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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.

Early AccessSep 21, 2021
Release DateDec 13, 2022
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)91.5% (very positive) Top 20% / 91.8%  Top 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.5% Top 4% / 89.8%  Top 4%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)21.2K  Top 2% / 25.1K  Top 2%
Curators231 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time11.9 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar47 minutes  Top 30%
Followers114.8K  Top 1%
Owners± 1.6M  Top 2%
Copies Sold± 1.5M  Top 2%
Gross Revenue ($)± 14.1M  Top 2%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator's Steam rating and reviews from September 2021 to December 2023. Steam's rating is in a narrow range going from 91.7% (October 2023) to 94.9% (November 2021).

With its 25.1K reviews Top 2%, Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator is indisputably a major AAA level success. The December 2022 peak suggests that there was a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (44%), followed by Simplified Chinese (15%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 28 languages represented. The game is translated in 14 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator, comparing positive and negative reviews. You can also see the reviews during the Early Access phase. The time in game is not bad at all, with 28 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 2.1 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. A high negative review play time (median : 6 hours) could mean that Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Unusual brewing mechanics
  • 50+ ingredients with unique paths
  • Interesting map exploration
  • Nicely done visuals and sound
  • Different ways to solve requests
  • Handy ingredient filter
  • Customizable bottles and labels
  • Good/evil reputation system
  • Clicker-like but fun trading mechanic
  • Everything is done with the mouse
  • Lack of content from the middle of the game
  • Grinding required in later chapters
  • Trading only relevant in skill tree
  • Philosopher's Stone creation is long and boring
  • No option to correct mistakes or partially brew potions
  • Placeholders instead of saving legendary recipes and inventory upgrades
  • Poor visibility of marks on the map
  • Random microfreezes
  • Gains from leveling up feel minimal
  • RNG controls your fate in regards to what ingredients/vendors you get

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's 91.5% rating  Top 20% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator's review data that Steam provides. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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