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The Apothecary of Trubiz

A short puzzle game where you decipher a fictional language, mix potions, and treat patients. Enjoy the thrill of understanding and the small stories that unfold from each cure.

94%
of 456 reviews
$3.99
Released: Nov 6, 2025  •  Developers: kinjo…  •  Publisher: kinjo

The Developer Says...

A Compact Fictional Language Deciphering Game

You are an apothecary.
Prescribe the right medicine according to the conditions of the patients who visit you.
In your workshop, you only have a manual written in a fictional language.
You must decipher the fictional language to concoct and prescribe the medicine.

Test the effects directly on patients to confirm them. Even if you fail, you can retry on another run.
Aim for the perfect treatment—or perhaps the perfect mistake in prescribing?

Features

  • Casual fictional language deciphering

  • Compact volume for easy play

  • Multiple endings

How to Play

Decipher the fictional language in the manual

  • Form hypotheses in various ways, test them, and confirm the correct translations

  • Enter translations yourself word by word. The same words will be auto-filled

Mix and prescribe medicines

  • Each day, patients will visit. Mix and prescribe medicines according to their conditions.

  • Hints for mixing and prescribing methods are in the manual. Translate carefully.

  • Sometimes you’ll need to make predictions to mix and prescribe. Then verify the correctness of your translation.

  • There is also a dark side: testing medicines on patients to check their effects.

Multiple playthroughs

  • Translation progress and discovered medicines carry over between runs

  • Even if you fail in your first run, carry over your knowledge and challenge the next one

Streaming Guidelines

Please check the Community Hub article titled “Streaming Guidelines for The Apothecary of Trubiz” for more details.

Back of the Box Details

Steam Deck

Playable

DLC

None

DRM/EULA Notices

None

Achievements

None

Ratings

None

Demo

None

Metacritic

None

Content Notices

None

Controller Support

None

Reviews

94%

Very Positive

Based on 456 reviews


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