The Herbalist
A crafting puzzle game about rediscovering lost magical potion recipes
Moonworks · Released Nov 15, 2016
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 746
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 2
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- Jun 25, 2017
What is The Herbalist?
This single-player, 2D puzzle game follows Slavya during a summer visit to her grandmother's empty hut. You gather ordinary and magical herbs and combine ingredients using an old alchemy book, hoping to explain her grandmother's disappearance.
For you if...
- +you prefer a slow pace and self-directed experimentation
- +you like anime artwork and illustrated character scenes
Not for you if...
- −you want a substantial story with frequent new events
- −you prefer to avoid nudity and suggestive illustrations
What players say
94% of 746 reviews are positive
Players praise the potion-crafting system and mellow soundtrack. They criticize repetitive resource gathering and unclear tutorials and controls.
Screenshots and trailer
The Herbalist system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 1 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Herbalist?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
- Processor
- Pentium 4
- Graphics
- The graphics card must support DirectX 9.0
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 300 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
- Notes
- A sheet of paper, and a pencil or a pen to write down different combinations of potions
Does The Herbalist have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Herbalist run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 64
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese.
Does The Herbalist use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Anime
- Visual Novel
- Nudity
- Singleplayer
- Relaxing
- Puzzle
- Crafting
- Atmospheric
- Female Protagonist
- 2D
- Mythology
- Memes
- Comedy
- Adventure
- Supernatural
- Mystery
Recent updates
- Jun 25, 2017 · Major update of Chinese localization!
- Jun 25, 2017 · Major update of Chinese localization!
- Jan 6, 2017 · Achievement fixed: Ev chistr 'ta Laou!
1 DLC available.
