Games Like Potion Permit

Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.

Why similar: Crafting 34.1%, Life Sim 21.5%, Relaxing 14.8%, Simulation 9.3%, RPG 7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses exclusively on the satisfying process of brewing potions and managing an alchemist shop.

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: Dating Sim 28%, Wholesome 20.5%, Crafting 18.7%, Life Sim 14.3%, Simulation 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deep potion-crafting mechanics with shop management and dating-sim elements.

Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!

Why similar: Life Sim 17.8%, Fishing 16.6% ★, Dating Sim 16.5%, Character Customization 10.3%, Crafting 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed life-sim that incorporates magic, crafting, and diverse character interactions.

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: Life Sim 27.2%, Crafting 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Cute 11.2%, Relaxing 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar cozy aesthetic and focuses on gathering ingredients to brew magical potions for villagers.

Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!

Why similar: Dating Sim 23.9%, Life Sim 23.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Relaxing 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A modern, polished life-sim that emphasizes community relationships and magical exploration.

You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

Why similar: Life Sim 24.7%, Fishing 12.3% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Relaxing 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential life-sim that perfectly captures the community-building and resource-gathering loop found in Potion Permit.

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: Life Sim 39.6%, Crafting 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, RPG 8.9%, Colorful 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tavern management with crafting and gathering in a cozy, pixel-art setting.

The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.

Why similar: Life Sim 22.6%, Crafting 14.8%, Fishing 14.6% ★, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Relaxing 9%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing life-sim focused on rebuilding a town and managing relationships with its residents.

Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!

Why similar: Fishing 24.6% ★, Life Sim 17.5%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Relaxing 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines creature collection with alchemy-based crafting in a charming, open-world setting.

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 37.4%, Colorful 20%, RPG 14.4%, 2D 7.7%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on gathering ingredients and crafting spells to solve problems for the quirky inhabitants of a dark fairy-tale world.

Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.

Why similar: Life Sim 22.8%, Dating Sim 17.7%, Fishing 15.5% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Character Customization 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A modern farming and life-sim that places a heavy emphasis on environmental restoration and community interaction.

Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?

Why similar: Life Sim 30.7%, Crafting 15.8%, Action RPG 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, RPG 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on gathering ingredients and crafting recipes to serve the local community in a vibrant pixel-art world.

As the newest ranger of a peacekeeping organization known as SEED, protect your community by rounding up rowdy monsters and going on special missions. Cultivate your farm and friendships alike while unravelling rune-related mysteries!

Why similar: Fishing 28.4% ★, Crafting 13.3%, JRPG 13%, RPG 12.5%, Dating Sim 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Blends traditional farming-sim mechanics with RPG combat and deep relationship building.

Hey human, we've got problems! This town is crawling with troublesome spirits, and you're the only one who can see them. You'd better get that old bathhouse up and running, maybe that'll help them chill out!

Why similar: Life Sim 33.1%, Relaxing 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, RPG 10.9%, Colorful 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on helping spirits and managing a bathhouse, mirroring the patient-care loop of Potion Permit.

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: Life Sim 29.7%, Crafting 23.2%, Relaxing 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, RPG 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A life-sim with deep crafting mechanics and a unique generational system that impacts the local community.

The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.

Why similar: Life Sim 18.8%, Dating Sim 17.2%, Cozy 16.2%, Crafting 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A community-focused life-sim set in a prehistoric era with unique crafting and discovery mechanics.

Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!

Why similar: Life Sim 31.8%, Dating Sim 21.2%, Crafting 18.3%, Character Customization 12.1%, RPG 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A crafting-heavy life-sim where you play as a builder helping a desert town thrive.

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 40.4%, Pixel Graphics 23.4%, RPG 13.8%, Simulation 10.6%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A darker, humorous take on the life-sim genre that features extensive alchemy and crafting systems.

Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story is a crafting RPG set in the whimsical world of Bandle City. After a party goes wrong, the portals that connect your home collapse and throw everything into chaos! Using your knitting magic and backpack house, restore the portals to reunite Bandle City.

Why similar: Cozy 25.8%, Crafting 23.4%, Colorful 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, RPG 9%

Why You'll Like It: A crafting-focused RPG with a cozy, colorful aesthetic and a strong emphasis on social connection.

Embark on a wholesome adventure to save The Grove! Forage resources, combat the invasive Rot, and restore the community. Relax and enjoy the fruits of your labor in this charming action-RPG starring a grape.

Why similar: JRPG 22.9%, Cozy 19.3%, Action RPG 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Colorful 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that focuses on helping the community and gathering resources in a charming, fantasy world.

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: Life Sim 35.5%, Crafting 25.9%, RPG 11.3%, Simulation 8.8%, Relaxing 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features extensive crafting and relationship-building mechanics in a vibrant, post-apocalyptic world.

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: Cozy 24.7%, Life Sim 20.3%, Dating Sim 16.6%, Crafting 13%, Relaxing 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy life-sim with a magical twist and a strong narrative focus on community relationships.

Welcome to Cozy Grove, a game about camping on a haunted, ever-changing island. As a Spirit Scout, you'll wander the island's forest each day, finding new hidden secrets and helping soothe the local ghosts. With a little time and a lot of crafting, you'll bring color and joy back to Cozy Grove!

Why similar: Cozy 27.3%, Life Sim 18.2%, Relaxing 14.7%, Cute 8.9%, Colorful 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing life-sim centered on helping spirits find peace, echoing the patient-care aspect of Potion Permit.

Searching for a peaceful farm life, a fresh mountain breeze, and your own market stall? Look no further than the friendly community of Zephyr Town! Here you’ll grow crops and raise animals, get to know the locals, and sell your wares at the town's bazaar to restore it to its former glory.

Why similar: Wholesome 20.6%, Cozy 15.4%, Life Sim 15%, Dating Sim 14%, Crafting 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic life-sim that emphasizes shop management and community interaction.

Escape to the magical life of your dreams in Fae Farm, a farm sim RPG for 1-4 players. Craft, cultivate, and decorate to grow your homestead, and use spells to explore the enchanted island of Azoria!

Why similar: Cozy 36.7%, Relaxing 12.7%, Colorful 12.3%, RPG 11.4%, Crafting 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy life-sim that incorporates magic, farming, and crafting in a whimsical setting.

Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you build and run a bed and breakfast...but you’re a bear.

Why similar: Crafting 25.3%, Life Sim 24.7%, Relaxing 10.8%, Colorful 9.7%, RPG 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A management sim with a cozy, character-driven vibe that requires gathering resources to expand your business.

You have two weeks to save the harvest festival! Tend your garden and collect plants for spells and rituals to help the villagers of Flora. After all, if magic isn't for solving everyday problems, what’s the point of a village witch anyway? A cozy story filled with chaos, friendship, and romance!

Why similar: Wholesome 18.1%, Cozy 17.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Character Customization 11%, Dating Sim 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused game about brewing potions and building relationships in a cozy, magical setting.

Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.

Why similar: Cozy 23.6%, Crafting 15.9%, Life Sim 15%, Character Customization 10.4%, Relaxing 8.8%

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: Wholesome 22.2%, Cozy 21.8%, Life Sim 18%, Crafting 11.3%, Relaxing 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on growing ingredients and brewing potions in a relaxing, creative environment.

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: Cozy 23.5%, Life Sim 21.7%, Crafting 16.1%, Colorful 13.8%, Relaxing 9.7%

Take part in healing after the Great Calamity. Tend your farm, complete quests for the villagers, and explore dungeons filled with challenge and treasure in this cozy, solo-developed farming sim. Build a new life in a recovering world with your fluffy Spellbook Companion.

Why similar: Cozy 17.8%, Life Sim 16%, Fishing 13.3% ★, Wholesome 12.8%, Crafting 10%

A farming adventure with a dash of magic. Play solo or up to a 4-player coop. By day, restore your quaint farm into a summer paradise. Explore, raise crops, care for animals and rebuild your home. At night inhabit various creatures through your dreams and bring enchantment to the valley.

Why similar: Fishing 24.3% ★, Cozy 18.7%, Life Sim 15.7%, Crafting 12.4%, Relaxing 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy farming and adventure game that emphasizes nature and animal care.

Welcome to the eastern nation of Azuma! In this fresh take on Rune Factory, use your powers as an Earth Dancer to restore the land, its people, and even its gods. Along the way, battle corrupted monsters, rebuild seasonal farms and villages, and form bonds with the colorful locals.

Why similar: JRPG 21.5%, Cozy 16.4%, Life Sim 15.7%, Dating Sim 14.6%, Crafting 10.8%

Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?

Why similar: Fishing 18.3% ★, Wholesome 15.2%, Life Sim 14.1%, Cozy 12.6%, Crafting 7.7%

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: Wholesome 27.2%, Life Sim 19.7%, Crafting 15.4%, Relaxing 9%, Cute 6.7%

Escape everyday stress and start a new life in Clover Town! With adorable blob creatures by your side, you’ll farm, make new friends, and explore uncharted lands. Will you find love, or become the greatest blob trainer? Your story is yours to shape!

Why similar: JRPG 18.4%, Wholesome 17.8%, Life Sim 13.6%, Cozy 13.6%, Crafting 10.3%

A cozy 2.5D farm-life RPG that runs deep. Grow living soil into legendary harvests, romance 34+ villagers, breed magical animals, cook, fish, and dive the dungeons below for loot. No forced bedtime, no stress, just your dream farm at your own pace.

Why similar: Life Sim 19.6%, Fishing 18.2% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Dating Sim 10.5%, Relaxing 7.6%

Welcome to your new vampiric life in the magical town of Moonlight Peaks. Raise mystical crops, learn spell-casting and potion-making, and befriend – or even romance – the local werewolves, witches, and mermaids in this heartwarming supernatural life-sim. Eternity awaits!

Why similar: Life Sim 33.2%, Character Customization 18.3%, Relaxing 13.5%, Cute 10.9%, Simulation 8.4%

Bloomtown: A Different Story is a narrative JRPG mixing turn-based combat, monster taming and social RPG set in a seemingly pleasant 1960s Americana world. Join Emily and her group of friends to save their cozy town from the demonic creatures that live in the hearts of its residents!

Why similar: JRPG 34%, Life Sim 17.2%, Crafting 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, RPG 9.1%

Relax in a cozy world filled with the magic of Disney and Pixar! Discover rich stories and build the perfect Valley alongside more than 50 heroes and villains in this life-sim adventure game.

Why similar: Fishing 25.1% ★, Life Sim 22.6%, Character Customization 14.2%, Crafting 12.9%, Relaxing 10.4%

Welcome to Little London! Little Sim World is a cosy 2D life sim set in the heart of a little city full of charm, dreams, and surprises. Design your perfect home, meet quirky locals, build your routine, and live life at your own pace. A gentle world, a fresh start, and a story only you can write!

Why similar: Life Sim 20.5%, Dating Sim 17.6%, Cozy 12.1%, Character Customization 12%, Relaxing 7%

Reforge a blacksmith’s village on an isle of the land’s finest artisans! Step into the boots of an expert smith for a crafty adventure filled with mystery and charm. Explore the land of Ellian, and prove that a hammer, anvil, and your wits can overcome any challenge.

Why similar: Wholesome 32.5%, Crafting 18.7%, Relaxing 9.3%, Life Sim 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%

A peaceful farming life sim set on the island of Seikyu. Grow your farm, restore your ancestral home, form heartfelt bonds with villagers, and shapeshift into different spirit forms to explore a world that moves gently with the seasons.

Why similar: Cozy 20.8%, Life Sim 18.6%, Dating Sim 17.2%, Crafting 14.6%, Character Customization 11.9%

Manage your own discount supermarket! Get caught up in small-town drama, organize and plan your shop's layout, and strike lucrative trade deals as you expand your secretive aunt's business empire. Selling more frozen fries will surely heal this broken community...right?

Why similar: Wholesome 24.1%, Life Sim 19.5%, Cozy 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Relaxing 6.5%

Embark on a cozy, open-world adventure with Hello Kitty and Friends. Befriend beloved characters as you explore and restore a mysterious island, solve ancient puzzles, cook delicious dishes, customize yourself and your cabins, and so much more.

Why similar: Cozy 32.2%, Life Sim 19.9%, Crafting 12.3%, Colorful 8.1%, Cute 7.4%

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: Wholesome 27.6%, Cozy 24.7%, Crafting 13.4%, Colorful 7.2%, Relaxing 6.5%

Discover a welcoming world in Palia, a free-to-play fantasy life sim adventure where you can craft, explore, and create the life and home of your dreams. With nearly endless ways to make Palia your home, you’ll find relaxation and joy in every corner of this vibrant, heartwarming world.

Why similar: Cozy 24.4%, Life Sim 23.4%, Crafting 14.6%, Dating Sim 13.7%, Relaxing 7.6%

Embark on a journey as a rookie angler in Moonglow Bay, fulfilling your partner's final wish. Team up with friends, family, and neighbours to hone your fishing skills, nourish relationships, and restore a remote town's fractured community in this slice-of-life fishing RPG!

Why similar: Fishing 35.5% ★, Life Sim 21.1%, Colorful 9.5%, Relaxing 9.5%, RPG 7.2%

The world needs you Adventurer! Embark on an RPG pixel adventure where you’ll play as Baelin the humble fisherman, who must rise-up to become the hero of Honeywood. Battle fish with precision timing and magic spells, upgrade your abilities, defeat evil and rebuild Honeywood.

Why similar: Fishing 40.1% ★, Action RPG 13.5%, Crafting 8.4%, RPG 7.8%, Action-Adventure 7.6%

Potions: A Curious Tale is an adventure & crafting game where wit is your greatest weapon and combat is not always the answer. Play as Luna, a young witch who overcomes obstacles with the potions she brews, as she gathers items from enchanted lands and conquers devious puzzles on her quest.

Why similar: Life Sim 23.8%, Crafting 20%, Relaxing 10.3%, Colorful 8.6%, Cute 8.4%

Ooblets is a relaxing and offbeat farming, town life, and creature collection game. Manage your farm, grow and train your ooblets, explore strange lands, and have dance-offs!

Why similar: Crafting 24.3%, Character Customization 19.3%, Colorful 14.4%, Relaxing 13.4%, RPG 11.5%

Customise and manage your train, tend to quirky passengers, gather resources, craft decorations, and upgrade your conductors style all accompanied by soft lo-fi tunes. Become a conductor and save your hometown Barrenpyre from environmental disaster!

Why similar: Wholesome 20.3%, Cozy 18.8%, Life Sim 14.3%, Crafting 12.3%, Character Customization 10.3%

Grab your backpack and climb on in, it’s time to hit the road! Head out on a gentle journey in your reliable old caravan, crafting hearty meals, running market stalls and sharing goodies with local townsfolk. Spread kindness, share, and help prepare for the annual Whizz Bang Fair!

Why similar: Cozy 34.3%, Crafting 20.7%, Life Sim 19%, Colorful 9.9%, Cute 9.6%

Discover a world of magic, cute creatures and adventure in Alchemy Story, a casual farming simulation game! Grow your garden, brew potions, care for your pets and meet new friends!

Why similar: Fishing 25.2% ★, Dating Sim 15.4%, Crafting 14.4%, Life Sim 14%, Relaxing 7.4%

Welcome to Amber Isle - a quaint, friendly village of prehistoric residents who are in need of a new shopkeep... That’s you! Craft and sell items, upgrade your shop, befriend your Paleofolk neighbours and customise the island to bring the village back to life and welcome even more prehistoric pals!

Why similar: Life Sim 20.5%, Cozy 17.3%, Crafting 17.3%, Character Customization 12.5%, Relaxing 7.7%

A new life awaits in Honeywood! Build a thriving community that will last generations in this cozy farm simulator. Farm, socialize, make friends, cook, craft, forage and uncover the secrets of the island! If someone doesn’t want to be friends? There are always other means.

Why similar: Cozy 29.2%, Life Sim 23.4%, Crafting 17.8%, Colorful 8.6%, Simulation 7%

A cozy pixel art adventure about saving a struggling Boba Tea shop. Brew up tasty drinks, battle enemies for inspiration, make friends with customers, and much much more, on your quest to serve up the best tea in town!

Why similar: Fishing 29.4% ★, Life Sim 22.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Cute 8.2%, Relaxing 7.5%

Take care of your own island and sail with your boat in this cozy farming adventure! Relax and unwind exploring a tropical archipelago or harvesting your own crops while helping others. Discover the story of Summer in Mara, with farming, crafting and exploring mechanics.

Why similar: Wholesome 24.7%, Cozy 20.7%, Life Sim 19.5%, Crafting 12%, Relaxing 8.6%

Embark on a magical journey in this captivating life simulation game. Escape to a welcoming valley, farm with spells, and master skills like fishing, crafting, and cooking. Engage in epic battles, strengthen the bonds with your companions, and build your dream home to achieve Immortal Life!

Why similar: Fishing 30.6% ★, Life Sim 20.2%, Crafting 15.8%, Action RPG 10.8%, Relaxing 7%