Games like Petunia's Purgatory
If Petunia's Purgatory is your kind of game, the closest matches are Idle Miner, Desktop Pet: Idle Cats Cozy Chaotic Companions for your screen and Butaro's Overtime Office — 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 Petunia's Purgatory: Petunia's Purgatory is a creepy-cute idle farming game that lives at the bottom of your screen. Grow cursed crops, feed the Elder God, and keep Petunia sane before her hallucinations invade your desktop.
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Idle Miner
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Top pick for Petunia's Purgatory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Petunia's Purgatory.
A little mining crew, right on your desktop. Idle Miner is a relaxing idle game that sits along the bottom of your screen. Upgrade your miners, explore branching fantasy routes, collect rare artifacts, and rebirth to grow your crew while you work, browse, or unwind.
Desktop Pet: Idle Cats Cozy Chaotic Companions for your screen
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Petunia's Purgatory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Petunia's Purgatory.
Adopt cozy cats for your desktop. Watch them nap, wander, climb, chase toys, earn Hearts, and cause tiny chaos while you work or relax.
Butaro's Overtime Office
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Petunia's Purgatory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Petunia's Purgatory.
A chill idle game about escaping the 9-to-5. Adopt Butaro, a burnt-out salaryman who lives anywhere on your desktop. Watch him slack off from his mind-numbing job, decorate his office, and upgrade his corporate skills while you work or relax. Will Butaro escape corporate burnout before you do?
Rise & Pop!
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Ranked #4 for Petunia's Purgatory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Petunia's Purgatory.
Have you ever dreamed of tying balloons to little toys and watching them gently lift into the sky? Well, now you can! Unbox all kinds of balloons (hundreds of styles!), pick your favorite items—a radio, a suitcase, a piano, even a car?! —tie them down, send them floating...Ready to float away?
Tiny Farmie
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Petunia's Purgatory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Petunia's Purgatory.
An ultra-tiny idle farming simulation you can place anywhere on your desktop. Start your cozy farming life anytime.
Ant
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Ranked #6 for Petunia's Purgatory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Petunia's Purgatory.
Build a living ant colony that can stay on your desktop while you work. Hatch unusual ants, place nest and food rooms, collect coins, and expand from a glass habitat into drawers, pipes, walls, roots, and the forgotten depths below.
Tame-a-goat-chi
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Ranked #7 for Petunia's Purgatory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Petunia's Purgatory.
A cozy goat companion world that lives at the edge of your screen. Care for a herd of unique, lovable goats, each with their own personality, and watch while you work, study, or relax.
Fred's Idle Garden
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Petunia's Purgatory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Petunia's Purgatory.
A cozy idle farming simulator that hangs out on your desktop while you work, study or just chill 🌻
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Petunia's Purgatory at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~82% under Petunia's Purgatory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Petunia's Purgatory.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~47% under Petunia's Purgatory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Petunia's Purgatory.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
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Priced ~64% under Petunia's Purgatory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Petunia's Purgatory.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~73% under Petunia's Purgatory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Petunia's Purgatory.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~82% under Petunia's Purgatory on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Petunia's Purgatory.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Petunia's Purgatory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Petunia's Purgatory.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~47% under Petunia's Purgatory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Petunia's Purgatory.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Petunia's Purgatory on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Petunia's Purgatory.
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.
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 Indie and Simulation with Petunia's Purgatory.
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?
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Petunia's Purgatory.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Petunia's Purgatory.
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.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Petunia's Purgatory.
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 Indie and Simulation with Petunia's Purgatory.
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 Indie and Casual with Petunia's Purgatory.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Petunia's Purgatory.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Petunia's Purgatory.
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.
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Frequently asked about Petunia's Purgatory
- How much does Petunia's Purgatory cost?
- Petunia's Purgatory is listed on Steam at 5.59 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Petunia's Purgatory?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Petunia's Purgatory are Idle Miner, Desktop Pet: Idle Cats Cozy Chaotic Companions for your screen, Butaro's Overtime Office.
- Who developed Petunia's Purgatory?
- Petunia's Purgatory was developed by Dead Possum Games and published by Level Up Gaming.
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