Games like Herba Project : Desktop Lab
If Herba Project : Desktop Lab is your kind of game, the closest matches are Summoner's Cookbook, Your Big, Cute Monster Farm and HarvestCo. — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Herba Project : Desktop Lab: Herba Project: Desktop Lab is a Lovecraftian-themed idle gardening game. Players take on the role of a researcher cultivating various plant species by adjusting nutrient solutions, environmental temperature, and soil moisture. With over 100 unique plants awaiting discovery.
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Summoner's Cookbook
WHY THIS
Top pick for Herba Project : Desktop Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
An incremental, idle, creature collector about summoning creatures and giving them tasks. Craft them using ingredients and fill out your Cookbook with your discoveries. Take on requests, build, expand and let your creatures do the hard work while you discover new recipes or do other things!
Your Big, Cute Monster Farm
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Herba Project : Desktop Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
Create a farm at the bottom of the screen and enjoy planting and harvesting with your monster companions! They handle all the work—just plan the layout, decorate, and wait for fun crop mutations. Take a break from busy life and enjoy the calm joy of farming.
HarvestCo.
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Herba Project : Desktop Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
Rebuild Grandpa’s neglected farm in this cozy farming incremental. Harvest crops, clear the field, process resources, unlock upgrades and automation, expand your land, and grow a tiny farm into a thriving business.
Widle
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Ranked #4 for Herba Project : Desktop Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
Widle is a cozy 2D pixel-art idle simulation in which you tend a tiny desktop planter, watch your plant grow over time and use earned coins to unlock new species and decorative pot skins.
Farm BoYS
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Herba Project : Desktop Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
In Farm BoYS, you can enjoy the cosy experience of an idle farming game. Plant crops, catch fish and raise animals to grow your farm. Upgrade your workers and buildings, fulfil marketplace orders and uncover surprises as your farm flourishes, even when you’re away.
Harvest Dice Profit
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Ranked #6 for Herba Project : Desktop Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
Harvest Dice Profit is an Incremental Idle Farming & Dice Game where you grow diceshrooms into dice, roll for profit, and automate your economy. Stay ahead of debt... or face the consequences.
OddCrops
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Ranked #7 for Herba Project : Desktop Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
OddCrops is a cozy farming game where you can discover new plant species, manage nutrients, survive changing weather, and protect your garden from pests and decay
SproutBound
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Herba Project : Desktop Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
A cozy, minimalist idle farming game by a solo developer. Plant, harvest, and automate while your garden grows quietly in the background. Designed for peace, not complexity. Perfect for relaxing alongside work, movies, or other games.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Herba Project : Desktop Lab at current Steam store prices.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Herba Project : Desktop Lab on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~75% under Herba Project : Desktop Lab on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Herba Project : Desktop Lab on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Herba Project : Desktop Lab on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Herba Project : Desktop Lab on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Herba Project : Desktop Lab on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Herba Project : Desktop Lab on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~75% under Herba Project : Desktop Lab on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
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.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Herba Project : Desktop Lab.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Frequently asked about Herba Project : Desktop Lab
- How much does Herba Project : Desktop Lab cost?
- Herba Project : Desktop Lab is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Herba Project : Desktop Lab?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Herba Project : Desktop Lab are Summoner's Cookbook, Your Big, Cute Monster Farm, HarvestCo..
- Who developed Herba Project : Desktop Lab?
- Herba Project : Desktop Lab was developed by IndieCain.
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