🌱 Retro Pixel Plants

Cozy little plants, right on your desktop

Adopt pixel-art houseplants that live among your windows and grow in real time — keeping you company while you work.

Download for Mac — Free

Requires macOS 14 or later and a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or newer).

How it works

Adopt, name, and watch them thrive

Everything happens in a cozy illustrated Plant Shop, one click away in your menu bar.

A pixel-art shopkeeper
1

Visit the Plant Shop

A friendly pixel shopkeeper greets you — six of them rotate behind the counter, and they always know what's new.

An aloe vera in a terracotta pot An angel wing cactus in a speckled pot A Venus flytrap in a clay pot
2

Pick your plant & pot

Choose from 18 species and 40+ pots, then give it a name. It lands right on your desktop.

A monstera sprout A half-grown monstera A fully mature monstera
3

Watch it grow

Plants grow over 7 real days — even while the app is closed. No watering schedules, no guilt, no dying. Ever.

A pixel-art snake plant in a pot
A pixel-art 'Hello my name is' tag on the pot Spike
4

Make it yours

Right-click to swap pots, resize, restyle the name tag, learn about the real species, or layer plants among your windows.

The plant shop

The shop is always open

Morning coffee or golden hour — pop in any time, browse the shelves, and take home something green.

A golden-hour pixel-art desk scene with the Retro Pixel Plants shop open on a MacBook
The collection

18 species and counting

From easygoing pothos to a hungry Venus flytrap — with rare variegated beauties landing on the Coming Soon shelf.

Pixel-art monsteraMonstera
Pixel-art snake plantSnake Plant
Pixel-art orchidOrchid
Pixel-art Venus flytrapVenus Flytrap
Pixel-art angel wing cactusAngel Wing Cactus
Pixel-art aloe veraAloe Vera
Pixel-art pothosPothos
Pixel-art variegated monsteraMonstera Albo
A pixel-art guide character waving hello

Your first plant is waiting

Choose it. Name it. Make it yours. It'll be quietly growing the next time you sit down to work.

Download for Mac — Free

Requires macOS 14 or later and a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or newer).