Choose Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small
Choose Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small if it's currently about 53% cheaper on the Steam Store. Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small launched in 2017.
Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small vs Viticulture Essential Edition
Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small and Viticulture Essential Edition both land in Strategy, Indie on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, Indie on Steam. Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small (2017) is 3 years older than Viticulture Essential Edition (2020). Viticulture Essential Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (68% positive) than Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small (42.5% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Viticulture Essential Edition
Choose Viticulture Essential Edition if you want a Casual game with Online PvP. On Steam, it's the newer release (2020) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Viticulture Essential Edition launched in 2020.
Both Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small and Viticulture Essential Edition sit in Strategy and Indie on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Steam Turn Notifications, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small |  Viticulture Essential Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2020 |
| Genres | Strategy, Indie | Strategy, Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | 6.99 USD | 14.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 42.5% positive (40 reviews) | 68% positive (175 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer |
| Developers | DIGIDICED | DIGIDICED |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Indie on Steam.
- Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small (2017) is 3 years older than Viticulture Essential Edition (2020).
- Viticulture Essential Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (68% positive) than Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small (42.5% positive).
- Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small is currently ~53% cheaper on Steam than Viticulture Essential Edition (6.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Viticulture Essential Edition is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small has no Deck rating yet.
Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small vs Viticulture Essential Edition — FAQ
- Should I play Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small or Viticulture Essential Edition first?
- If you want chronology, Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small (2017) came out before Viticulture Essential Edition (2020). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small and Viticulture Essential Edition similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Indie on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.