Herb Picker
A herb pops out of the soil for barely a moment — will your hand be fast enough, and smart enough?
About This Game
A herb pops out of the soil for barely a moment — will your hand be fast enough, and smart enough? Herb Picker squeezes a whole harvest season into 45 seconds on a 3x3 patch of holes.
Seven kinds of herbs spring up at random, each with its own value from humble 5-point sprouts to a prized 20-pointer, while rocks ride up among them and knock 10 points off anyone who grabs carelessly.
The pacing is a slow burn with a wild finish: pop-ups that start at a leisurely rhythm accelerate until the field erupts several times a second, and each herb lingers ever more briefly before ducking back underground.
That curve tests impulse control as much as reflexes — the rocks exist precisely to punish autopilot tapping, and when several tiles rise at once, choosing the valuable sprout over the nearest one is where scores diverge. Ideal for anyone who loves clean arcade pressure in under a minute.
Game Tips
- 🌿 Herbs range from 5 to 20 points apiece — pick the precious ones first.
- 🪨 About one in three is a rock — hasty hands cost points.
- ⏰ It pours like a storm near the end — lock in for the last 10 seconds!
Controls
- Tap a herb that's popped up: dig it out
- Don't touch the rocks
- ← ↑ → ↓ : move the tile selection
- Space · Enter : harvest the selected tile
Game info
- Players
- 1 player
- Developer
- PLAYMINIT — original game, made in-house
- Released
- 2026.05.12
- Last updated
- 2026.11.03
- Version
- v1.7
- Scoring
- pts · Higher is better
- Monthly ranking
- Supported
- Controls
- Touch · Keyboard
Dev Log
- v1.7
Fairer timer
- Clock starts with your first tap or key
- v1.6
All holes on screen
- Wide screens now show every hole below the score bar
- v1.5
Sound and vibration
- Added vibration and more sound effects
- Fixed second-finger taps missing herbs
- Fixed the timer running while paused
Earlier versions (5)
- v1.4
Play Again fix
- Fixed Play Again not starting a new round
- v1.3
Minor visual tweaks
- Herbs sit a little lower in their holes
- v1.2
Keyboard controls
- Added arrow keys or WASD to move and Space or Enter to harvest
- v1.1
New look and herbs
- New artwork for the field, herbs and rocks
- Seven herb types worth 5 to 20 points
- More rocks and faster pop-ups near the end
- v1.0
First release
- Tap herbs popping out of a 3x3 patch before the 45-second timer ends
- Rocks cost 10 points if tapped
Monthly Leaderboard
- 🥇Dodo 🦤615 pts
- 🥈ตัลตัลตาล580 pts
- 🥉홍구565 pts
- 4Golden535 pts
