Potionomics

you all are sleeping on this game it's lowkey peak definitely not cozy though i am busting my balls trying to manage everything but fun as hell and tickles a very specific itch in my brain

Potionomics is one of my top games of 2025 and it's only June. I adore resource management deck builders, and I also love dating sim visual novel games. Potionomics is truly the best of both worlds. I recently beat the game on the capitalism difficulty, and it was super fun! I highly recommend this game for both fans of the visual novel genre and fans of rogue-like deck builders.

Never expected a potion brewing sim to touch me so deeply, but the story, characters and warmth of this game lifted me up in a difficult time. Thank you to the developers for creating such a beautiful experience. This game will forever hold a place in my heart.

I actually 100% this game because of how much I enjoyed it. Especially the character stories, they were all cute, charming, and honestly meaningful in such satisfying ways! I enjoyed figuring out potioncraft and the gameplay loop was very satisfying!

I loved every second of this game. Engaging story, interesting characters, funny lines, AMAZING voice acting, huge queer representation, cute graphics, not a single bug... It has everything. As a dating sim it's a great game, as a potion-making simulation game it is also incredible, and the deck building system I found very rewarding. 10/10! Thank you to the devs and everyone who contributed in making it.

A great blend of deck-building, social-sim and visual novel. The gameplay aspects of card-battling/haggling and the time-limited social aspect is fun to optimise and can be surprisingly challenging at times, but I believe the true draw of this game is its presentation and writing. Character animation and art is incredibly charming and charismatic, and is supported by a wonderful voice cast and script. The soundtrack is a stand-out as well. Even if you're not too keen on deck-building, Potionomics gives you more than enough reason to keep you coming back.

I expected better. Its quite linear and can get screwed by the RNG on needing better ingredients before the game over that happens each compitition phase that you are required to win.

Definitely recommend. Visual is good. (especially the animation was very well-animated) Game play is good. Voice is really good. I love the soundtrack's vibe. I love all about this game!!

Fantastic game! Super fun time-management sim with puzzle and card game elements. Not a huge amount of replayability after you've completed it, but it's well worth the time. Art style, music, all of that is excellent as well.

The game is really great. The MC is super interesting, and the other characters are too. The romance options are really good. The art is AMAZING, and the mechanics are really nice to use. But I have to admit and agree with other reviews: the game time is soooo short. We have only 10 days to do an absurd amount of stuff, and all the drops are random. So there were runs where I lost simply because I couldn’t find the right ingredients to make the contest potion, and I lost all my progress, having to start over from the beginning of the week. It really is a bummer. I wish there was more time or an “Endless Mode” to just enjoy the game. There are so many potions I didn’t get to make because you always have to race against the clock.

I really enjoy difficult management sim and Potionomics did not disappoint. It is very challenging (at least for me!) when I usually go through those types of games that are pretty cozy very easily. This actually caused a lot of my friends to not play the game, but the update for a cozier run definitely helped! Potionomics is a lovely, diverse story with incredibly charismatic cast. A lot of love is put into its presentation and it really shows. Every bit of visual and audio tickles your brain and the characters are very lovely, pouring with charisma. My favorite bit is the deck building to sell potions which is addictive and sooo satisfying with lovely art. I cannot talk a whole lot outside of "guys it's really good" because it is just really good. This game is like a warm blanket it's really nice! I spent countless hours in this game before the endless mode came out and am looking forward to finally be able to complete everything! The way I can get lost in this game makes me honestly yearn for a customizable protagonist such as the way farm sims do, but I understand why it is so and appreciate our current one. My biggest gripe are the LOADING SCREENS. THERE. ARE. SO. MANY. And it feels like there is no way this game which basically has two characters model + one PNG background takes THIS LONG to load every time I move there must be a better way to do this. O)-(

an EXTREMELY cute and engaging game! a sugary sweet dating sim with an endearing cast that's not afraid to dig pretty deep sometimes, combined with a brutal management sim just begging to be broken wide open. highly addictive and exudes bisexual energy

Cool game, runs well even on my 2gb of ram device (albeit on the lowest graphics.) Load times can get a little annoying sometimes but see the previous sentence for why I don't hold this against the game.

What can I even say about this game to convey how fantastic it is and how much love the devs put into it? I just bought the DLC to support them, as well. This game is ideal for people who love time management, crafting, and collecting. The story is cute and fun, the artwork is definitely cute, and the adventure/hero system is set up really well too. Everything is pretty seamless and cohesive! Btw i'm not even halfway done, like not even close, so there is plenty of gameplay to be had. I am taking my time and enjoying every moment. The characters are great, too. I love crafting and this scratches that itch! Good choice for the Steam summer sale!

It's so amazing. I wish all games would have so much detail, love and thought put into them. As an older guy who has "opened pandora's box" I have heard most stories, conversations and have seen many, many game mechanics. I rarely find games like this, where none of the dialogue is overly redundant or "hollow", there is much wisdom in this game on how to live a fulfilled life. It is fun, non-toxic and rewarding without being too easy. The voice over quality is overly good! The main character's voice actress gives it her all and is so nuanced, it is always fun to listen to the conversations. The deckbuilding part is very well designed and balanced and different from the usual Slay The Spire like deckbuilding. The whole game loop feels very satisfying and I hope the game will be very, very, very long! :D

This game, is actually very fun! I love simulation games, but this game? It offers that with some twists! Selling your potions with card battle-ish type of game, im new to this genre but it is hell a lot of fun!

this has genuinely been such a fun game with a great spread of personalities and characters, the potions can be difficult to figure out sometimes but it adds to the challenge and keeps the game interesting! This was my first game from steam and i am so excited to continue playing

Super cute! Super fun! Normally not a fan of cards or RNG at all but this game managed to still stick with me! Very fun for me to min max everything and make bank!

Very charming game and everyone is attractive, in spirit and in walrus blubber. Management gets really rough first 3 weeks of the game, so have fun getting used to that curve.

A cozy game with a somewhat peculiar art style that grabs elements from a few different genres. At the core of it is what the name of the game also implies, which is potion brewing. A gameplay loop that's fairly easy to get into, and with a few hundred ingredients, some basic math and potion traits to spice things up, there's enough to keep someone interested from start to finish. What comes hand in hand with brewing potions is selling them. This is reinforced by the card collecting and deck building part, inserted into the bartering environment (where your customers play effects to hinder you) to make for a simple, but surprisingly creative part of the game. There's sufficient depth to it, and as the game progresses, cards become stronger and branch out towards different archetypes, thus giving an incentive for someone to return to the deck builder and try out new things. And there are certainly quite a few potent combinations that can lead to exhilarating results. What gives more meat to the bone that is brewing and selling potions is the dating sim layer of the game. This comes with the usual time management element, which will have someone balance the time they spend acquiring new resources, upgrading their equipment, running their shop, and getting to know one or many of the charmingly designed characters. Each of them are fairly distinct, and some of their stories can be quite relatable life lessons of sorts. What gives pacing and some tension to this all is the central story of the game. It's nothing to write home about - quite the commonplace with games of this kind even - but it does a good enough job at keeping someone on their toes by giving weight to the time their actions require and the decisions they make. It also ramps the game up gradually, making it so that there's enough to be occupied with at any point during the story. [b]TL;DR:[/b] There's nothing particularly groundbreaking about this game, but it does a masterful job at taking a couple of different mechanics and combining them seamlessly to make for a fresh and engaging whole. The gameplay is dressed with delightfully cozy art all around, background tracks that are pleasant to listen to, and simple, yet endearing characters with fun little stories - meaning that, for what it is, it makes for an extremely well rounded experience, with no particular shortcomings. It also inevitably reminds me of Recettear, which is a big plus in my book, at the very least.

Potionomics is a challenging and visually pleasing addition to my Steam Library. It is a business management style game but with deck builder elements that create an engaging video game inspired by tabletop gaming. The witchy theme and charismatic cast of characters really helped drawn me in - but the technical gameplay and hard fought boss events made me fall in love. Plays well on PC and Steamdeck with cross save so I play it on the go too! Highly recommend for the mystical and strategy minded.

It's great for a late night for gaming on a weekend! Not to mention the girls are very cute and I really love the gameplay! Really captures the essence of mixing random things together when you've just started to learn cooking XD

Ah, I forgot to review this game. This game is definitely a gem that has been polished. There are many different factors that come into play for running your shop that you'll learn along the way. The deck building is fantastic and gets better the longer you play. Each character has great animations with great personalities to match! I can't think of any negatives to say about this game as I overall really enjoy playing it. The art style is also rather unique and very charming. This is definitely an above average game if you like dabbling in trading. 10/10 product, would recommend for anyone into this type of gaming.

its fun but i think it would be nice for the developers to add a calculator button lol, i need to figure out how to divide a cauldron with a capacity for 950 magimins into seven parts for the maximum capacity of ingredients, so three sevenths of the potion contains magimin C while two sevenths should be magimin B. let's see how many times this ingredient containing 30 magimin C and 10 magimin could go into this potion. can i please have an in-game calculator function. as a treat. otherwise fun potion mechanics with cute dating sim and well-made characters (plus great visuals!)

Vibrant characters and storytelling, along with interesting puzzly potion-making and deckbuilding. It seems a lot more challenging than it really is. A satisfying conclusion.

you know the shop management game is good when you start craving a cigarette

this game is unbelievably addicting, I absolutely love it!!

love it. i tried to find similar games to this one, but still one of my top recommends.

Quite fun, should be way more popular

Characters are uncharismatic.

Traits are really weird 😵‍💫. Always give ingredients to Quinn first.

Great game I enjoy this game so much.

game cool :)

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