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Atelier Lydie & Suelle ~The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings~ cover art

Atelier Lydie & Suelle ~The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings~

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2018-03-27

SteamAmazon

RPG

Franchise: Atelier · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 27, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Mar 27, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 27, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 21, 2017 (PlayStation Vita)

"Lydie and Sue are twin sisters who live in the Kingdom of Adalet, and they aim to make their atelier the best atelier in the kingdom. One day, they discover a certain Mysterious Painting that will eventually become the very key to realizing their dream... A new Mysterious story to mark the 20th anniversary of the Atelier series!

Atelier Lydie & Suelle ~The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings~ is a 2018 RPG with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000, receiving Very Positive (92% of 543 reviews).

0
playing now
92%
positive of 543 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings is a role-playing video game developed by Gust, and originally released in Japan for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 in December 2017. It was released worldwide in March 2018 for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows. It is the nineteenth main entry in the Atelier series celebrating the 20 years of the franchise. It is also the third game of the Mysterious storyline and the last one in chronological order.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (75 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 543 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $29.99 at Humble Store (2026-09-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
696920182025Week of 2018-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$64.27$35.992018-03-272024-02-112018-03-27 — best price $53.992018-04-03 — best price $59.992018-04-05 — best price $59.992018-06-21 — best price $47.992018-07-05 — best price $59.992018-09-19 — best price $47.992018-09-24 — best price $59.992018-11-21 — best price $59.992018-11-26 — best price $41.992018-11-28 — best price $59.992019-02-04 — best price $35.992019-02-11 — best price $59.992019-03-11 — best price $59.992019-05-21 — best price $35.992019-09-28 — best price $55.292019-11-26 — best price $35.992019-12-13 — best price $60.312020-01-16 — best price $59.992020-01-20 — best price $58.522020-02-08 — best price $57.982020-02-12 — best price $58.922020-02-14 — best price $58.512020-03-05 — best price $35.992020-06-25 — best price $35.992020-07-09 — best price $59.992020-10-20 — best price $59.992021-08-18 — best price $60.882022-03-01 — best price $45.532022-03-12 — best price $43.652022-04-21 — best price $40.402024-02-11 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

96162026-05-31 — 23 pageviews2026-06-04 — 18 pageviews2026-06-08 — 70 pageviews2026-06-12 — 60 pageviews2026-06-16 — 27 pageviews2026-06-20 — 34 pageviews2026-06-24 — 24 pageviews2026-06-28 — 32 pageviews2026-07-02 — 21 pageviews2026-07-06 — 46 pageviews2026-07-10 — 23 pageviews2026-07-14 — 33 pageviews2026-07-18 — 30 pageviews2026-07-22 — 25 pageviews2026-07-26 — 39 pageviews2026-07-30 — 26 pageviews2026-08-03 — 32 pageviews2026-08-07 — 29 pageviews2026-08-11 — 26 pageviews2026-08-15 — 20 pageviews2026-08-19 — 20 pageviews2026-08-23 — 25 pageviews2026-08-27 — 22 pageviews2026-08-31 — 29 pageviews2026-09-04 — 20 pageviews2026-09-08 — 43 pageviews2026-09-12 — 25 pageviews2026-09-16 — 23 pageviews2026-09-20 — 31 pageviews2026-09-24 — 32 pageviews2026-09-28 — 34 pageviews2026-10-02 — 26 pageviews2026-10-06 — 21 pageviews2026-10-09 — 23 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
85%
earned "The Twins' Daily Happenings"
26.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsGamepad RecommendedPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing22 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 22 DLC released, first 2018-04-05, latest 2018-05-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,73239%50
Steam (Steam)49315%50
Switch (Nintendo)160%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGCuteJRPGAnimeFantasyCraftingAdventureTurn-BasedSingleplayerGreat Soundtrack

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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