The Herbalist
Worth it · Short indie · 2016
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $5.99, a BANGER if it drops to $3.31.
- Length
- 2.5h 8.5h to 100%
- Value
- $2.40/hr
- Reviews
- 94% of 745 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.31 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 1 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 378 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
"The Herbalist" is a smooth and meditative game from the creators of "Everlasting Summer". You'll need to recreate some recipes of ancient potions with Slavya.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, The graphics card must support DirectX 9.0, 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 35 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 33 percent, about 12 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $3.31. No recorded sale has reached it yet.
On value it sits in the top 3 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Dogs Organized Neatly ($0.98, scores 97) beats it on value, while it beats Carto ($19.99, scores 72).
More about The Herbalist
Steam's global achievement data puts about 14 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 2.5-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 283 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
Finishing takes 2.5 hours; clearing it takes 9, which is 3.4 times the campaign.
The drop-off
74% start to 14% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
What players say
Alright, confession time. Would I have bought this game if it didn't feature Slavya from ES? Probably not. Am I a simp and a looney? Yes. Do I sometimes sit in a corner and wonder what the hell I'm doing with my life? Yes. With that being said, this is a genuinely nice point'n'click game with a very basic but enjoyable story. The gameplay, while repetitive, is chill; although I strongly advise you wear a closed...
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Cite this score
The Herbalist scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/542260/the-herbalistReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.