Potion Craft: Alchemy Simulator is a single-player 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 can earn points that you can invest in your character's skills. 

The journey to a finished potion 

Although the shop-running feature in this game is enjoyable, the heart of Potion Craft: Alchemy Simulator is the ingredient-mixing. When you combine ingredients, it’s like you’re experiencing a mixing mini game too. 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 can lead to happier customers. Of course, your job isn't just to make potions, you also need to make money.  

In this game, players gather ingredients from their garden, grind them in a mortar, and brew potions by carefully manipulating an interactive map that guides their potion's effectiveness and traits. This system offers depth, requiring players to experiment with ingredient combinations to create increasingly complex potions. The blend of strategy and creativity keeps the crafting from becoming repetitive, ensuring that each brewing session feels fresh. 

The game also includes a resource management element, as players must balance their income with ingredient costs and customer demands. Each customer has specific needs, and the player’s ability to brew the right potion for the right price determines how successful their business can be. This adds a layer of challenge, making the game more than just about potion-making — it's also about running a thriving business. 

Wide variety of ingredients 

In this game, players have access to numerous ingredients that they can use for potion-making. You have over 50 different mushrooms, herbs, and crystals. This simulation game has three kinds of potions as well: Weak, Standard, and Strong. Stronger potions are those made by accurately aligning the bottle icon within the effect’s outline on the map. This kind of potion can be sold for higher prices than weaker ones.  

Furthermore, here, you have access to four main tools: Cauldron, Bellows, Mortar and Pestle, and Water. Cauldron is used to mix and match ingredients while Bellows strokes the fire under Cauldron. Meanwhile, Mortar and Pestle is for tearing ingredients into small pieces and Water is for adjusting potions. Every time you brew a potion, you have the option to take notes of the ingredients you used through the Magic Page feature. However, as the game is focused on potion-making, it is not ideal for players seeking purely story-driven gameplay. 

A laidback simulator game 

With its rewarding crafting system and unique art style, Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator is a relaxing and enjoyable game. If you’re into laidback simulator gaming experience or straightforward potion-making, this game is a must-play. It lets you play as an alchemist where you can mix ingredients and make potions. This game also stimulates your creativity letting you show off your strategy on how you can create a strong potion.