Brew up some magic in Potion Craft: Alchemy Simulator

Potion Craft: Alchemy Simulator is a crafting and business simulation game in which you must combine ingredients to make potions for your customers. The cozy shopkeeper atmosphere makes this game different from other crafting titles like Raft. The woodcut-style art evokes the setting in the same way that the medieval art of Inkulinati does.

In Potion Craft: Alchemy Simulator, you receive orders from your customers and must create potions to fill them. You must harvest ingredients, combine them to create effects, and sell the results. As you progress, you’ll earn points that you can invest in your character’s skills.

The journey to a finished potion

Although the shop-running gameplay is enjoyable, the heart of Potion Craft: Alchemy Simulator is the ingredient-mixing. When you combine ingredients, you’ll be faced with a mixing minigame. This visualizes the possible effects of the potion as points on a map. Adding different ingredients to the potion allows you to move around the map in different ways.

By combining the right ingredients, you can produce highly effective potions, which in turn will lead to happier customers. Of course, your job isn’t just to make potions – it’s to make money. As you progress, you’ll improve at haggling with your customers. You’ll also develop other skills that will help you craft potions and run your business.

A unique look

Potion Craft: Alchemy Simulator is not graphically demanding. Most of the gameplay focuses on a series of menu screens. Where the game succeeds is in presenting those screens in a charming, faux-Renaissance woodcut style. This reinforces the theme and makes the game pleasant to look at even over long periods.

A change of pace

With its rewarding crafting system and unique art style, Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator is a relaxing and enjoyable game. After a while, making potions can begin to feel repetitive, and progressing through the more advanced alchemy can sometimes feel unrewarding. Still, this is worth a look for crafting and puzzle-game fans.