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Games like The Abbess Garden

If The Abbess Garden is your kind of game, the closest matches are Strange Antiquities, Pentiment and Memories of the Pinewood Islands — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About The Abbess Garden: Cozy third-person gardening in 1643 France. As Agnès, restore a forbidden abbey garden, grow and identify real plants through the seasons, uncover a spy plot, help the community, and find queer romance.

2026IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby MD Studio
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Players who liked The Abbess Garden also play

Steam players who put hours into The Abbess Garden also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Strange Antiquities

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Abbess Garden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Pentiment

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Abbess Garden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Abbess Garden.

    Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

    2022AdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Memories of the Pinewood Islands

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Abbess Garden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    "Memories of the Pinewood Islands" is a cozy walking sim and treasure hunting game where you explore the hauntingly gorgeous Pinewood Islands in search of some missing artefacts belonging to the Good King Harold. Immerse yourself in this rich and ethereal world to solve the realm's greatest mystery,

    2026Simulation5.59 USDSteam ↗
  4. Case Solved: The London Files

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Abbess Garden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Abbess Garden.

    A cozy noir puzzle game where you must investigate the dark underbelly of London. Murders have taken place, witness statements conflict and alibis aren’t adding up. Everyone has a motive, only logic reveals the truth.

    2026SimulationCasualSteam ↗
  5. Dungeon Bodega Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Abbess Garden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    Dungeon Bodega Simulator is a retro styled fantasy shop game where you can grow crops, brew potions, sell items and raise slimes as pets! Can you build up your bodega into a one stop adventuring shop while solving the mysteries of the dungeon beneath you?

    2026IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Best Served Cold

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Abbess Garden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Strange Horticulture

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Abbess Garden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Dream Globe

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Abbess Garden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    Idler game inside an antique dream globe, build the small home and help the mini dream world grow

    2025IndieSimulationCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Abbess Garden at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Abbess Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Abbess Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Abbess Garden.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Abbess Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Abbess Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Abbess Garden.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under The Abbess Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Abbess Garden.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Abbess Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Abbess Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Abbess Garden.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Abbess Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    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.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Abbess Garden.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Abbess Garden.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Abbess Garden.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Abbess Garden.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Abbess Garden.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

More from MD Studio

Other recommendable Steam games by MD Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Cave Quest

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MD Studio, the studio behind The Abbess Garden. Shares Indie and Casual with The Abbess Garden.

    Play a thrilling Match3 game! Match gems of the same kind to destroy them and to get bonuses and power-ups.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bato: Treasures of Tibet

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MD Studio, the studio behind The Abbess Garden. Shares Indie and Casual with The Abbess Garden.

    Help the young master of an ancient Tibetan game hunt for amazing treasures in this thrilling Match 3 game. Play quickly, strategically, and accurately to clear the board.

    2020ActionIndieCasual1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Cave Quest 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MD Studio, the studio behind The Abbess Garden. Shares Casual with The Abbess Garden.

    Fight back against the underworld by acquiring powerful talents and spells on your journey to save your friends in this exciting and clever Match 3 game!

    2021AdventureRPGCasual12.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Strange Antiquities

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Pentiment

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with The Abbess Garden.

    Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

    2022AdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Strange Horticulture

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Dream Globe

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Abbess Garden.

    Idler game inside an antique dream globe, build the small home and help the mini dream world grow

    2025IndieSimulationCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Abbess Garden

Does The Abbess Garden run on Steam Deck?
The Abbess Garden is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does The Abbess Garden cost?
The Abbess Garden is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Abbess Garden?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Abbess Garden are Strange Antiquities, Pentiment, Memories of the Pinewood Islands.
Who developed The Abbess Garden?
The Abbess Garden was developed by MD Studio and published by indie.io.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The Abbess Garden.

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