The Herbalist on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

"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.

The Herbalist is a anime and visual novel game developed and published by Moonworks.
Released on November 15th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 5 languages: English, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 699 reviews of which 655 were positive and 44 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 5.99€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
  • Processor: Pentium 4
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: The graphics card must support DirectX 9.0
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 300 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: A sheet of paper, and a pencil or a pen to write down different combinations of potions
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.6+
  • Processor: Pentium 4
  • Graphics: able to run OpenGL at at least 16 frames per second
  • Storage: 300 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: A sheet of paper, and a pencil or a pen to write down different combinations of potions
Linux
  • OS: Linux x86/x86_64
  • Processor: Pentium 4
  • Graphics: able to run OpenGL at at least 16 frames per second
  • Storage: 300 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: A sheet of paper, and a pencil or a pen to write down different combinations of potions

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June 2024
cozy and cute.. very relaxing
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June 2024
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The Herbalist
8.8
655
44
Online players
1
Developer
Moonworks
Publisher
Moonworks
Release 15 Nov 2016
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