You are a cloud: move water droplets, rain on crops and out-vote rival clouds in a tactical weather game.
You are a cloud. Your whole purpose in life is to expand, spawn more clouds and water crops, and unfortunately your fellow clouds have the same plan. Petrichor, named after the smell of rain on dry soil, is an action-selection and area-influence game where four simple actions interact with the fields in surprising ways. You move clouds carrying water droplets across a modular board, soak the crops below, and vote and wrangle with other players to see who becomes the Most Valuable Cloud. It is highly interactive, plays one to four (five with the expansion), and looks charming for such a tactical, cutthroat game. From 2018.
Who it's for
You like highly interactive area-control games with an unusual, charming theme.
Not for you if…
You want a quiet, multiplayer-solitaire game. Everything you do affects someone else.
Vibe's take
Clever and chatty. Every action shifts clouds, rain and votes in ways that make you grin and then grumble at whoever just rained on your plans. Gentle looks, sharp elbows.
newer than 51% of games
collected more than 62% of games
Best with 3 or 4 · publisher: 14+
longer than 72% of games · typical 30–90 min
Takes some learning · 3.0 out of 5 · heavier than 85%
A normal range of ratings
Playable without the language