
A cannabis cultivation companion that sits as a sidebar on your desktop whilst you work. Grow strains, complete orders and challenges, test your luck in minigames, and uncover surprises as you progress🪴
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GrowBud - your desktop cannabis cultivation companion that rewards productivity instead of stealing it. Grow 20+ authentic strains as a configurable sidebar, master genetics, navigate encounters, play minigames, and build your ultimate collection - all while actually getting your work done.
Discover 20+ cannabis strains with stylised visual personalities and unique growing requirements. Your plants grow faster when you're focused in other applications - working, studying, gaming, whatever. GrowBud rewards real productivity by accelerating growth when you're being productive elsewhere.
Plants progress through complete cycles - vegetative, pre-flowering, flowering, harvest, and recovery. Level up individual strains through five mastery levels to unlock genetic research and produce perfect 6-star buds worthy of Golden Status.

Fulfil orders for the local dispensary, premium buyers, and rush requests to earn gold, unlock strains, and gain rewards.

Complete challenges across two progression systems: The Grow Club (led by Sage) to master quality and craft, and The Bud Club (with Blaze) to dominate efficiency and yield. Progress simultaneously through both paths to unlock more content.
Level 3 club challenges will arrive in a free content update in the coming weeks - we prioritised polishing the core experience for launch. Levels 1-2 in each club are fully featured and ready to play today.

Unlock gene expressions to customise strain characteristics and reshape how you play. Gene expressions enhance traits and unlock different playstyles.
Purchase care buffs from the Vending Machine to temporarily boost plant health, growth speed, or other attributes. Find hidden items scattered throughout your experience that unlock special bonuses.

Navigate stage transition encounters featuring games of chance - coin toss, dice roll, cup shuffle, rock-paper-scissors. Every growth stage has a chance to present random care events that can help or hinder your harvest. The deeper you progress, the stranger things get.
Unlock and play the club minigames: spin the Wheel of Fortune for mysterious prizes, test your luck at Blackjack, or master the Crane Game to unlock customisation options.
Gotta grow 'em all! Discover, grow, and master all 20+ strains, earning Golden Status on each. Display your mastered collection in beautiful jar arrangements - each strain showcased on your shelf as a trophy of cultivation excellence.

Start with two sheds and expand to managing multiple grow houses simultaneously. Customise each space with themes and decorations. Seasonal holiday content adds festive flair throughout the year.

Sits as a configurable sidebar - anchored to the left or right of any screen and adjustable up to half your display width - or as a full screen experience. Features multi-monitor support, always-on-top mode, and flexible positioning. Transform unused screen space into a scrolling stack of grow houses that progress whilst you focus on other tasks.
GrowBud sits alongside your workday with zero pressure. Your plants don't suffer if you leave them - you just pick up where you were when you're ready. Check in for a minute or two to advance stages and adjust parameters, then get back to work. As you progress and unlock speed boosts, check-ins happen more frequently, but you're always in control of when you engage.
The core loop is brief interactions with individual plants - stage transitions, environmental adjustments, and optional encounter minigames. Want more engagement? The clubhouse offers games, challenges to strategise around, orders to fulfill, and grow houses to customise. Want less? Just tend your plants and ignore the extras.
Perfect for remote workers and students who want something satisfying running alongside their day. You choose your depth of engagement.
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We're committed to improving GrowBud beyond launch. A free content update arrives in the coming weeks featuring Level 3 club challenges, additional localization support (French, Japanese, German, Dutch, Spanish LATAM), more stage transition events, and general polish improvements.
Current Languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
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Simulates cannabis cultivation for educational and entertainment purposes. Designed for adult audiences. We're treating cannabis strains like the pokémon of the plant world - genuinely complex genetics worth exploring. The game doesn't suggest smoking or getting high, and none of the theming leans on cannabis culture tropes. It's a fantasy game like any other - just happens to be about plants.
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Spanish - Spain
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[h1]金玉其外,败絮其中的种植“挂机”游戏[/h1] 当你看到这个游戏的商店浏览界面时,你会产生一堆不切实际的幻想,认定这个游戏又是一个小众但有趣的挂机种植游戏。在你玩了之后就知道,这游戏的设计与细节差劲得令人发指: 1.游戏的基本系统还不错,意思就是你要调节湿度光照还有浇水等细节来种植植物,然后挂机干别的事情的时候会为你提供生产力加成。然而,当你一直挂机干别的事情让生产力加成叠到150%以上之后,这个游戏会让你瞬间没办法挂机,变得忙的要死:所有植物转换阶段的时候都必须你手动点进游戏当中,找到对应的那盆植物(没有高亮提醒,植物多了自己去找哪盆要转阶段),点击生长按钮生长。一盆植物在生产力加成叠上去之后基本上10几分钟,快的五六分钟就要生长一次。如果你不点击生长按钮去让植物转阶段,那么这个植物就会一直保持这个阶段不动,相当于你白挂机了。 2.生长转阶段时【随机】给你提供增加果实的加成,概率很小。但是【大概率】会出现转阶段事件。这些事件【极大部分】都是要你拼运气去赚取更多BUFF,运气不好给你DEBUFF,降低你植物的品质。当然,几乎所有事件也为你提供了一个保守选项,让你不拿任何BUFF进入下一阶段—— 【【除了一个除虫事件,逼着你玩这游戏弱智到极点又令人恼怒到极点的“石头剪刀布”游戏】】。 这是我对这个游戏最反感的地方。嗯,也许你会说:石头剪刀布这种简单的拼运气游戏怎么会惹人生气?哈哈。首先,这个小游戏拥有极其冗长的过场动画。还记得在你刚进入游戏时为你进行新手教程的那女人和男人么?如果你的审美和我一样比较的喜爱可爱二次元画风,那么一定会对这俩引导者的立绘画风以及形象感到恶心。当然,这只是个人审美问题。但是当这两个逆天引导人物塞进石头剪刀布小游戏当中之后,一切都将变味:他们在过场动画中会展现出十分夸长的颜艺表情。动画开始,先给你展示这两个人物的逆天表情,这个过程持续5秒钟以上,而后让你选石头剪刀布。选完以后的小动画又是5秒以上。 接着,最重量级的来了:选完石头剪刀布以后,会出现结算动画。如果你输了,那么对面的那个男人物将会露出十分得意的,令人恶心反感的表情。如果你赢了,他会露出十分绝望的表情。 问题在哪里?这两个人物从设定上应当是协助你进行种植作物的导师,而我玩石头剪刀布游戏,是为了【给作物除虫】。本身,我自己进行除虫,还要看你们两个石头剪刀布游戏以后的脸色才能决定我除虫的效果,这已经很逆天了:除虫,种植。都是我玩家本人应当亲力亲为的事情,跟你们两个在旁边只会发任务的垃圾围观人物有什么关系?石头剪刀布输了,那个男人物露出得意的表情,就好像他是在对着屏幕前的你说:哈哈,弱智玩意儿。输了吧?你作物护理做的再好有什么用哦,我赢了你你就要给我长虫子!没用的东西哈哈! 不要认为我在这里描述的感受很极端,这表情的扭曲程度完完全全可以给你传达出这样的讯息。大哥,作为引导者,你不是要帮助我一起栽培作物的么?为什么我输了游戏作物长虫子了你要那么开心?你到底站在哪一边? 更别提将作物除虫与石头剪刀布结合在一起的逆天想法了:但凡你整一个冗长恶心又难玩的除虫小游戏,我玩不好也半个认命了。可是我辛辛苦苦种的东西,【凭什么要让运气来决定它的好坏】?一分耕耘一分收获,我的努力和成果不需要也不应该用制作者的运气小游戏来决定。 还没完。这只是石头剪刀布小游戏的观感部分。整个石头剪刀布小游戏,你出一次拳就要看一遍过场动画,一次出拳的过场动画大概是20多秒,出两次就是差不多一分钟。当你作物种植多了,每一次转阶段点生长的时候都刷到这个除虫石头剪刀布小游戏的时候,意思就是你每生长一次都要挂在那儿玩他那个弱智石头剪刀布小游戏1分钟。日后等你要一次种植10多盆植物的时候,一次生长给你刷到很多石头剪刀布小游戏,你估计就要浪费好几分钟在这个小游戏上面,还得看好多次男引导者给你的臭脸。实在是恶心。 除此之外,其他的小游戏也都是和运气有关的。比如去除什么雌植株这种,你要拼运气去拿BUFF就得玩运气小游戏,比如抛硬币这种。明明干这些护理植物的活儿应该是靠护理技巧,结果全部被制作者用运气小游戏给一笔带过,让玩家觉得护理植物实际和赌博一样,一点代入感都没有,挫败感倒是不少。 3.小游戏方面的恶心之处说完了,让我们继续说这款游戏的恶心人的地方。在你调整湿度光照等方面数据的时候,一旦你调整过头了,就会跳出骷髅图标表示你调整得不对。问题在于,你只有通过不断地调试才能知道一个植物的光照和湿度到底是怎样的,所以调整过程中遇到骷髅头提示的情况是很常见的。问题来了:即使我在出现骷髅图标5秒以内迅速地将指标调回去,只要骷髅头提示出现2秒以上 ,马上植物右下角的护理失败DEBUFF就有可能给你安上,哪怕你已经把指标调回稳定的正常的范围了。这个DEBUFF会在你收获植物的时候给你降低收获成果,十分恶心。你说如果我一直把指标调整成骷髅头范围放着30多分钟,那么你说我这个操作叫护理失败,我是认得。但是我只是不小心调错了,然后几秒钟又调回来了,你还说我这个操作是护理失败?这植物就真那么娇弱? 然后,当植物出现护理失败DEBUFF以后,你只要关闭游戏再重启,这个护理失败DEBUFF就全部消失了。太逆天了,这护理失败DEBUFF是不是也是一个BUG?无法想象。 那么有聪明的玩家就要说了:哎呀,那你每次出现护理失败DEBUFF的时候都关掉游戏不就能刷掉这个DEBUFF了?是的,你真是太聪明了!但是生产力加成也会一起归零:这游戏空闲挂机产生的生产力加成只要关掉游戏(出BUG大退游戏也算)就会全部清零!现在你还敢随便关游戏? 4.接下来我们要介绍的是这个游戏比较恶心人,但相比于上边所说的又不是特别严重的地方:俱乐部挑战。俱乐部挑战相当于游戏给你的一些挑战任务,完成以后提升俱乐部等级。俱乐部挑战是必做的,因为俱乐部等级不上去,你就没法解锁新植物,没法使用某些基因。然而,俱乐部挑战内的任务都很困难:1级挑战还好,但是1级挑战当中有一个“一次种植当中没有护理失败情况出现”这个任务,搭配上边所说的随便调整调整光照湿度指标就很容易爆出一个护理失败DEBUFF的机制,让这个任务的完成变得更加恶心。 II级挑战任务的条件更是让人看了就觉得逆天:什么一次收获量110%,三个季的收获达到400%多。如果你种过一次游戏内的植物就会知道,这游戏内的植物种一次也就给你5-10颗果实。我要做什么才能把产量堆到那么高?哦!你说游戏内有基因系统,可以增加产量。对的。一个基因可以给你增加20%产量,一个基因可以让产量翻倍。你还想达到400%?哦!我们游戏内还有一个肥料可以给你用:使用以后转阶段果实增加事件出现概率增加!但是这个肥料一个要600金币哦,我们一次收获一般也就获得100多金币,少的只有40-90多金币,即使你吧果实都用来完成任务,一个高级任务的报酬也就300-500金币哦! 什么?你嫌太贵?贵也得受着!因为你不增加产量就没法完成俱乐部挑战,没法完成俱乐部挑战就没办法解锁一系列往后的内容! 5.也许你已经注意到了,游戏内还有一个温度指标。为什么我上边没提到呢?因为这个温度指标看似在游戏内标注的是“与光照和湿度有关”,但是无论你如何调整光照和湿度,把光照都给灭了,温度也一直保持在22度。但是游戏内的一些植物仍然对温度敏感,你无法调整。如果植物对22度不满意,也没办法。是不是制作组还没做完这个调整温度的功能,还是说这是个BUG?我不知道,我只知道这让我的游戏体验极差。 6.游戏内的种植空间装扮几乎都需要进行抓娃娃机小游戏获得。这个抓娃娃机,只要离出口远了,就会慢慢地松开夹子,让你什么都抓不到。越玩越气人。 7.游戏内似乎无法批量种植一种相同的作物。同一时间只能在一个花盆内种一种作物。你想开两个花盆种两种相同的作物是不可以的。 8.游戏商店界面号称有基因编辑可以让种植自动化进行。然而进入游戏基因编辑界面以后会发现,除了寥寥几个给一些产量等BUFF的基因之外,许多基因都是没法选中的,因为“游戏现阶段没开放这个基因”,好嘛,抢先体验,未来可期!哈哈,这游戏可太有未来啦! 9.游戏在收获时候会要求你进行一个剪叶子的小游戏,把叶子从根部剪掉,剪得好就给你3个果实奖励,剪的不好就给你2个。问题来了:剪叶子游戏在你进去的那一瞬间,如果你的鼠标放在了某片叶子上,剪刀会立刻下刀,吧这片叶子剪成两半,而不是从根部剪掉。基本上,只要有一片叶子被这样留下了一大半没剪掉,那么这次剪叶子游戏的结果就是良好,只给你两个果实的奖励。那么,意思就是说:只要你进入游戏时鼠标放的位置不好,你这把游戏就相当于别想要优秀奖励了。你必须在点击收获按钮的一刹那马上轻轻地把鼠标放在你预判好的可能画面弹出时没叶子的部分,这样才能保证你在进入小游戏时没有一片叶子是被剪掉的。 接着,你要小心地将叶子从根部剪掉。注意,不是点击根部,而是按照游戏简陋的提示,让你划拉鼠标去划拉叶子根部。看起来很简单,实际上你第一次玩这个小游戏的时候,会被这游戏的剪刀划拉判定给气笑,划拉好几次都判定不上没法剪掉根部。这小游戏还有倒计时,10几秒。10几秒内剪不好依旧是良好评价。 当然,我玩了10个小时,现在已经可以顶着这个剪叶子小游戏的垃圾手感几乎次次优秀了。是不是很厉害?我可真是太能适应这游戏恶心至极的系统了!不过你要真是无法忍受这个剪叶子小游戏,其实也就每次损失一颗果实而已。虽然感觉恶心,但损失其实也不多。 10.基因编辑系统,一个基因动辄需要8-10多个精通点,好一点的要30多个。而每次收获作物只会给你1-3个精通点。想要搞个好基因就慢慢挂去吧,顶着上边说的这些垃圾系统去挂。 11.在上述种植系统的种种不便下,完成II级俱乐部挑战当中的种出6星作物的任务。我是不知道该怎么完成了,或许只有天知道。 12.收获界面在切换订单的时候有概率游戏卡死闪退。如果你的进程没有放在游戏上,游戏会掉帧。游戏出现掉帧现象的时候进入收获界面也有概率卡死闪退。好在游戏的自动保存功能制作的不错,闪退了也会给你自动保存下来,不至于把你的收获成果给吞了。 基本上就这么些令人恶心的地方。说实在的,游戏本身底子还是不错的。如果能将上述不好的地方改正,那么这个游戏还能当一个比较休闲的种植游戏来玩。但现阶段恶心人的地方太多,加上制作组自己也说自己是个小团队,现在也没多少人来玩这个游戏,评价的都没几个。我对未来游戏的更新与修复持悲观态度,不建议任何人现阶段买入这款游戏进行体验。
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[h1]《GrowBud》简评[/h1] 美名其曰挂机小游戏,但是实际上一点都不轻松,完全不像是挂机游戏的挂机游戏。关于这款游戏的内容,就是让玩家在实验室里种植、培育和研究各种品种的大麻植株,然后赚取考研点数、种植经费。按照一般挂机游戏的设计,那就是玩家播下种子之后,就不需要过度的负责了,最多就是偶尔过来看看成长好坏与否,但是本作完全不一样,每一个植株的每一个环节的每一个细节都需要玩家悉心照料,细致入微、操作繁琐,挂机特有的休闲放松的特点是一点都不带有,玩着非常之累。 从幼苗培育成长为成材,这其中的过程,可不只是简简单单的挂机养着就好了,玩家好需要对他们悉心的照顾。这既包括了环境的影响,例如湿度(受风扇影响)、温度(受灯光和风扇影响)、光照(受灯光影响)、水分(受浇水多少影响),也包括了人为添加剂的干预,例如给植株浇水的水壶中、给植株种植的土壤中添加不同类型的添加剂。倘若照顾不到位,植株的“心情”很不好,生长速度非常之慢,而不同的植株甚至于同一个植株的不同生长阶段,所需的环境条件都不一样,且越高贵的植株越敏感,调节各种参数越细微。就这样照顾还不够,这还是一个开始,还有越来越多的细节需要玩家注意,生长阶段突破时的选择、结果时的枝叶修理(很不方便)、各种事件以及一些小游戏等等,麻烦,忒麻烦,超级麻烦。 如果只是单纯的种植物、搞研究、赚金钱、培变异、集图鉴这么一套流程,本作绝对很“挂机”摸鱼,但是这么多细节微操整出来,实在是令人脑阔疼。随着玩家种植区域的扩张,种植数量的增加,一个个植株照顾过去,更是头皮发麻。要说游戏有木有挂机,有啊,植株参数设置好之后的成长期,确实是挂机,但是挂着也不是特别安稳,总是因为各种情况需要玩家前去查看,和没有挂机几乎没啥区别。 至于其它的瑕疵,游戏的页面太花看着眼睛难受,布局不合理定上方的任务栏影响视线,抓娃娃机堪比现实各种脱钩,小游戏实在是不想玩没意思,调整参数既追求数值的精准又追求操作的速度一个不慎护理失败就很让人无语,浇水行动还会对不准浇到植株之外的地方……总之,细节确实不太如意,需要改进。 最后,本作的重点其实很明显,就是种植模拟和研究基因,如果把这两项内容当成一款种田和经营类的模拟游戏来玩,或许效果会很不错,但是偏偏制作组又用挂机游戏的形式来设计,两者搭配就很不协调,玩着也不得劲。 [quote]关注[url= https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36224058/]老实人鉴赏家 [/url] [url= https://steamcommunity.com/groups/laoshirenLSR]老实人评测[/url]:独立游戏爱好者聚集地,黄油绅士交流中心。 不错过游戏的亮点,不放过游戏的槽点,带给玩家最直观的测评感受。[/quote]
This is a good "Play and leave" game. Don't go into it expecting the amount of work required in Weedcraft or Schedule I. If you go into it expecting an idle style game, with a few moments of mini games or curation for your plants, then this is perfect for you! It's nice to have it open whilst working on something else. I'm a teacher and it helps me to remember when creating work and resources at home to take a little break between documents and slides! The game actually rewards you for being in another application instead of the game via a productivity bonus, which goes up a % every few moments you aren't in the game :D There's no real sense of urgency and the game is happy to let you explore it at your own pace. I think it has a lot of potential moving forward and does not require hours of input, ideal!
An expertly made game, feels great to play and looks awesome... very polished! I personally dont like the "game while you work" aproach of these games, and so I wish I could maximize the game, but I understand it wasnt made for that. A bit slow for my taste, but thats the point of these games. Overall, I recomend it based on its quality and polish.
Game is very relaxing ,mini games provide a fun attachment ,there is very little in the sense of urgency and being forced to look after your "plants" , a lot of potential going forward
Basics, I like it and it helps me avoid burn out or boredom while working. Detailed, Solid little distraction from whatever your doing for a little bit, that help you get a nice little dopamine hit before refocusing on what you were doing. If your like me and go into a hyper focus state that just burns you out in a hour or 2, this is a nice little distraction that just helps you take that 3-5min breather in-between. Overall solid experience I would like a option where I get a notification on my screen when the plants are ready, treating it like a smart watch telling you to stand up and stretch after a hour or so. But I can understand that people might find that kind of intrusion annoying for a side screen game. All in all Ill pop it up on the side for those boring days where I just need to do some basic repetitive work, just to get me not to fall asleep at my desk XD.
A surprisingly chill and engaging sim that turns cannabis cultivation into a thoughtful strategy loop. From dialing in nutrients to managing upgrades, it balances realism with accessibility and keeps progression satisfying without getting overwhelming. Whether you’re here for the theme or the management gameplay, it’s an easy game to beak away from work for a short wile, get the brain working again and just relax a bit. 🌱
Growbud is a relaxing, plant-focused game that blends cozy management mechanics with satisfying progression. The core gameplay loop revolves around growing, nurturing, and experimenting with different plants, then selling them to unlock better soil and bug-free growth bottles and more planting areas. It leans heavily into a “slow satisfaction” style of gameplay, rewarding patience, light planning, and creativity. It’s also perfect to run alongside other activities on your PC, like working or watching a movie. One of the strongest aspects of Growbud is its atmosphere and visual style. The game focuses on calming visuals, soft color palettes, and chill audio that makes it easy to relax while playing. If you enjoy games where you can step away, come back, and quickly handle a few tasks before continuing with your day, this is a great fit.
Works incredibly well for its intended use. The game plays very well, not too distracting whilst I'm working on code or documents, and whenever I want to take a breather its great to see that there is always something to do when I open it back up, keeps the day fresh. The challenges and mini games are also quite enjoyable. There's lots to do but nothing gets in the way of completing my actual tasks and things I need to do at work. Game also look clean and super polished. Great stuff! Awesome desktop companion experience.
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| Slime Rancher 2 | $45.9M | 49.2K | 95% | $29.99 |
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| Polylylyrhythm | $3.7K | 71 | 99% | $2.99 |
| 3D Lover | $3.7K | 81 | 59% | $3.29 |
| Whateverland | $3.7K | 179 | 88% | $1.49 |
| Bus Simulator 23 | $3.7K | 55 | 98% | $1.99 |
| Galactic Landing | $3.7K | 55 | 58% | $1.99 |