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Potionomics
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
54 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“The gameplay loop and its mechanics are fun enough. However the game lies to you, and you find that out by getting a GAME OVER screen. You have 10 days to brew some potions for a competition. The game tells you the…”
“I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH AND THE CHARACTERS ARE SK HOT I LOVE QUINN but also I play on the slowest mode available and it still feels way too fast. I wish there was an even slower mode, I just wanna enjoy foraging and…”
“micromanagement hell, but oh my god its so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fun, you lose an hour just on one day and its wild”
29 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“[h2]*Maybe*[/h2] Great writing, interesting characters, wonderful setting, solid style, intriguing details, nice music... it has a lot going for it, and I would say is an excellent standout on all of those fronts. That…”
“I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH AND THE CHARACTERS ARE SK HOT I LOVE QUINN but also I play on the slowest mode available and it still feels way too fast. I wish there was an even slower mode, I just wanna enjoy foraging and…”
“Potionomics is such a charming game. I really love the expressive animation, character design, music, voice acting, and relationships and romance between characters. The game can be a little bit stressful from the…”
18 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“Potionomics is such a charming game. I really love the expressive animation, character design, music, voice acting, and relationships and romance between characters. The game can be a little bit stressful from the…”
“An absolutely delightful game with colorful well voice acted characters, a fun fantasy world that doesn't take itself too seriously (very Discworld in tone) and an addictive gameplay loop. The game is fun, funny, and…”
“Deckbuilding-based commerce? Brilliant. Dating sim-esque relationship mechanics? Delightful. Arithmetic-heavy crafting? Right up my alley. Store/time management framework? Fun and challenging. This game has it all ON…”
13 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“Potionomics is such a charming game. I really love the expressive animation, character design, music, voice acting, and relationships and romance between characters. The game can be a little bit stressful from the…”
“An absolutely delightful game with colorful well voice acted characters, a fun fantasy world that doesn't take itself too seriously (very Discworld in tone) and an addictive gameplay loop. The game is fun, funny, and…”
“I don't know how they did it, but somehow the voice acting and character animation in this game is really impresive and nothing like i was expecting. The game also managed to make me laugh out loud in like the first…”
13 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“I love this game, though difficulty depends on how good you are with time/resource management and math- Example being I crushed every tournament while one of my old friends had to cheat to get through and it seems most…”
“It was ok. It was good to play for a few hours before going to sleep. By the time I finished the game and unlocked endless mode I'd had enough. The early game is probably the most challenging aspect. Money is tight…”
“I don't know how they did it, but somehow the voice acting and character animation in this game is really impresive and nothing like i was expecting. The game also managed to make me laugh out loud in like the first…”
18 of the 95 reviews raise this · 15 of them still recommend the game.
“The game has a decent story, good mechanics, great visuals, great character designs. It should by all rights be a great game. However, it is not. Because it is NOT a game. It is a job. Potionomics has the key selling…”
“The gameplay loop and its mechanics are fun enough. However the game lies to you, and you find that out by getting a GAME OVER screen. You have 10 days to brew some potions for a competition. The game tells you the…”
“I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH AND THE CHARACTERS ARE SK HOT I LOVE QUINN but also I play on the slowest mode available and it still feels way too fast. I wish there was an even slower mode, I just wanna enjoy foraging and…”
11 of the 95 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“micromanagement hell, but oh my god its so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fun, you lose an hour just on one day and its wild”
“I wish the devs had spent less time on creating a polished aesthetic and more time on a UI that doesn't feel sluggish and gameplay that doesn't somehow manage to feel grindey within minutes of playing. I also wish I…”
“It was ok. It was good to play for a few hours before going to sleep. By the time I finished the game and unlocked endless mode I'd had enough. The early game is probably the most challenging aspect. Money is tight…”
11 of the 95 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“The game has a decent story, good mechanics, great visuals, great character designs. It should by all rights be a great game. However, it is not. Because it is NOT a game. It is a job. Potionomics has the key selling…”
“The gameplay loop and its mechanics are fun enough. However the game lies to you, and you find that out by getting a GAME OVER screen. You have 10 days to brew some potions for a competition. The game tells you the…”
“[h2]*Maybe*[/h2] Great writing, interesting characters, wonderful setting, solid style, intriguing details, nice music... it has a lot going for it, and I would say is an excellent standout on all of those fronts. That…”
4 of the 95 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I love this game, though difficulty depends on how good you are with time/resource management and math- Example being I crushed every tournament while one of my old friends had to cheat to get through and it seems most…”
“It's an okay game but it's SOOOOO buggy. Window issues. UI is a nightmare to navigate on either mouse or controller. Some customers are invisible. Voice lines play on top of each other”
“Game itself was fine. Unfortunatyl it started crashing constantly with an undiscribed error and was unplayable.”
4 of the 95 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“It was ok. It was good to play for a few hours before going to sleep. By the time I finished the game and unlocked endless mode I'd had enough. The early game is probably the most challenging aspect. Money is tight…”
“[h3]Potionomics completely absorbed me for [b]60+ hours[/b], and I loved every minute of it.[/h3] I was genuinely impressed by how many different gameplay systems blend together so well: the social aspect, resource…”
Counted across 95 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“this was without a doubt one of the best games i got the chance to get addicted to this year!! another indie surprise that deserved way more recognition and awards, just like Made in Abyss, this little game i wasn’t expecting anything from ended up surprising me so much and kept…”
— a player, Steam review · 73 hrs played“I have been OBSESSED with this game and am feeling quite empty now that I have finished it. First off, I was drawn in by the potion shop aspect and the art style. However, I was blown away by the polish in quality of animations, sfx, and gameplay. I loved the progression in the…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played“I'd give this like a 4/5. Very good and fun game, impaired by some annoyances. Should be able to save recipes, bit of a pita to always remember what you used.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-04). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch Notes 1/28/26
Bug Fixes - Fixed Daily Events and Luna’s Marketing Services not saving correctly after closing out of the game - Optimized memory footprint for more loading stability - Improved controller input focu
Check Out the Enhanced Potionomics Soundtrack
Quick, what’s your favorite song from the Potionomics soundtrack, and why is it this one: The acclaimed Potionomics original soundtrack is full of whimsical themes. Whether that’s through enhancing th
Patch Notes 10/31/24
Bug Fixes Request Log rewards updated to show Boss Finn's beautiful face in Quest Rewards Boss Finn's Feeding Time now calculates interest correctly Deck Builder no longer softlocks when navigating to
Voices and Free Love and Endless Mode, Oh My!
Hello Potion Sellers! It's been a while! Over the past two years, we've been busy working on a number of updates, both large and small, and exploring new ways you can enjoy all of Potionomics. From ex
Patch Notes 01/18/2023
Fixed Jingle giving you extra patience when used on 0-cost cards Fixed Fuel to the Fire not affecting interest increases Fixed playing two Rhythms in one turn not giving the proper cost reduction debu
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Deckbuilding · Dating Sim · Capitalism · Simulation · Fantasy · Female Protagonist · RPG · Indie · Crafting · Resource Management · Card Game · Strategy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Official site | https://potionomics.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 650 Ti or AMD HD 7850 Storage: 7 GB available space