Alchemist: The Potion Monger

Pros: + Best potion crafting system. Better than in Potionomics. It just feels more "alchemist"-way-ish + Game is fun and well passed for about 2-3 hours Pros? +- I guess tutorial is randomized or was problematic but got fixed? Idk, I was having fun at tutorial Cons: - Game is boring after 3 hours - You will likely finish this game in 10-15 hours top. Maybe 20 if you really want some 100% true completionist way of playing it. - Narrator is not funny. The lines "go on" "decisive blow" "it will hurt" on repeat if you will start to punch everything in your sight. - Story feels like it just want to "elongate" the playtime rather than giving you any challenge or giving you the freedom to express yourself. You can not sell your potions on the road like some kind of shady dealer. You can not resell it to other merchants. Many locations are doomed to be checked once per playtime just because some main quest needs to be there. World is too big. The only way to even play the game is by being constantly under the weak speed potion - There are "Weak Speed Potion" but there will nowhere to be found "Strong Speed Potion" - Speed potion is applied only on running speed for some reason - Combat …

The graphics are nothing to write home about and not all the elements feel polished. But the potion making system is super fun, it has a ton of charm, and I've honestly never played a game quite like it. Also, the dev responded in discussion when I was having an issue with a quest, so they definitely care about their game and players. Worth a playthrough!

Initially I thought that the game is not so bad. Until I experienced a bug with a quest item and the game can't go forward. It's way to late in the game to start it from the beginning. The Support team from discord did not help at all. A lot of other users reported the same problem and the devs said that they "can't replicate that", which is odd. Since it has been last updated in 2024 I'm assuming is just another dead game unfortunately. If you get it for free or with a 95% discount, maybe it's ok, but if you have only the option to pay full price - please don't, it doesn't worth it.

A very nice short game. If you have around 15-18 hours i can really recommend

Amazing game, 10/10 no notes

The game does not show you what aspects the ingredient you are currently holding has,so you dont know what you need to do next, or how that ingredient has been altered <if you keep altered ingredients for later use> the ingredient alteration interface need overhaul, super hard to know what the game wants you to do...I like games that want me to "figure it out" but this games user interface, kills that for me