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Run a medieval potion shop: grow ingredients, steer a bottle across an alchemy map, brew effects, and sell to townsfolk.
Released 13 Dec 2022
Steer Potions Through Maps
Grind Herbs by Hand
Grow Herbs and Mushrooms
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Developed by niceplay games · Published by tinyBuild
You play an alchemist opening a shop in a medieval-style town. Customers arrive with requests for potions, and you decide what to make and sell; your choices can affect your reputation and the kinds of customers who visit.
Brewing is a map puzzle: ingredients move a potion icon along different paths on the alchemy map, where it can reach effects such as healing, poison, or sleep. Grinding ingredients changes how far they move, while careful routes can avoid dangerous areas or use map features such as whirlpools. The position and precision of a potion’s effects affect its quality.
Experiment with ingredients to discover effects and save recipes, then grow or buy supplies for future brews. Progress through chapter objectives, serve increasingly specific orders, and build up your shop and garden. You can also customize potion bottles and labels, decorate the shop, and combine multiple effects in a potion.
Players who enjoy the game often praise its unusual map-based potion-making, the tactile ingredient and cauldron interactions, and the distinctive artwork and relaxing atmosphere. Experimenting with routes and refining recipes are recurring draws. Other reviews say the repeated brewing and customer routines become tedious over time, with some especially dissatisfied by the later progression and its long crafting tasks.
Unique visuals inspired by medieval manuscripts and medical books.
Hyper satisfying physical interactions with ingredients and equipment.
Sandbox style gameplay where you have many different avenues available, and it’s up to you to figure out the best way to complete each task.
Sell your potions to the townsfolk while roleplaying as a noble artisan, a greedy weasel, an occult dark master, or whomever else you may wish to be!
Leaves, flowers, berries, roots, fruits, minerals, and a plethora of mushrooms are at the ready for your mortar and pestle. Just like espresso, the fineness of the grind matters!
Concoct your potion plan. Grind ingredients and carefully mix them in your cauldron. Heat the coals. Boil and stir. Add the base: water, oil, or… something else. Congrats on your first potion! Was it easy to learn? Now try mastering it!
Carefully plan your route via the Alchemy Map to combine different effects. Be mindful of common sense: you won’t find a market for a poisonous healing potion… right? Or would you?
Every day customers will come to your store looking for solutions to their problems. You will face consequences depending on what you decide to sell them. Attract guilds, befriend notable figures (or feud with them), gain riches and influence - and one day, you may even decide the fate of the whole town.
Every alchemist needs ingredients, and there are many ways to get them! You can buy them from traveling merchants: it can be pricey, but successful haggling may save you some coin. Or take matters into your own hands and cultivate your very own enchanted garden. Grow a variety of ingredients, from vibrant herbs to exotic mushrooms and even magical crystals, each essential for brewing your unique potions!
Want to give your best potions a special look? Go for it! Change the bottle shape, label type, icon and colours. You can even give it a custom name and label description. Carefully arrange your unique potions to showcase them on your shop's shelves and tables... or go a step further and customize your shop itself! Choose from a variety of furniture and shelving to give your alchemy shop a personal touch that matches your style. We won't tell you what to do, just have fun!
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 29 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
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