Games like Plantera
If Plantera is your kind of game, the closest matches are Plantera 2: Golden Acorn, Monsters Idle RPG and Summoner's Cookbook — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cute characters, expanding garden and soothing music and visuals. 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 →Plantera is a 2016 indie simulation and casual game where players build and expand their own garden, cultivating plants, bushes, trees and attracting animal life. The gameplay blends idle mechanics with clicker systems and achievement hunting, allowing progression across multiple sessions. Players describe the experience as cozy and relaxing, with reviewers highlighting the cute character designs and soothing music and visuals as appealing features. The game is priced at $2.99, verified for Steam Deck play, and holds an 85% positive rating from 1,682 Steam reviews.
About Plantera: In Plantera you build your own garden and watch it grow with new plants, bushes, trees and animals. As you play and expand your garden you will attract Helpers, round blue creatures that will help you with your harvesting tasks.
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Plantera 2: Golden Acorn
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Plantera.
Top pick for Plantera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
The round blue Mellows return to tend to the Garden once more. Grow plants, bushes, trees, animals, water features and the great magical oak tree that has been rumored to have placed its seed there. Tend to the oak tree and grow it to the sky to harvest its Golden Acorns.
Monsters Idle RPG
WHY THIS
Shares achievement hunting with Plantera.
Second-strongest match for Plantera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
Monsters Idle RPG is a cozy and relaxing idle game where you collect monsters, deploy them in battles, gather resources, and sell them to earn profits! Explore Arcanium as you advance from a basic starter monster to your favorite companion by expanding your collection.
Summoner's Cookbook
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Plantera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
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!
Relaxing Fields
WHY THIS
Shares achievement hunting and a cozy mood with Plantera.
Ranked #4 for Plantera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
A short, simple and relaxing idle game where you grow crops, build homes for farmers, and earn money to decorate.
Tap Heroes
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Plantera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Plantera.
Welcome to the first puppet show RPG! Participate in battling a ton of foes, buy new upgrades, cast magic and recruit new Heroes. Or just sit back and enjoy the show as your Heroes fight on their own while you watch or do other things.
Farmtale
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Plantera.
Ranked #6 for Plantera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
Build your farm from one chicken and explore the world as you progress. Buy animals, harvest crops, hire workers for management, and advance through unique buildings, quests, upgrades, and items in the ultimate idle clicker hybrid!
Desk Garden
WHY THIS
Shares achievement hunting and a cozy mood with Plantera.
Ranked #7 for Plantera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
Relax and grow! A laid-back idle game where you nurture mysterious plants (some even human-like!), watch them flourish, then sell them to expand your magical garden. Design your own unique oasis at your own pace.
Autonauts
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Plantera.
Ranked #8 for Plantera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
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Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Plantera.
Reviewers of Plantera cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Slime Rancher
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Plantera.
Reviewers of Plantera cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
My Time at Portia
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Plantera.
Reviewers of Plantera cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Plantera.
Reviewers of Plantera cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation and Casual with Plantera.
Experience the joys of life on the farm in this reimagining of a timeless STORY OF SEASONS classic!
Sun Haven
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Plantera cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Plantera.
Reviewers of Plantera cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Welcome to the eastern nation of Azuma! In this fresh take on Rune Factory, use your powers as an Earth Dancer to restore the land, its people, and even its gods. Along the way, battle corrupted monsters, rebuild seasonal farms and villages, and form bonds with the colorful locals.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Plantera at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Plantera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Plantera.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Plantera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Plantera.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Plantera on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Plantera.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Plantera on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Plantera.
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 ~67% under Plantera on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Plantera on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Plantera on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Plantera.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Plantera.
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.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Plantera.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
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 Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Plantera.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Plantera.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Other recommendable Steam games by VaragtP, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Plantera 2: Golden Acorn
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Plantera.
Another title from VaragtP, the studio behind Plantera. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
The round blue Mellows return to tend to the Garden once more. Grow plants, bushes, trees, animals, water features and the great magical oak tree that has been rumored to have placed its seed there. Tend to the oak tree and grow it to the sky to harvest its Golden Acorns.
Tap Heroes
WHY THIS
Another title from VaragtP, the studio behind Plantera. Shares Indie with Plantera.
Welcome to the first puppet show RPG! Participate in battling a ton of foes, buy new upgrades, cast magic and recruit new Heroes. Or just sit back and enjoy the show as your Heroes fight on their own while you watch or do other things.
Loot Hero DX
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Plantera.
Another title from VaragtP, the studio behind Plantera. Shares Indie with Plantera.
A legendary Dragon is haunting the lands. Towns are set ablaze, and its magic power resurrects the evil creatures of the world. A hero is needed to travel to the corners of the lands and slay the beast to restore peace.
Cooking Witch
WHY THIS
Shares achievement hunting with Plantera.
Another title from VaragtP, the studio behind Plantera. Shares Indie and Casual with Plantera.
In Cooking Witch you are a witch flying to a party in the woods, abducting the children and cooking and eating them.
Boom Box Blue!
WHY THIS
Another title from VaragtP, the studio behind Plantera. Shares Indie and Casual with Plantera.
Boom Box Blue is a frenzied skill based physics game. This is what you get if you merge Tetris with physics and throw some bombs into the mix!
NO LIFE: Zombie Survivor
WHY THIS
Another title from VaragtP, the studio behind Plantera. Shares Indie and Casual with Plantera.
NO LIFE: Zombie Survivor is a brutal survival roguelite where you’ll face endless hordes of relentless zombies. Choose your survivor and weapons, each with unique abilities and playstyles, and gear up for increasingly intense battles against the undead.
Freedom Squid Fighter
WHY THIS
Another title from VaragtP, the studio behind Plantera. Shares Indie with Plantera.
Take control of a heavily armed squid and blast through destructible worlds in Freedom Squid Fighter. Soar through the air, tunnel through dirt and rock with powerful weaponry, and outmaneuver enemies across fully destructible landscapes.
Frequently asked about Plantera
- Is Plantera verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Plantera is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Plantera cost?
- Plantera is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Plantera?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Plantera are Plantera 2: Golden Acorn, Monsters Idle RPG, Summoner's Cookbook.
- Who developed Plantera?
- Plantera was developed by VaragtP.
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