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Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

niceplay games · tinyBuild · 2022-12-13

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IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 31, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Dec 12, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Dec 12, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 13, 2022 (Xbox One), Sep 21, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 13, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $7.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 44288 reviews).

652
playing now
93%
positive of 44k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (55 ratings)
21h
to beat · rushed 18h · completionist 29h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

652 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Potion Craft is a video game created by Russian independent developer niceplay games and published by tinyBuild in 2022. Described as an "atmospheric management simulator set in a medieval fantasy world", Potion Craft is a management simulation game in which players operate a store producing and selling potions using alchemical ingredients. Upon release, Potion Craft received praise from critics for its novel and intuitive crafting mechanics, and was nominated for several awards at the 2023 Independent Games Festival.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 652 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,874 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~359/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 886k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 44,288 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.97 at GameBillet (2025-09-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 94 of 141 observed days · $3.02 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.9k3.9k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 2,568 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,410 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,516 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 844 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 633 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,667 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 349 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,278 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,900 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,303 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 953 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 690 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 683 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 605 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,055 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k3672026-08-06 21:00 — 657 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 533 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 847 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 864 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 682 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,101 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,066 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 771 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,237 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,104 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 650 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 1,006 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 920 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 657 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 983 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 755 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 506 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 772 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 753 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 453 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 527 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 553 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 413 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 572 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 573 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 381 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 431 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 561 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 429 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 652 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992021-09-162026-08-302021-09-16 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $11.992022-03-28 — best price $11.992022-06-07 — best price $11.992022-08-06 — best price $10.492022-11-22 — best price $11.992023-01-03 — best price $9.892023-02-28 — best price $14.992023-04-21 — best price $9.742023-06-02 — best price $14.992023-07-20 — best price $8.022023-08-29 — best price $8.182023-10-12 — best price $19.992023-11-30 — best price $9.342024-01-10 — best price $19.992024-02-22 — best price $19.992024-04-01 — best price $19.992024-05-01 — best price $8.992024-06-13 — best price $19.992024-07-25 — best price $16.392024-09-04 — best price $8.992024-10-19 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $7.992025-01-16 — best price $7.992025-02-17 — best price $16.962025-04-14 — best price $19.992025-06-09 — best price $19.992025-08-19 — best price $6.802025-10-01 — best price $8.002025-11-20 — best price $19.992026-01-18 — best price $19.992026-03-09 — best price $7.992026-04-24 — best price $16.642026-06-11 — best price $19.992026-08-07 — best price $15.592026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

63172026-05-28 — 39 pageviews2026-05-31 — 22 pageviews2026-06-03 — 31 pageviews2026-06-06 — 24 pageviews2026-06-09 — 22 pageviews2026-06-12 — 28 pageviews2026-06-15 — 23 pageviews2026-06-18 — 19 pageviews2026-06-21 — 22 pageviews2026-06-24 — 25 pageviews2026-06-27 — 20 pageviews2026-06-30 — 28 pageviews2026-07-03 — 27 pageviews2026-07-06 — 34 pageviews2026-07-09 — 28 pageviews2026-07-12 — 25 pageviews2026-07-15 — 29 pageviews2026-07-18 — 35 pageviews2026-07-21 — 21 pageviews2026-07-24 — 44 pageviews2026-07-27 — 46 pageviews2026-07-30 — 33 pageviews2026-08-02 — 27 pageviews2026-08-05 — 38 pageviews2026-08-08 — 61 pageviews2026-08-11 — 46 pageviews2026-08-14 — 34 pageviews2026-08-17 — 19 pageviews2026-08-20 — 33 pageviews2026-08-23 — 25 pageviews2026-08-25 — 23 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

9002026-08-26 19:15 — 33 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 2 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
74.1%
earned "Alchemist's Path: Chapter I"
21%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support

14 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Thai…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)20,3579%29
Windows (Xbox)8,3823%29
Switch (Nintendo)1560%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGIndieCasualSandboxCraftingLife SimMedievalRelaxingHand-drawn

Census log

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

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