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Potionomics

Voracious Games · XSEED Games · 2022-10-17

Steam

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Oct 17, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You’ve inherited your uncle’s potion shop—and a huge debt. Better get brewing! Customize your store, hire heroes to gather ingredients, befriend (or romance) fellow vendors to learn new haggling strategies, and go head-to-head with competitors in this narrative-driven, deck-building shop simulator.

Potionomics is a 2022 Indie, RPG, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $24.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 7391 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.

42
playing now
90%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
31h
to beat · rushed 21h · completionist 43h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

42 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Potionomics is a simulation video game developed by Voracious Games and published by Xseed Games. It combines aspects of business sim, life sim and dating sim. It was released on October 17, 2022, for Windows. The game was well received by critics, who commended its complex gameplay and its graphical style, but were disappointed at its lack of any voice acting.

Trailer

Potionomics trailer thumbnail

Potionomics - Official Release Date Announcement Trailer

≈10,465 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 42 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 307 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~38/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,941 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 50,052 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 148k–333k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,391 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2025-03-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.7k1.7k20222026Week of 2022-10-01: 1,672 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 856 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

95242026-09-15 12:00 — 84 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 73 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 52 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 60 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 70 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 50 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 35 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 45 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 48 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 44 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 52 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 50 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 26 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 42 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 71 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 57 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 54 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 58 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 53 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 57 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 83 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 58 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 37 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 42 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.8k40Oct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 1,766 · peak 4,570Dec 2022 — avg 282 · peak 689Feb 2023 — avg 109 · peak 204Apr 2023 — avg 81 · peak 156Jun 2023 — avg 60 · peak 226Aug 2023 — avg 96 · peak 176Oct 2023 — avg 59 · peak 113Dec 2023 — avg 79 · peak 197Feb 2024 — avg 87 · peak 195Apr 2024 — avg 51 · peak 99Jun 2024 — avg 48 · peak 116Aug 2024 — avg 43 · peak 80Oct 2024 — avg 193 · peak 798Dec 2024 — avg 212 · peak 468Feb 2025 — avg 85 · peak 155Apr 2025 — avg 77 · peak 139Jun 2025 — avg 63 · peak 225Aug 2025 — avg 58 · peak 102Oct 2025 — avg 68 · peak 156Dec 2025 — avg 78 · peak 154Feb 2026 — avg 52 · peak 104Apr 2026 — avg 43 · peak 79Jun 2026 — avg 47 · peak 105Aug 2026 — avg 40 · peak 77
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$14.992022-10-172026-08-192022-10-17 — best price $22.492022-12-23 — best price $22.492023-03-06 — best price $21.242023-03-16 — best price $21.242023-04-28 — best price $21.242023-06-30 — best price $19.992023-08-28 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $19.992024-01-08 — best price $19.992024-02-19 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $19.992024-05-09 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $19.992024-09-17 — best price $19.992024-11-05 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $19.992025-03-03 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $14.992025-09-09 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $14.992025-11-13 — best price $14.992025-11-27 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $14.992026-02-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-05-04 — best price $14.992026-05-11 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-08-13 — best price $14.992026-08-19 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2852026-05-30 — 13 pageviews2026-06-03 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 20 pageviews2026-06-11 — 9 pageviews2026-06-15 — 12 pageviews2026-06-19 — 16 pageviews2026-06-23 — 21 pageviews2026-06-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-01 — 20 pageviews2026-07-05 — 12 pageviews2026-07-09 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 8 pageviews2026-07-17 — 15 pageviews2026-07-21 — 17 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-29 — 13 pageviews2026-08-02 — 16 pageviews2026-08-06 — 17 pageviews2026-08-10 — 9 pageviews2026-08-14 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 16 pageviews2026-08-22 — 13 pageviews2026-08-26 — 15 pageviews2026-08-30 — 14 pageviews2026-09-03 — 13 pageviews2026-09-07 — 24 pageviews2026-09-11 — 28 pageviews2026-09-15 — 15 pageviews2026-09-19 — 16 pageviews2026-09-23 — 13 pageviews2026-09-27 — 18 pageviews2026-10-01 — 20 pageviews2026-10-05 — 20 pageviews2026-10-08 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
97.7%
earned "Contractual Obligations"
23.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2022-10-17, latest 2024-10-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,1275%30

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

RPGIndieFantasyRomanceCraftingStrategyCard GameCapitalismDating SimManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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