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Alchemy Garden
Developer MadSushi Games
Craft magic potions and sell them in your own alchemy shop! Explore the world and harvest plants to discover new recipes! Take care of your own garden of alchemy and decorate the shop as you like! From the Steam store page
159 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Sep 1, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
49
Mixed
76 positive · 80 negative
95% range 41–56%
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
738 of 1,074 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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60 of 159 · most liked firstMy Playtime: 23.2h (100% achievement, finished the first year) Grindy Achievement(s): No. Optional Achievement(s): Yes (~41 achievements). Difficult Achievement(s): No. Intro Alchemy Garden is a farming and shop simulation mix with no story and limited features. You can forage plants, plant seeds, make potions, and sell the potions to get money. It has the same workings as most farming games in general, generally 4 seasons with an event in each of them, freedom to spend your day doing anything…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FYI i'm only still playing to get the achievements. This game feels like the dev gave up on it and declared it finished without actually finishing it. Most of the core gameplay seems there but not fleshed out. The map is a lot bigger than it needs to be for no reason. And there's still some annoying bugs. The shop keeper game style is an old concept and i like it, but this game is really an energy and inventory management game. You can't increase your max energy at all and energy is needed…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At $12.99 I just can't recommend this game. It feels like it should be $3-5 at most. This game should not be out of early access yet. It is severely unpolished and many mechanics seem hollow or like they are in the prototype phase. There isn't really any driving narrative force to motivate the character, and seemingly little to no justification to actually engage with any of the mechanics at all. It's an overall incomplete gameplay experience that leaves the player utterly disappointed. I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Early access trap. Probably over-scoped themselves. A shame, looked cute and had a nice foundation.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah, so I bought this in early access years ago. The game seemed promising - a cute little potion game where you could have a garden and go foraging. Unfortunately, when I tried playing it again a while back (a year or two, maybe) the game had not improved to any noticeable degree: The potion crafting mechanics were changed at least twice, but the potions, and the potion ingredients, remained very limited (around 10 potions if I remember correctly); The map is absolutely minuscule with only…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alchemy Garden looks super cute, but it feels really unfinished. The farming and potion systems are pretty shallow, and there’s not much depth to keep you hooked. It gets grindy fast without giving you cool new stuff to experiment with. The UI can be clunky too, which makes simple tasks more annoying than they should be. It’s cozy in theory, but kind of boring in practice.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Underwhelming. Boring. Barebones. There are far better games in this genre than this one. The gameplay structure/loop mimics Stardew Valley, but worse. The one unique system of potion making is shallow. It's just a combination of 3 plant types, of which there are 6 total. That's it. After 1-2 hours you have played 90% of the game, and there's not really anything new to discover. It just becomes a huge grindfest with no distractions, no other content. * No minimap or a map, although the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this game a few years ago and decided to come back and give it a try. It seems they gutted the map and made it smaller for some reason. The planting and watering are just terrible. When planting and watering, you have to constantly move your character back and forth trying to find that sweet spot where you actually target the plot to plant or water. Unless they fix a bunch of stuff, this is not worth the 9$ being charged.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the nicest way possible - hugest no.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This has some promise, but it has a long way to go, to be considered good. You can't just water plants for 15 minutes straight. The system that you point at things, sucks, and I really don't want to start about the camera angle. With some adjustments the game would be nice, I liked the fact that I had my own shop, but it needs more work, because it feels like a game that is still in alpha version... I cannot recommend it especially at full price.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting concept. After all these years, the control is still bad. The laying of farming plots are so bad. I really do not get why these types of game enforce the toggle key action. Useless, hopefully some can switch to mouse macros. On the other hand, they cannot make shift sprint a toggle, seriously ? I collected some herbs, wood and champion around the map, laid some plots, plant 2 of them, watering toggle is so BS. Crafted and sold 1 healing potion. By this time, It was obvious this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a game for the times you want to relax, very soothing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't refund during early access because I had hope it would turn out half decent and really wish I hadn't, because it definitely didn't improve. Don't trust early access.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My friend who I play Counter Strike 2 with said if I post a review on this game and it gets 5000 likes and 5000 Awards that he will buy me a RTX 3080 and 2 Kilos of The lamb ham. So I'm just gonna leave this here Help a brotha ~ ∧＿∧ （｡･ω･｡)つ━☆・*。 ⊂ ノ ・゜+. しーＪ °。+ *´¨) .• ´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•’*
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I mean the game is not bad but the problem is there is not much to do and it become really boring really fast. I don't really recommend.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dead game, nothing to do other than harvest a handful of flowers a day. What a waste.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game..but after only a few minutes of playing, i was bored. I feel like there is a lot of potential here, but right now it is just lack-luster. It's just missing something, and it's rather sad because it is a game i feel like i would really enjoy otherwise.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is very basic with the most casual of gamer in mind. The game does not hold your hand - your goal is to sell potions however you see fit Ive been seeing alot of reviews about how "hard" or "clunky" the game is and while I sympathize with some of the frustrations, it really comes down to user error. I got this game a while ago for 1$ in a bundle and just recently decided to play because I was bored... You start off with some basic tools and an energy gague Theres 4 regions to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The beginning of the game is really awesome, but once you have a kinda decently sized farm you spend every day harvesting plants, planting new ones and watering for hours straight. In these kinds of games you would expect there to be an option for automatic watering or increasing the water volume of your watering cans and it's reach, but there is no such thing here. It makes keeping up with your farm very tiresome and time consuming, basically a chore. I do not wish to play a games that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As there isn't a middle-of-the-road option, I can't say I recommend the game. I had purchased it well before the full release (back when we had the old swamp and old map/areas), and the potential was certainly there. That is, until the game's rework and a hasty release doomed this game to the bargain bin. There are parts of the game that are addictive, that will make me want to re-install and play again, but ultimately I don't, as the game is bland now. The loop is basically: Pick plant, get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At first I really liked this game. But some crap is unfair. For example, if you don't realise that your inventory is full and you make a potion, it USES the materials, but the potion just disappears. It doesn't float there for you to pick up after fixing your inventory. It doesn't go into the shop for sale. It doesn't go onto your hot-bar or into a chest. It literally uses the materials and does not exist. I used 3 out of a measly 6 particular ingredients, not realising my inventory is full.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Extremely bare bones; the style of the game completely changed too from EA to full release. It looks like they actually STRIPPED away features that were in EA when they released it fully. So now the game is just a husk of what a game should be. Nothing but an empty map full of extremely limited forage. Maybe like 4 NPCs with one line dialogues. Honestly, what a waste of a game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello everyone & happy Monday! I'll be posting up the upload schedule for July shortly as well as renewing my musty old promosky. : ) Todays upload is Alchemy Garden, so watch for that at 10am EST.. it's a game I hold really dear as I've been playing it since its very early days. #indiegames
unlabelledView post →This is a very basic game. You go out your house, gets some plants, brew it into potions and then sell them. There's farming too, but the controls are very bad. You plant seeds and then in order to plant them in a specific spot you have to hope that's where it says the seed will go. This game is not nearly worth the 9 dollars it asks for.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Received through a random keys bundle, it's ok for the first hour or so. But then it's just an endless cycle of tediously gathering herbs in the same 2 areas, doing a few fetch quests, and brewing the correct potions. The customising would be fun, if it wasn't so boring getting enough money to buy anything.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →should not have been released as a finished game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels incomplete. I've played Early Access games with more content.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game felt empty, with how little you can interact with the villagers and not much locations to explore. Energy management isn't fun, especially when max energy is always at 100 with no upgrades to that max limit. The potion effects that help with gathering/farming don't seem worth it (potions that increase seeds or yield), if the potion effect only applies to a plant one time only when potions require 3 ingredients.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Trailer & pictures makes this game give of a completley different vibe than what you actually get... Pure day i day out grinding... You thought it would be a fun farming/gathering sim with a nice town where you can get to know the villagers. There are only 7 people in the town and they say the same thing again once you've talked to them.. And there are just a couple type of plants that spawn randomly each day, so you walk THE SAME ROUTE EVERY DAY! You can earn some good money from the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a pleasant life sim, with growing flowers and making potions as the source of income to buy decorations for your house, shop and garden. At the moment, it’s more decorating than farming, but I hope the developers continue to invest time and passion in the game to expand its repertoire.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⣿⣿⡻⠿⣳⠸⢿⡇⢇⣿⡧⢹⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡐⣯⠁ ⠄⠄ ⠟⣛⣽⡳⠼⠄⠈⣷⡾⣥⣱⠃⠣⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⠽⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢢⠏⠄ ⠄ ⢠⡿⠶⣮⣝⣿⠄⠄⠈⡥⢭⣥⠅⢌⣽⣿⣻⢶⣭⡿⠿⠜⢿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠄⠄ ⠄⣼⣧⠤⢌⣭⡇⠄⠄⠄⠭⠭⠭⠯⠴⣚⣉⣛⡢⠭⠵⢶⣾⣦⡍⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⣿⣷⣯⣭⡷⠄⠄⢀⣀⠩⠍⢉⣛⣛⠫⢏⣈⣭⣥⣶⣶⣦⣭⣛⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⢀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣎⢩⠌⣡⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠄⠄⠄ ⢸⡿⢟⣽⠎⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠄⠄ ⣰⠯⣾⢅⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠄ ⢰⣄⡉⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄ ⢯⣌⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢸⣇⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢸⣟⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⠈⢹⡧⣿⣸⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠗⣈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠄ ⠄⠘⢷⡳⣾⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⢀⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠄ ⠄⠄⠈⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠄⠄
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this for free from a Fanatical promotion, decided to fire it up on Steam Deck and give it a try in an ongoing effort to at least play every game in my Steam library. The TLDR? Don't waste your time here, it's a painfully mid-game at best. It strangely hits the Steam Deck GPU hard despite being very basic graphically. The gameplay loop is very basic and has no depth, at least based on first impressions, which are not positive at all. There are so many good games out there that do what this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got a cat here. Friends passing by can touch her and click Like to pet her once. Award for good luck, Take My Points for infinite pets :) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ＿＿ ／＞ フ | _ _ l ／` ミ＿xノ / | / ヽ ﾉ │ | | | ／￣| | | | | (￣ヽ＿ヽ)__) ＼二つ
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played for a few hours but found it boring and repetitive with nothing much else to do other than planting, gather resources around the area, making potions, and selling your stuff.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not good and not bad
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun for a short time but there's almost no content and it doesn't look like there will be more added. Maybe 2 hours of content total.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, the game is adorable and fun! It was all I had the energy for during some really rough days lately. I've found a bug or two but nothing game breaking or frustration causing. If anything, the few bugs I've found are hilarious- placed two crop spots on each other, accidentally dug a crop spot in a cuttable tree when I had the hoe and not the axe out. Had many laughs as I grew a plant in mid-air. 10/10 best bugs. I love the plant variety and I like that it DOESN'T overly complicate the potion…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really hate to say this but don't buy this game. I decided to give it a shot thinking there might be more updates to come but no. Extremely boring game with a very cute concept. :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a feeling I couldn't justify this game at full price, but even on sale I was surprised all I wanted to do was refund. It's a concept I really want in a game, but is more of a demo or the earliest of early access. Barebones and empty feeling, I felt no incentive to do anything.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game, it's nice ON PAPER, but I accidentally spent all the gold I accumulated over several real life months on 5 chests because: 1. When you buy an item, there is no additional confirmation check or visual cue that you already made the purchase. I think some part of the UI should shake or glow or a blinking arrow / key should appear or something. 2. I don't think there's any NPC that you can sell items to? Or I just haven't figured that out yet. 3. I thought the game only saved…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad playability, coarse in movements, character customization and graphics. Difficulting view in some areas like swamp.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice, relaxing game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Score: 5/10 About as confused as it is confusing. Doesn't meet what it aims to, and takes a while to get where it does go. Alchemy Garden portrays as a charming, relaxing store simulator, promising gardening, mining, and exploration as you run your own potion shop. The result is not quite there. The graphics are simple, with art reminiscent of the Miis of Nintendo. The terrain is interesting in the sum total three areas you have available (forest near your shop, small town, swamp).…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I buy this game since early access with interesting concept of explored forest, gathering and make them to potion In the beginning Im just want to relax with planting... Nevertheless the game control are so bad. nothings improve much roaming around same map are not worse than pole the seed to the hole that CANT control focus to specific area lol Time in game are 1YEAR with calendar that have birthday of villager without giving gift to them? our birthday for event? That's odd for 6 Dollar prices…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple wholesome fun, without time pressure or combat of any sort. While there are some bugs (such as UI quirks and floating plants - making them unable to be interacted with), it is a simple game that is nice and relaxing. Play as the local alchemist of Rosewood Village, harvest medicinal plants, create potions, grow your own decorative/medicinal garden, explore the various areas for plants, minerals, wood, ... Very much worth the time, even if the price is a tad high for what gameplay there…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Where is the last Autumn/Winter plant? Is it even in the game? 12+ hours of looking. I just want to delete the game at this point.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its beautiful and relaxing easy game , u could spend hours playing it without getting bored or sense the time passing by u UwU ⊹⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⢄⡠⡄ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⠃⠀⠀⠈⡆⠀ ⁺ ⠀⡤⠔⠒⠢⢼⡀⢀⡀⢀⡧⠔⠒⠢⢤ ⡂ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠑⣘⣁⠊⣀⠀⠀⠀⠘⡄ ⠀⠑⠤⣀⣀⡠⠭⡧⡼⠩⠅⣀⣀⠤⠊ ⠀⠀ ⡔⠁⢀⠞⢀⡇⠓⢀⠈⠳⡀ ⁺ ⠀ ⢰⡁⠀⠀ ⡸⢣⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠉⠧⠔⠊⠀⠀⠙⠲⠴⠉⠁ ⊹
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, lifeless and poorly designed in many areas. Issues: There is no distinction between plants that just exist in the worlds and ones you can pick up and make use of, this is especially a problem in the swamp where there are things like glowing mushrooms, ferny leaves and glowing lily pad flowers notably because glowing plant in design logic would be the first thing a player attempts to pick up. Why does this game even have a jump button. Your character lifts roughly 2cm off the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute, chill, and relaxing. I just wish there was more to it. You only get, roughly, four areas to explore. Now, I say "Roughly" because the cave is just too tiny. There aren't that many potions to discover either, but I suppose that makes shop keeping a bit easier with a smaller inventory. Speaking of inventory, one of my biggest complaints is if I forget to empty my inventory, any item from plants and/or potion brewing is just gone to the void. Second complaint is the camera in this game.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you ever need a heater in your home, in a cold winter, this game is perfectly optimized to make your PC become a nuclear reactor. The winter I got this game gifted was the warmest one in my life, and I eternally thank my friend for saving my toes, with this amazing game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got a cat here. Passerby can touch her and click Like to pet her once. Award for good luck. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ＿＿ ／＞ フ | _ _ l ／` .ミ.ܫ.ノ / | / ヽ ﾉ │ | | | ／￣| | | | | (￣ヽ＿ヽ)__) ＼二つ
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This does not feel like a finished game, I really tried to give it a fair shot and played longer than I wanted to see if it got better, but there are way better games out there in the same genre to spend your money on. It might be worth $5 to some but it's definitely not worth the full $12.99.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't believe that this is a fully released game and usually costs almost 13€. If anything, it feels like an early alpha. Controls feel very clunky. Graphics are cute I guess, but very very barebones. Tutorial... what tutorial? When you start you walk into some questionmarks and get a small explanation, but for example with brewing... I was confused as to why I was able to only craft one health potion, ah yeah... I need 3 ingredients. Nowhere does it say that. You can't see the actual…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly charming and fun!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I received this game as a gift when it was still in early access and was looking forward to the full release. Unfortunately not much has changed since then. It's a great proof of concept, but not a finished game by any means. No story, no objectives, no interesting sandbox elements, just a grind simulator in a small world with nothing to discover.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute but too slow, I’m going to finish it just for the achievements. *The quests do not feel challenging neither balanced. *Roaming and gathering are enjoyable. *Combining plants to brew potions is nice. *Upgrades are meh. *I have mixed feelings about taking care of the shop and the house. *The way stamina works is a pain in the a**. I have mixed feelings about this game. I’ve played a lot of similar games and even though I lose track of time everytime I play it, it still feels a bit…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A bit clunky and repetitive, but it has a cozy and charming vibe. Worth trying out during a sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game really really really sucks.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It feels completely unfinished. I should not be struggling to complete the first potion request especially with the character creation and world feeling as empty as they do.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is no story or anything you just wander around hoping you find the plants you need, then once you find the plants you need, if you have 6 and found all the plants for the day that is only 2 potions, you cannot make tools at least not that I have found. I only made it to day 4 before it got so boring I just closed the game so the tools have be purchased at a price between 75-300 a tool, quests only give about 300 on average. It feels like a shell of a game with zero story and more like a…
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