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Potion Explosion

Studio Clangore · Horrible Guild · 2018-05-16

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: May 16, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 26, 2017 (iOS)

The official adaptation of Potion Explosion, the award-winning puzzle board game. Explode ingredients, trigger chain reactions and gather it all in your caldron to craft powerful mixtures with wacky effects! May the best wizard win!

Potion Explosion is a 2018 Casual and Strategy game priced at $6.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 265 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

3
playing now
85%
positive of 265 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.6k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 265 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.69 at Steam (2020-12-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620182026Week of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
640May 2018Aug 2026May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2020 — avg 64 · peak 207Aug 2020 — avg 17 · peak 54Nov 2020 — avg 14 · peak 48Feb 2021 — avg 14 · peak 36May 2021 — avg 9 · peak 28Aug 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Nov 2021 — avg 7 · peak 20Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 27May 2022 — avg 6 · peak 19Aug 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 16Feb 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 12Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.692018-05-162026-01-052018-05-16 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-09-07 — best price $4.472018-12-31 — best price $6.992019-11-01 — best price $6.992020-01-27 — best price $6.992020-07-09 — best price $6.992020-09-21 — best price $6.992020-10-26 — best price $6.992020-11-02 — best price $6.992020-12-01 — best price $6.992021-01-05 — best price $6.992021-02-15 — best price $6.992021-03-07 — best price $6.992021-04-26 — best price $6.992021-07-08 — best price $6.992021-10-18 — best price $6.992021-10-25 — best price $6.992021-11-01 — best price $6.992021-12-01 — best price $6.992022-01-05 — best price $6.992022-02-03 — best price $6.992022-03-07 — best price $6.992022-04-18 — best price $6.992022-05-30 — best price $6.992022-07-07 — best price $6.992022-09-05 — best price $6.992023-07-13 — best price $6.992023-11-28 — best price $6.992024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-03-21 — best price $6.992024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-12-04 — best price $6.992025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-03-03 — best price $6.992025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-07-10 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-05-16 (Steam store data)

Player tags

CasualStrategyTabletopBoard Game

Census log

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

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