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Philana and the Elixir of Life

Saki Minoru · Kagura Games · 2023-12-08

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 09, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Philana sets off on a journey at the request of her friend Lily to find the exotic ingredients necessary to synthesize an illness-curing Elixir. Unfortunately for Philana, she's not the only one searching for those ingredients. Will she be able to successfully retrieve them for Lily?

78%
positive of 50 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$12.99
steam price (US)

Philana and Lily have lived together peacefully in the mountains ever since Philana saved Lily's life. One day, she returns home to find Lily collapsed on the floor. Scattered around are rare and exotic ingredients, theoretical papers on synthesizing an Elixir, and other alchemy-related artifacts. Surprised, Philana asks Lily what she's been doing, and Lily reveals that she's been battling an illness that can only be cured with the help of an Elixir. Unable to continue her search for the remaining ingredients, Philana offers to find them herself. After Lily reluctantly accepts her offer, Phi(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 71% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 29,427 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.49 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 32 of 35 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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111120232026Week of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$6.492026-09-112026-10-152026-09-11 — best price $6.492026-09-12 — best price $6.492026-09-13 — best price $6.492026-09-14 — best price $6.492026-09-15 — best price $6.492026-09-16 — best price $6.492026-09-17 — best price $6.492026-09-18 — best price $6.492026-09-19 — best price $6.492026-09-20 — best price $6.492026-09-21 — best price $12.992026-09-22 — best price $12.992026-09-23 — best price $12.992026-09-24 — best price $6.492026-09-25 — best price $6.492026-09-26 — best price $6.492026-09-27 — best price $6.492026-09-28 — best price $6.492026-09-29 — best price $6.492026-09-30 — best price $6.492026-10-01 — best price $6.492026-10-02 — best price $6.492026-10-03 — best price $6.492026-10-04 — best price $6.492026-10-05 — best price $6.492026-10-06 — best price $6.492026-10-07 — best price $6.492026-10-08 — best price $6.492026-10-09 — best price $6.492026-10-10 — best price $6.492026-10-11 — best price $6.492026-10-12 — best price $6.492026-10-13 — best price $6.492026-10-14 — best price $6.492026-10-15 — best price $6.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

RPGJRPGNSFWAnimeIndieMemesHentaiMatureNudityRPGMaker

Census log

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