Games like 本草归元录
If 本草归元录 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tales of Tarium: Awakening from the Ashes, Gilt & Grime and Lifeguard Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About 本草归元录: "Herbals tycoon" is a game that combines ancient style with deep management strategy, bringing players into a mysterious and fantastic world of traditional Chinese medicine. Here, you are not only a healer but also an explorer, manager, and inheritor, writing your own herbal legend every moment.
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Tales of Tarium: Awakening from the Ashes
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Top pick for 本草归元录 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with 本草归元录.
Explore this dark medieval world while fighting mythological creatures. Throughout betrayal, nervous battles and hidden truths decide whether to defend the honor of high members of the church, help a rebellious group of cultists or embrace on a quest to reveal the secrets of this land.
Gilt & Grime
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Second-strongest match for 本草归元录 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with 本草归元录.
Cast out penniless, stripped of your name and your love, you come to Tradeshaven, a town that respects only money. Build the fortune to win it all back. Honest work is slow and never quite enough. The other kind pays better. A medieval life-sim about how high you'll climb, and what it costs you.
Lifeguard Simulator
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Third-strongest match for 本草归元录 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with 本草归元录.
Guard the beach, react fast, and save lives using quads, jet skis, motorboats, drones, and a helicopter. Patrol the bay, help those in need and uncover a hidden criminal intrigue beneath the waves.
True Thief
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Ranked #4 for 本草归元录 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with 本草归元录.
True Thief is a dark isometric stealth RPG where the shadows are your only ally. In a world mired in corruption, you must become the ultimate thief. No killing—only the mastery of stealth, unique lockpicking mechanics, and secrets that are best left undisturbed.
Ministry of Pandemic
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Ranked #5 for 本草归元录 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with 本草归元录.
Ministry of Pandemic is a strategy and simulation game that forces social and economic balance during the pandemic. Formulate your strategy for survival while keeping all aspects of society steady.
Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management
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Shares resource management and a relaxing mood with 本草归元录.
Ranked #6 for 本草归元录 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with 本草归元录.
Build an intricate prison, hire the best staff, and pamper your prisoners to create the perfect rehabilitation facility in Prison Tycoon: Under New Management
Timeflow – Life Sim
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Shares a relaxing mood with 本草归元录.
Ranked #7 for 本草归元录 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with 本草归元录.
This game will make you rich! Learn the basics of investment and life management. Your goal is to make your dream come true. You can make a career, buy real estate, run business, trade stocks, become a blogger, or make a fortune on an art market. Study, network, and plan your time for all of it.
Project Hospital
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Shares an immersive mood with 本草归元录.
Ranked #8 for 本草归元录 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with 本草归元录.
Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below 本草归元录 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under 本草归元录 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with 本草归元录.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under 本草归元录 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with 本草归元录.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under 本草归元录 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with 本草归元录.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under 本草归元录 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with 本草归元录.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under 本草归元录 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with 本草归元录.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under 本草归元录 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with 本草归元录.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under 本草归元录 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with 本草归元录.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
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Priced ~50% under 本草归元录 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with 本草归元录.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with 本草归元录.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and RPG with 本草归元录.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with 本草归元录.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with 本草归元录.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with 本草归元录.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Saihate Station
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with 本草归元录.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with 本草归元录.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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Frequently asked about 本草归元录
- Does 本草归元录 work on Steam Deck?
- 本草归元录 is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does 本草归元录 cost?
- 本草归元录 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to 本草归元录?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 本草归元录 are Tales of Tarium: Awakening from the Ashes, Gilt & Grime, Lifeguard Simulator.
- Who developed 本草归元录?
- 本草归元录 was developed by Orange Paper Studio and published by CC_Games.
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