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Escape First Alchemist ⚗ cover art

Escape First Alchemist ⚗

OnSkull Games · 2023-03-02

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ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 01, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Sep 01, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Mar 02, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 01, 2023 (Xbox One), Feb 22, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

First-person escape game, playable solo or co-op with up to 4 people. Solve riddles of a reclusive alchemist that trapped you in his workshop. Brew potions and overcome challenges as he laughs at your failures and makes light of your successes...But what if things are not what they seem?

Escape First Alchemist ⚗ is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and Very Positive (83% of 1114 reviews).

2
playing now
83%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.77★
PlayStation Store rating (321 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 83 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 62% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,114 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-05-03) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 14 of 22 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13313320232026Week of 2023-03-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992023-03-022026-10-122023-03-02 — best price $12.742023-06-05 — best price $9.742023-06-29 — best price $9.742023-08-07 — best price $9.742023-09-06 — best price $14.992023-09-25 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-05 — best price $14.992024-02-06 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $6.492024-04-09 — best price $6.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-08-03 — best price $5.992024-09-17 — best price $4.992024-10-02 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-10 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-07-31 — best price $9.992025-08-17 — best price $9.992025-09-16 — best price $5.992025-09-25 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-11-13 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-18 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-05-21 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-08-10 — best price $4.992026-08-31 — best price $7.992026-09-14 — best price $7.992026-09-28 — best price $7.992026-10-12 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
95.6%
earned "Welcome"
35.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DCo-opLogicMagicCasualLinearPuzzleFantasyMysteryCrafting

Census log

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

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