Games Like Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

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.

Why similar: Crafting 25.1%, Capitalism 22.2%, Resource Management 13%, Management 11.1%, Life Sim 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It turns potion brewing into a full fantasy shop sim, blending ingredient crafting, customer demand, and the satisfaction of pricing your creations well.

Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.

Why similar: Crafting 33.3%, Life Sim 22.2%, Relaxing 14.9%, Simulation 9.2%, RPG 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: You gather ingredients and brew cures for townspeople, making it a close match if you like fulfilling requests through hands-on alchemy.

Potion Tycoon is a management simulator with a witchy twist! Build and develop your very own magic shop. Manage resources, set up production lines, mix potions and sell them smartly to stay ahead of the competition. Welcome to the potion business!

Why similar: Management 18.3%, Capitalism 15%, Medieval 13.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, Trading 12.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: It leans more managerial than tactile, but few games focus as directly on designing, producing, and selling potions in a fantasy shop.

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Why similar: Relaxing 29.5%, Point & Click 27.8%, Simulation 19.4%, Choices Matter 13.3%, 2D 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Identifying plants and matching remedies to customers gives it the same calm, knowledge-driven feeling of learning an arcane trade.

Become the mystical alchemist, choose your contracts wisely as they will shape the world around you, discover the long forgotten magical recipes, upgrade your lab and become the most powerful alchemist of all times.

Why similar: Crafting 29.9%, Trading 27.5% ★, Life Sim 17.3%, Relaxing 12.4%, Simulation 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is another brewing-focused sim where you physically use tools, follow formulas, and experiment in a dedicated alchemy workspace.

Master the wonders of alchemy! Solve alchemical puzzles by transforming and combining Essences. Craft items, tools and machines. Explore the enchanting world, gather peculiar resources, and befriend the Agari, adorable mushroom folk who will help you find the cure for your mysterious disease.

Why similar: Crafting 24.4%, Farming Sim 19.5%, Management 13%, Life Sim 12.6%, Resource Management 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its relaxed lab-based experimentation and whimsical alchemy progression capture the discovery side of Potion Craft especially well.

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!

Why similar: Management 20.2%, Farming Sim 15%, Crafting 14.9%, Trading 14.2% ★, Capitalism 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: Growing ingredients, brewing potions, and selling them from your own magical store closely mirrors Potion Craft's craft-and-commerce loop.

Gather exotic ingredients, brew complex mixtures, and expand your magically automated production lines -- keeping your shelves stocked, your customers happy, and your pockets full.

Why similar: Crafting 24.6%, Management 22.6%, Life Sim 16.5%, Relaxing 12.5%, Sandbox 11%

Why You'll Like It: It shifts toward automation, but the core fantasy is still supplying a world with alchemical products built from gathered ingredients.

Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

Why similar: Crafting 37.7%, Management 15.3%, Medieval 13.6%, Sandbox 12%, Simulation 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same appeal of turning messy raw materials into useful products through layered crafting and darkly funny management.

Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.

Why similar: Farming Sim 20.4%, Life Sim 17.7%, Crafting 16.6%, Management 14.8%, Medieval 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: If you enjoy producing goods and serving customers in a relaxed medieval sim, this tavern management game hits a similar groove.

Little Witch in the Woods tells the story of Ellie, an apprentice witch. Explore the mystical forest, help the charming residents, and experience the daily life of the witch.

Why similar: Crafting 21.1%, Farming Sim 20.2%, Life Sim 17.6%, Management 11.2%, Relaxing 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Gathering materials and brewing potions in a cozy witchy setting makes it a great pick for the gentler, more magical side of Potion Craft.

Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!

Why similar: Management 26.6%, Medieval 19.9%, Resource Management 14.3%, Crafting 11.9%, Simulation 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses more on layout and staffing than hands-on crafting, but the medieval management and customer-service loop align well.

Winkeltje: The Little Shop is all about building, decorating, and running your own old-world fantasy shop. Buy low, sell high - from nails and apples to swords and alchemic love potions. Impress your customers, craft items, and be the master of your very own shop.

Why similar: Crafting 17.3%, Trading 16.9% ★, Farming Sim 15.8%, Capitalism 13.4%, Management 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Running a small fantasy store, crafting stock, and optimizing your setup makes it a natural fit for Potion Craft's business side.

A mysterious story of a mysterious dream ... This is a story about one of the adventures Sophie the Alchemist had after she left her hometown of Kirchen Bell.

Why similar: Crafting 60.5%, RPG 15.3%, Simulation 11.6%, Singleplayer 6.7%, Casual 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its deep synthesis system rewards combining traits and ingredients in ways that scratch the same recipe-experimentation itch.

Wytchwood is a crafting adventure game set in a land of gothic fables and fairytales. As the old witch of the woods, explore a strange countryside, collect magic ingredients, brew sorcerous spells, and pass judgement upon a capricious cast of characters.

Why similar: Crafting 64.5%, RPG 13.5%, 2D 8.6%, Singleplayer 6.9%, Casual 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its witchy gathering-and-crafting loop nails the fairy-tale alchemy vibe even without the dedicated shop management.

Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!

Why similar: Capitalism 55.8%, Management 14.9%, RPG 12%, Simulation 8.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: While it's broader than potions alone, its customer-facing shopkeeping and merchant rhythm feel very close to running an alchemy business.

Brew your perfect beer in this relaxing home brewing sim. Use a realistic chemistry simulation to brew hoppy IPAs to creamy stouts. Customise your brewing space, create recipes and label your beer, unlock new equipment and enter competitions. Learn to brew, refine your craft and become a Brewmaster!

Why similar: Crafting 33.7%, Management 16.5%, Sandbox 15.8%, Relaxing 14.6%, Simulation 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Swap potions for beer and you still get the tactile, process-oriented joy of experimenting with ingredients and fine-tuning recipes.

Embark on a lifetime of adventure in a beautiful world of creativity and intrigue. Raise a family, customise your farm, run a business, craft items, and battle some marvellously malevolent monsters.

Why similar: Crafting 21.1%, Farming Sim 19.6%, Life Sim 13.1%, Management 11.8%, Sandbox 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its fantasy life-sim structure lets you run shops including apothecary-style businesses, with a cozy emphasis on ingredients and community.

Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

Why similar: Management 47.6%, Simulation 18.2%, RPG 17.8%, 2D 8.9%, Singleplayer 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Selling curated goods from your shop captures the merchant half of Potion Craft, even if the resource-gathering comes from action combat.

Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!

Why similar: Crafting 26.4%, Farming Sim 23.4%, Life Sim 17.8%, Simulation 7.3%, Sandbox 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Though it's more workshop than alchemy shop, the satisfying cycle of gathering, crafting, and fulfilling townsfolk orders is very familiar.

Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?

Why similar: Crafting 28.4%, Life Sim 15.7%, Management 15.7%, Resource Management 15.5%, Choices Matter 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its slower occult crafting and discovery systems appeal to the same players who enjoy experimenting with ingredients and hidden recipes.

Become a farming Witch and pioneer the range that has been mysteriously corrupted with Miasma. Discover the secret behind its appearance, grow plants to power up your spells, and use nature’s magic to heal the land.

Why similar: Farming Sim 38.7%, Crafting 33%, Relaxing 13%, RPG 10.1%, Casual 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This one trades shopkeeping for witchy farming and spellcraft, but the herb-gathering and potion-making atmosphere is right on target.

Join Tara on a heartfelt journey to become a witch in Wylde Flowers. Farm by day, and cast spells by night as you craft your cottagecore life and bond with your coven. Come to know and love the fully voice acted characters of Fairhaven, as you unravel a local mystery.

Why similar: Farming Sim 32.4%, Life Sim 21.1%, Crafting 18.8%, Simulation 12.6%, Relaxing 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Potion brewing and gentle magical routines give it a similarly relaxing, handcrafted rhythm despite its stronger narrative focus.

Welcome to Fern Island! As Abrill, become immersed in the island’s culture, uncover its deepest secrets, and master magical trades. Overcome the challenges of the island to demonstrate your mastery of magic and become the most well known witch around!

Why similar: Farming Sim 38.3%, Life Sim 29.1%, Sandbox 19.3%, Simulation 9%, Casual 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a cozy witch-life mix of gathering, alchemy, and experimentation in a way that feels spiritually close to Potion Craft.

A magical pixel art platformer. Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Cook magical delicacies from your bought and gathered ingredients. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and figure out the intricacies of your orders.

Why similar: Relaxing 30.4%, Life Sim 24%, Management 17.6%, Crafting 15.7%, 2D 8%

Why You'll Like It: This cozy witchy crafting game emphasizes ingredients and handmade recipe work, giving it a comparable magical artisan feel.

A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!

Why similar: Capitalism 36.8%, Simulation 26.1%, RPG 18.1%, Casual 10.5%, 2D 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its charm comes from learning recipes, sourcing ingredients, and serving customers efficiently in a cozy fantasy setting.

FINAL PROFIT is a story driven shop-sim RPG. Gather products and find customers. Spend your hard-earned profits on upgrades and investments. Make far-reaching choices as you expand your business. And explore a world full of secrets on your quest to defeat capitalism by becoming the best at it!

Why similar: Capitalism 21%, Life Sim 17.7%, Management 12.4%, Sandbox 11%, Resource Management 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more systems-heavy take on fantasy retail, but the thrill of optimizing products and customers still maps well.

Run your own magic business! In Alchemist Shop Simulator you can trade magical wares, brew potions and take on special orders, meet many quirky clients, grow your ingredients in your garden, restock your shelves and manage prices. Keep expanding your business as you gain experience and wealth!

Why similar: Trading 19.5% ★, Crafting 19.2%, Management 12.7%, Medieval 11.1%, Resource Management 9.2%

VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.

Why similar: Life Sim 30.2%, Point & Click 22%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Simulation 15.7%, 2D 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Mixing drinks to suit each patron captures the intimate craft-for-customers appeal, just in a story-rich sci-fi bar instead of an alchemy shop.

Patty's brother has been possessed by the God of Poverty and the whole family has become poor. Run an adventure tavern in a fantasy land with Patty to pay their dept! A turn-based RPG where you cook, eat, collect, fight and explore!

Why similar: Management 45.2%, RPG 37.5%, Casual 17.2%

Why You'll Like It: Running a fantasy tavern with gathered ingredients and crafted recipes offers a lighter RPG spin on the same production-and-sales loop.

Master the art of alchemy in Potion Shop Simulator, a unique blend of simulation and strategy. Brew potions, manage your shop, and cater to a magical clientele in a single-player or co-op experience of the medieval fantasy world.

Why similar: Crafting 17.8%, Farming Sim 15.9%, Medieval 13.8%, Capitalism 13%, Management 11.7%

Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Cook delicious food and keep an eye on the mood of the visitors. Create a unique atmosphere for unforgettable adventures!

Why similar: Management 20.4%, Life Sim 17.6%, Resource Management 17.5%, Sandbox 14.3%, Relaxing 12.7%

First-person Alchemist Simulator with RPG elements. Explore the world, gather ingredients, and sell or use potions you craft to help others and fend off enemies. Adopt pets to help you with your alchemy knowledge (and to pet them). Decorate your home however you like and brew your destiny!

Why similar: Crafting 20.7%, Farming Sim 18.4%, Life Sim 13%, Management 11.9%, Relaxing 10.2%

Magical Greenhouse is a cozy simulation game where you manage your own potion shop. Your clients, creatures and adventurers of all kinds have strange requests. You will have to be inventive to create the perfect potion for every situation!

Why similar: Crafting 26.3%, Trading 16.5% ★, Farming Sim 15.8%, Relaxing 11.2%, Management 9.4%

Manage your very own Witchcraft Shop! Witchy Business is a job simulator game where you brew potions for your customers, collect oddities, grow flowers in your garden, upgrade your alchemy station, and thrive. Make sure you are quick to take care of customers and hex thieves!

Why similar: Crafting 42.2%, Relaxing 16.4%, Simulation 15.3%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, RPG 9.9%

Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

Why similar: Singleplayer 51.1%, 2D 48.9%

Anvil Saga is a management sim with RPG elements where you take control of a blacksmith shop amidst the Hundred Years' War. Each decision you make impacts the story and gameplay.

Why similar: Crafting 18.8%, Medieval 15.5%, Management 14.8%, Resource Management 9.6%, Historical 9.4%

Master of Pottery is a pottery-themed creation + simulation game. Make pottery, open exhibitions, complete orders, train apprentices, run your own showroom and start a relaxing pottery journey.

Why similar: Crafting 44.7%, Simulation 21.5%, Relaxing 17.1%, Casual 7.5%, Indie 5.9%

Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!

Why similar: Management 51.5%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Simulation 12.3%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 5.8%

Become a medieval alchemist in this card game. Brew deadly potions, discover ancient recipes, hire adventurers, and outwit the Inquisition. Transform your humble shack into an alchemical empire. No wands are required — just knowledge and wit.

Why similar: Historical 20.1%, Medieval 18.2%, Relaxing 15.4%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%

The Witch's Cauldron is a narrative roguelike game about being a medieval witch. Grab your cauldron and get brewing. Love, curses, laughter, wisdom for sale! Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. At least before the inquisitors come around.

Why similar: Crafting 29.6%, Medieval 19.6%, Relaxing 13%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Simulation 8.8%

Blend fragrances in your cozy perfume atelier! 🌸 Craft unique scents by mixing essences, design beautiful bottles, and try to sell your creations to curious customers. Decorate your workshop, unlock new recipes, and grow your reputation in the art of fragrance.

Why similar: Crafting 36.9%, Management 17.5%, Relaxing 12.6%, Simulation 11.8%, Point & Click 8.9%

Craft weapons, armor and tools, manage resources and expand your workshop. Experience realistic physics-based forging, unlock new recipes and special orders, and interact with a medieval town's inhabitants as you work to become the greatest blacksmith in the land.

Why similar: Crafting 34.4%, Medieval 20.2%, Relaxing 13.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Sandbox 6.4%

Your father's life depends on your success. Run a medieval shop, craft goods, set prices, and build your reputation - because the King's debt collectors are coming. Farm, hunt, explore, and trade your way to freedom in this cozy but consequential shop simulation.

Why similar: Crafting 18.8%, Farming Sim 15.8%, Trading 14.7% ★, Medieval 13.5%, Capitalism 12.8%

Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!

Why similar: Trading 26.3% ★, Management 21.1%, Life Sim 20.1%, Relaxing 14.3%, Simulation 10.7%

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.6%, Simulation 30.2%, Indie 14.6%, Singleplayer 10.1%, 2D 6.1%

Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!

Why similar: Resource Management 21.1%, Relaxing 20.9%, Sandbox 18.9%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Simulation 11.4%

Craft your workshop as an alchemist!‌ Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. ‌Multiplayer Supported!‌ Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!

Why similar: Crafting 30.8%, Medieval 26.1%, Sandbox 17%, Resource Management 10.6%, Simulation 7.8%

The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.

Why similar: Resource Management 40.6%, Choices Matter 26.6%, RPG 14.7%, 2D 10.5%, Indie 7.6%

Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!

Why similar: Crafting 21%, Capitalism 16.1%, Medieval 15.6%, Management 14.9%, Resource Management 9.5%

Alnico Smithery is a hand-drawn, physics-based forging simulator. Mine for ore, smelt ingots, discover alloys, forge tools, and rebuild the smithery your grandfather left behind.

Why similar: Life Sim 15.9%, Crafting 12.9%, Medieval 12.1%, Sandbox 12.1%, Historical 9.9%

Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.

Why similar: Trading 20.9% ★, Life Sim 14.4%, Management 14.2%, Relaxing 10.8%, Resource Management 10.3%

Become a Medieval blacksmith in this interactive blacksmithing simulator. Upgrade your forging equipment, unlock new exotic crafting materials, grow your business, and manage your customers - in addition to engaging forging mechanics. Strike while the iron is hot and hop in front of the forge now!

Why similar: Crafting 23.9%, Medieval 13.7%, Management 12.8%, Life Sim 11.7%, Resource Management 9.4%

In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

Why similar: Point & Click 29%, Choices Matter 25.3%, Simulation 21.2%, 2D 7.5%, Casual 6.6%

You need this game to forget about your life cares and become the best alchemist of this fantasy world with your friends! An alchemy shop keeper game offers you to brew potions for your customers, loot the ingredients in the forest, trade with sellers and compete with rivals.

Why similar: Crafting 26.7%, Farming Sim 25%, Life Sim 18.2%, Sandbox 15%, Simulation 6.2%

You are a journeyman alchemist: experiment to learn the secrets of the alchemical sciences, and leverage them to produce a diverse menu of potions for a procession of weird and spooky customers in this compact narrative puzzle experience.

Why similar: Crafting 58.2%, Simulation 19.4%, Medieval 15.9%, Singleplayer 3.8%, Indie 2.8%

Ready to settle in with a soothing shift behind the counter? Feel the dough, hear the quiet crackle of the oven, and serve warm slices to grateful guests. Good Pizza, Great Pizza is the cozy, asmr-friendly escape you didn’t know you kneaded.

Why similar: Management 20.7%, Life Sim 14.7%, Resource Management 13.9%, Relaxing 13.6%, Hand-drawn 10.9%

Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.

Why similar: Relaxing 53.2%, Simulation 24.7%, Singleplayer 12.9%, Casual 9.1%

Brew your own beer from scratch! Take on the role of a brewmaster, learn brewing techniques, create unique recipes, and grow your craft brewery into a full-scale factory. Expand your brewery from mashing and fermenting to bottling and selling - every decision shapes your beer empire

Why similar: Life Sim 26.6%, Simulation 19.3%, Management 16.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Resource Management 7.5%

Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.

Why similar: Relaxing 37.2%, Life Sim 21.3%, Point & Click 12.7%, Simulation 11.6%, Casual 5.7%