Penny for Your Potion
Loading critic reviews...
Deals
Finding deals...
Live Streams
Finding live streams...
About Penny for Your Potion
Penny for Your Potion is a medieval management game where you run a potion shop, cultivate ingredients, and craft brews for quirky customers. Developed by Last Minute Studios and released December 13, 2025, it blends RPG elements with simulation and strategy. You’ll design your shop layout, tend to a garden of magical plants, and experiment with recipes to satisfy demands. The goal is to build a legendary alchemy business by balancing resource management, customer service, and discovery. Playing on PC or Linux, the game focuses on single-player progression with a slow-burn loop of growth and experimentation. Perfect for fans of casual management games but with a fantasy twist.
Gameplay
Each session involves gathering resources, brewing potions, and managing customer orders. You’ll click to plant and harvest ingredients, drag-and-drop to arrange shop shelves, and combine items in a crafting menu to create potions. Customers enter with specific requests, sometimes needing rare alchemical mixes, other times offering quests to expand your garden. Progression hinges on unlocking new recipes, upgrading equipment, and boosting your shop’s reputation. The game emphasizes pacing: early hours focus on basic tasks, while later stages involve juggling multiple orders and optimizing production. Controls are straightforward but lack depth, prioritizing accessibility over complexity. Sessions often end with you tweaking shop layouts or experimenting with oddball ingredient combos.
What Players Think
PlayPile data shows players average 22 hours with a 76% completion rate. The game holds a 4.1/5 rating, praised for its chill vibe and creative recipe system. Community moods are 60% relaxed, 35% focused, with 5% bored. Review snippets highlight “a cozy way to waste evenings” and “too much micromanagement after 10 hours.” Achievement data reveals 48 unlockable milestones, with 85% of players hitting the “Master Alchemist” title. Critics note the lack of multiplayer and repetitive late-game tasks, but 72% of users say it’s “better than most cafe simulators.” Price at launch was $24.99, with a 20% discount on Steam.
PlayPile's Take
Penny for Your Potion is a solid but forgettable management game. It shines for players who enjoy slow, methodical progression and don’t mind its simplistic mechanics. The recipe system and customization options keep it engaging for 20+ hours, but the lack of innovation or multiplayer might let it fade from your library. With 48 achievements and a low price, it’s worth a try if you’ve got spare hours and a fondness for alchemy-themed simulators. Just don’t expect anything impressive.
Game Modes
Single player
Achievements
Loading achievements...
Similar Games
Finding similar games...
Buzzing on Bluesky
Checking Bluesky...