'm now excited to play their second game, Strange Antiquities 🔎
unlabelledView post →Got to play the demo for Strange Antiquities and it was just as fun as their first game Strange Horticulture. Chill, mystery story with a comfy vibe and cute cat to keep you company while you solve puzzles. store.steampowered.com/app/2885870/... #indiegames #steamnextfest
unlabelledView post →One week away! @twentysomeloser.bsky.social and I will be racing Strange Antiquities Any% for @framefatales.com at twitch.tv/gamesdonequick starting March 9th 7:09pm ET! We're gonna use our thinkers, click buttons so fast, and maybe, just maybe, destroy the town of Undermere
unlabelledView post →God the way I would play a Strange Antiquities-like game but you’re helping villains dress themselves or their henches
unlabelledView post →I loved Strange Horticulture so much! I've just started playing Strange Antiquities and between the rain, the color palette, the soundtrack, and the map, it's giving me everything I loved about the first game and so much more!
unlabelledView post →I just finished Strange Antiquities and loved it. Perfect point-n-click cozy macabre detective game. It took me about 15 hours (though I walked away a few times and left it running). I liked it enough, I'll play through again to finish up the achievements and to try WITHOUT auto labeling.
unlabelledView post →I’m playing a demo for an Alice in Wonderland inspired point-and-click game, Habromania! If there’s time, I’ll continue Strange Antiquities after. twitch.tv/inkofviolet
unlabelledView post →Strange Antiquities is a great puzzle game with occult flavor from @badvikinggames.bsky.social and @iceberg-int.bsky.social! #indiegames #PCgaming #Steam #NintendoSwitch 🎮 Read my review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social --
unlabelledView post →The rest of the current batch of game reviews. - Strange Antiquities - Daymare Town - The House of Tesla blog.zarfhome.com/2025/09/post...
unlabelledView post →New on Player32: ▸ Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy ▸ Bobo Bay ▸ Strange Antiquities ▸ Worming from Home Trailers, demos and deals for every game → https://player32.com/ #PCGaming #gamedev
unlabelledView post →Fredo's Game-Os: Strange Antiquities Here's another really interesting one! This one is the sequel to Strange Horticulture from a few years back, and it's a really cool sequel in that it retains a lot of the cool elements of the original while doing something that feels pretty different
unlabelledView post →Kiddo is over at a friends house. Im gonna play Strange Antiquities and have a beer. Really looking forward to play this game as I lived Strange horticulture.
unlabelledView post →tonight, it's a smorgasbord of supernatural detective game demos with SEANCE OF BLAKE MANOR, STRANGE HORTICULTURE, and maybe even STRANGE ANTIQUITIES see you at 7PM US Central Time at twitch.tv/orcvibes
unlabelledView post →Check out today's video on Strange Antiquities! I'm almost at the end of the game. :) youtu.be/Sa-TePpkG5c?... #cozygames #letsplay #indiegames #gamingsky #gamersky
unlabelledView post →We interviewed game developer Bad Viking about their upcoming game Strange Antiquities! #strangehorticulture #strangeantiquities #badviking #indiegames
unlabelledView post →Tried to fight against it to savour the full game, but couldn't stop myself checking out the Strange Antiquities demo before it launches. @badvikinggames.bsky.social have knocked it out the park once again. Can't wait for the full release!
unlabelledView post →Finally done with @badvikinggames.bsky.social Strange Antiquities. I cannot recommend it enough! When you want something meditative, disquieting, and suitable for commuting or playing in bed, this game and its prequel are practically the gold standard. Can’t wait to see what these guys do next.
unlabelledView post →my best game of this year is Strange Antiquities. It's a perfect sequel and I simply love every little thing about it
unlabelledView post →Rachael reviews Strange Antiquities by Bad Viking and @iceberg-int.bsky.social, where players become the custodian of a shop full of arcane antiques and occult curiosities. #IndieGames #GameReviews indie-hive.com/strange-anti...
unlabelledView post →Strange Horticulture is atmospheric and fun! And there’s a second game, Strange Antiquities that just came out, so I haven’t played it yet, but it’s probably also good
unlabelledView post →DEMO TIME! GEMPORIUM + CLOVER PIT + STRANGE ANTIQUITIES!! www.twitch.tv/jennyvtuber
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