Cures & Curios

Cures & Curios

Skull Tree · August 27, 2019 · Casual, VR, Free to Play

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About Cures & Curios


Just when you can't tell whether you're at the edge of the desert or its center, you wander into a ghost town. A cart stands at a crossroads, out of place in all respects, but you ain't one to complain on an empty stomach. You stumble up to its window, desperate for something to ease your pain...

Cures & Curios is a virtual reality game for the HTC Vive set in the Weird Old West. In this mystical take on the American frontier, the player toils in an old-fashioned medicine show cart in the center of a small pioneer town called Pueblo Pequeño. Each day, you must concoct a variety of potions for the locals that come to your window. As your potion-making skills grow, so do your options: new recipes, ingredients, tools, and rewards await you. But know that the fruits of your labor belong to the Beast, the mysterious figure that brought you back from the edge of death only to force you into servitude.
  • Intuitive controls and mechanics!
  • A variety of ingredients to incorporate into your recipes!
  • A lived-in cart with secrets to discover!
  • A town full of folks eager to imbibe your tonics and elixirs!
  • An ancient, terrible creature for a boss that forces you to work without end!

This game was developed as a student project at DigiPen Institute of Technology and was created for educational purposes only. Please check out our publisher page for more information.

Cures & Curios — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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Recommended Mar 15, 2024
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7 found this helpful
Not recommended May 14, 2025
it alwas crashes
1 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 6, 2025
Игра 'Cures & Curios' – это очаровательная и затягивающая головоломка с элементами стратегии. Вам предстоит управлять аптекой, где вы готовите зелья по рецептам, собираете ингредиенты и удовлетворяете причудливые запросы клиентов. Визуальный стиль, выполненный в приятной мультяшной стилистике, радует глаз, а ненавязчивый саундтрек создает расслабляющую атмосферу. Геймплей интуитивно понятен, но при этом предлагает достаточно глубины, чтобы заинтересовать на долгое время. С каждым уровнем рецепты становятся сложнее, а ингредиенты – более редкими, что требует планирования и эффективного использования ресурсов. Отдельно стоит отметить юмор, пронизывающий всю игру. Описания ингредиентов и диалоги с клиентами полны остроумных шуток, что делает процесс исцеления больных не только увлекательным, но и забавным. Несмотря на кажущуюся простоту, игра 'Cures & Curios' способна бросить вызов даже опытному стратегу. Она идеально подходит для коротких игровых сессий, чтобы расслабиться и получить удовольствие от процесса алхимических изысканий. Рекомендую всем любителем головоломок и симуляторов!
Not recommended May 14, 2025
Cures & Curios is one of literally thousands of student projects infesting Steam. It's from DigiPen. While student projects tend to be better quality than most "amateur" made games, we must still question what value such projects have for gamers. As with all student projects, this isn't really a fully fleshed out game, it's just the result of an academic exercise, and as such it has much more limited value as a game than a professionally developed game would have. Educational institutions should not be using Steam as a dumping ground for homework assignments (especially if the students didn't even pass the course). Sure, it helps their marketing and helps the students feel good about themselves, but this is another case of a business putting themselves before the needs of gamers. This time the students made a VR tech demo, a simple tycoon game where you concoct various potions and elixirs and flog them to rubes in a wild west themed backdrop. The graphics in this game are passable, but could be better. And while it's vital for any game to have impressive visuals (gaming is a visual medium, after all), there's more to a game than just the graphics. To be worth a gamers time…
Not recommended Oct 31, 2023
neat but very limited
Recommended Jun 18, 2023
hear me out

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