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Games like The Plant Shop

If The Plant Shop is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shop Crush, DONUT PANIC and Night Club Simulator: Party King — 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 Plant Shop: A cozy horror game where you craft plants for late-night customers while you manage a small plant shop. Expand your plant collection, upgrade your shop & grow your business.

2026IndieAdventureSimulationCasual4.49 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Tori
The Plant Shop — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into The Plant Shop 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. Shop Crush

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Plant Shop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Plant Shop.

    Shop Crush is a shop-owner simulator and visual novel set in the early 2000s. Stock a wide variety of goods, haggle with shoppers, and manage your reputation. Get to know your regulars and peel back the illusions tied to each persona as you slowly uncover the horrifying truth.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  2. DONUT PANIC

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Plant Shop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Plant Shop.

    Order up! DONUT PANIC is an anomaly horror game with a cooking sim twist. Take customer orders. Prepare and serve up delicious donuts. But when the hallucinations appear, run for your life. Your panic room is there for a reason...

    IndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Night Club Simulator: Party King

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Plant Shop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Plant Shop.

    Step into the vibrant world of nightlife! Create, manage & customize your own nightclub, solo or co-op. From hiring staff and organizing events to setting the perfect atmosphere with music & lighting, every choice you make will shape your club. Are you ready to become the ultimate nightclub tycoon?

    2026IndieSimulationCasual11.19 USDSteam ↗
  4. Late Night Fears

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Plant Shop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Plant Shop.

    Work in a gloomy little supermarket during the pandemic. Do your job and keep the boss satisfied. Or maybe you would rather flip burgers in a small kiosk run by your grandpa? But perhaps you just want to take the bus home, one that is packed with anomalies

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation6.79 USDSteam ↗
  5. Roman Sands RE:Build

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Plant Shop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Plant Shop.

    A service industry adventure with an apocalyptic flavor. A manic genre mashup told across two broken realities. Step through the cracks: find your Exit.

    2026StrategyAdventureSimulation13.49 USDSteam ↗
  6. Don't Die on the Clock

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Plant Shop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Plant Shop.

    A chaotic 1-4 player online co-op shopkeeper sim where you play as streamer girls laundering money for the cartel! Survive shifts filled with pure daily madness. Manage the store, satisfy a demanding demonic cat, hit your quota, and fight off rival hitmen using destructible physics!

    ActionSimulationSteam ↗
  7. Video Store Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    Step inside a living video rental store filled with movies and atmosphere. Build, organize, and manage your store as you explore, experiment, and make it your own.

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  8. Restock Master

    WHY THIS

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

    The doors are locked, the parking lot is empty, and the aisles are in complete disarray. Restock Master is a first person supermarket organization game. Pick up scattered groceries, sort them out, and fill every empty shelf. No clocks, no customers, no stress.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under The Plant Shop on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Plant Shop.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under The Plant Shop on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Plant Shop.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Plant Shop on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Plant Shop.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under The Plant Shop on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Plant Shop.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under The Plant Shop on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Plant Shop.

    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.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under The Plant Shop on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Plant Shop.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under The Plant Shop on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Plant Shop.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under The Plant Shop on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Plant Shop.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Plant Shop.

    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. Shares Adventure with The Plant Shop.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Plant Shop.

    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 Plant Shop.

    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 and Adventure with The Plant Shop.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Plant Shop

How much does The Plant Shop cost?
The Plant Shop is listed on Steam at 4.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Plant Shop?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Plant Shop are Shop Crush, DONUT PANIC, Night Club Simulator: Party King.
Who developed The Plant Shop?
The Plant Shop was developed by Tori.

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 Plant Shop.

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