I've been playing Potion Craft lately, and it's a legitimately good game! 🌿
You grind up ingredients which will create different paths on a map, and you essentially have to align yourself on the map with different markers to create different potions, and then you save the recipe so that you don't have to do it again the next time you need to make it ~ this means that you can keep optimizing your recipes by creating paths using the fewest possible ingredients, which to me is really fun. You can buy furniture like tables and shelves, on which you can put anything in your inventory, like your custom made potions ~ you can customize every potion by giving it a different bottle, tag and icon, and you can write custom names and descriptions for them too. The game also has a great skill tree, with one stat which can be improved infinitely. All you really do is create potions, sell them to costumers who ask for specific effects, level up, expand and decorate your house, herb gardens, crystal caves etc. You can be as strategic as you want to be, or you can play inefficiently if you just want to relax. The game icons and sounds are satisfying to look at and listen to (crystals continuously sparkle in the inventory). You can become good or evil, depending on whether you sell potions to good or evil costumers, which adds variety to an additional playthrough. This game is great for people who enjoy strategizing and organizing.
Yea this has been on my list for a while but I haven’t gotten around to it. I enjoyed Strange Antiquities & Horticulture as well. Not quite the same kind of gameplay though, more puzzle solving.
@graceyyy I have Strange Horticulture but I only played it a couple hours. I'm gonna give it another go eventually. I'd say Potion Craft is more engaging, and it has excellent progression for something called a simulator lol. No puzzle solving however, and it's not as atmospheric though it does have good vibes.
