#Potion Craft

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🍁 Cozy Videos Games for Autumn 🍁

(Row One) 🍁

Stardew Valley

Animal Crossing

A Short Hike

(Row Two) 🍁

Beacon Pines

Night In The Woods

Cozy Grove

(Row Three) 🍁

Little Witch In The Woods

Spiritfarer

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

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I am being so incredibly normal in Potion Craft

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♥Madame Twerks from Potion Craft~

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Best games for mental health&relax?

As someone who deals with anxiety and depression when I want to relax or am just feeling low and drained I’ll usually choose what others would consider “cozy games” because I don’t want any stress from shooters, strategy games, or anything that has a lot of stakes. I’ll do switch games for now since it’s my main console but I do have a 3ds, psvita, and my computer so I’ll make a list of those games later 💕

So my favorite games to relax to are:

~ stardew valley~ (you already knew this was coming) it’s just a really cute game with lots of options on how you can spend your time. You can farm, fish, forage, travel the mines, talk to the towns people, interact with love interests. There is just a lot to do in it and it has a really cozy small town cottagecore vibe that a lot of people find relaxing. Amazing replay value. I have like four different lives just so I can choose different farms, partners, things like that.

~ animal crossing~ (second most obvious answer) we all know animal crossing is a chill low stakes game that has a lot of similar elements I listed for stardew valley. You get to interact with cute little animals, decorate your house and character, forage, fish, find fossils, shop. It’s just a relaxing and positive game and is very popular for a reason. Idk about replay value because I really couldn’t imagine deleting my island tbh.

~ fashion dreamer~ if you like cute dress up type games this one is a decent lil game. It’s got lots of different styles for whatever your lil fashion heart desires and you basically walk around dressing up characters and they rate your outfits. It’s from the creators of style savvy and while it’s super cute I would wait for it to go on sale because it’s a bit overpriced imo. Style savvy is definitely the way to go if you have a ds/3ds. Still cute though. Don’t know about replay value because I’m fairly new to the game and haven’t come close to finishing or restarting anything.

~ unpacking~ this one is pretty cute and definitely a game that helps with anxiety. It’s a relaxed little puzzle game that unlocks parts of the story as you go along organizing each room to your home. You can try to solve the puzzles or you can just organize the furniture to your liking. Either way you want to play it’s super cute and relaxing and has some decent replay value after you complete it.

~calico~ super cute game where you run a cat cafe in a magical town with unique characters, little missions, and lots of cats you can pet and play with. There is magic, desserts, and you can ride giant cats like horses. Super soothing game. Character customization and decorating your cafe. The only drawback is it can get a bit glitchy but for the cuteness and the price I have no complaints. The music is really cute too. Not sure about replay value because my cafe is so cute I wouldn’t want to start over.

~coffee talk~ you run a coffee shop in the future and talk to all the incoming guests and learn their stories as you give them their coffee. This one is super relaxing and how I like to spend my evenings before bed if I want that extra cozy time to destress and relax. Cute art as well with different species and how they interact. I haven’t restarted yet but I’m sure there will be replay value with just how cozy and in depth the story is.

~rune factory 4 remastered~ this was originally a 3ds game they remastered for the switch and it’s so amazing that they did. One of my favorite 3ds games that is an offshoot of the harvest moon series with very pretty art, farming, cooking and crafting, romance, monster fighting, and just really fantastic story telling. Very cozy and hard not to get sucked into. Such a gorgeous game imo. Fantastic replay value.

~good pizza, great pizza~ you run a lil pizza shop and upgrade it to get better ingredients and equipment. Super cute chill game to pass the time and hard not to spend hours mindlessly making pizzas. Haven’t replayed it because I haven’t completed it but I imaging replaying it would be fun because you’re just making pizza and unlocking different ingredients. Relaxing game with cute art.

~monster prom~ cute game where you have to convince one of the monsters to go to prom with you. Funny writing, pretty art, and the ability to romance any gender while choosing your pronouns. It’s funny, the game play is question based, and it’s like little rounds of 15 mins and either you get them to go to prom or you get rejected. Then you get to try again. Replay value is obviously strong because I keep playing it no matter how often I’m rejected 🥲 being real though this game is funny, unique, and worth the price. I just have to beat the first one so I can try the second.

~what comes after~ you play as a character on a train of ghosts and you process the grief of passing to the afterlife and try to learn and console the other ghosts on the train who are passing. Pretty game that is mostly story based and worth a try. I haven’t finished this game so I’m not to sure on the replay value.

~little mouse’s encyclopedia~ a cute little game where you play as a little mouse exploring the outside and the dirt and you spend your time finding other little animals and bugs and plants and you read about them and what they are. Cute little educational game I purchased because I loved the art that ended up being super cute in the long run.

Honorable mentions:

- speed dating for ghosts (cute funny little game where you go on dates with ghosts. Short, sweet, and to the point. Decently priced for how quick you get through the game)

- cattails (you play as a cat that travels through its little territory you that you share with your other cat group. You gather little things, complete missions, scrap with rival cat gangs, and just walk around as a cat. Cute but a bit slow for my tastes.)

-rune factory 5 (don’t get me wrong, I love the fourth one and I’m sure the more I play this one I’ll learn to love it to. The gameplay is just set up a bit different and is a bit more similar to the harvest moon style than the fourth rune factory. The art is gorgeous though I was just hoping for more rune factory and less harvest moon when it came to the actual playing)

Games I’ve wanted and heard amazing things about:

The only reason I haven’t purchased and played these games yet is because games aren’t cheap and I need to finish the ones I’ve already purchased. That being said I’ve been looking at a lot of these for a long time and they are definitely going to make this list. I’m sure some of them would be ranked very high in the favorite games category as soon as I actually start playing them. Here’s the list:

* Spiritfairer

*Bear and breakfast

*Creepy tale

*Cozy grove

*Witchy life story

*Potion permit

*Hoa

*Littlewood

*Potion craft

*Gris

*When the past was around

*strange horticulture

*Lemon cake

*Wytchwood

*How to say goodbye

*Dreamlight valley

*Storyteller

*Cult of the lamb

*Little misfortune

*Night in the woods

* Sally face

And that’s it 🎉 sorry for such a long list but I wanted to include a bit of everything so you had lots to choose from. These are the games I play when I need a comfy happy place to go when life gets to be a bit too much to handle. I enjoyed making this list to be honest so there will most likely be more lists in the future. Maybe I’ll make a list of favorite otome games, anime/manga, kpop groups. Things like that. Anyway, hope you enjoy reading the list as I enjoyed making it 💖

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...... i'm swamped with finals and haven't been able to draw much recently but guess what updateddddd :D

[ya-boi-haru]

Icarixis discovers Cedars' world and just spends a very hot minute watching them make potions

[wildelypoetic]

Knowledge, magic, science, witchcraft.

All the same.

People fear that which what they do not understand.

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

live for botion brafting! Gonne try to make some FANCY rocks 2day :3

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Requested by @westerwitch

[hazygl0w]

potion craft herbalist

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Favorite Character in Potion Craft

[the-scrying-game]

i'd like to formally recommend Potion Craft to my fellow wizards, especially in the light of the new transphobic, antisemitic, ‘magic-flavored Destiny 2-but-worse’ game.

it's a charming little low-stakes indie game where you have an alchemy shop and craft potions for your customers. if you enjoy crafting games and want to feel whimsically arcane, i can't recommend it enough!

it's only $15 on Steam, go check it out!

[vexedallay]

Curses and Queers but in Minecraft!

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Cozy games recommendations! part 2

As I promised here is another one bunch of cozy games. This time it's not stardew-like only.

Carto

PC, PS, iOS, Xbox, Nintendo switch (I've completed it for 8.5 hours without any rush)

I don't really see this game in lists of recommended cozy games, but it really deserves to be mentioned! It has interesting concept and beautiful art style. You're playing as a kid, who can change landscape by making changes in their map. You've lost from you grandma, you're trying to find her and all map pieces that were lost. It's a bit of a puzzle, you're travelling through different areas and see different people. It's quite short, but I loved it a lot.

Potion Craft

PC, PS, iOS, Xbox, Nintendo switch (I've played for 32 hours. There are still things to do and developers still release new content)

You're and alchemist in medieval kind of town. You need to create potions according to customer's request (there is no time limit, so don't worry about it). Brewing potions has it's own mechanics, which is easy to get used to. There is no plot, just some optional goals. The final one appears to be creating philosopher's stone. This is a kind of a repetitive game kill some time.

Unpacking

PC, PS, iOS, Xbox, Nintendo switch (I've played for 8 hours)

You're a person going through different stages of life. There are boxes with personal stuff to unpack and to put in places the way you want to. And I've just realized that "Unpacking" isn't just about things, but also about person's own life and problems, which is shown quite subtle. It's very relaxing and cozy

Cloud Gardens

PC, PS, iOS, Xbox, Nintendo switch (I have about 8 hours, but there are still things to do)

The world seems to be post-apocalyptical and you're helping the life to thrive again. Place plants to overgrown ruins and trash to create better scenery. If you love this kind of post-apocalyptical view, you'll like it. Just relax and pick places for plants to grow

Dorfromantik

PC, Nintendo switch (I have about 16 hours)

Place tiles with few rules to create as big area as possible. No plot or quests, just beautiful landscape to create. Apparently there is also a board Dorfromantik game, but I haven't tried it

PowerWash Simulator

PC, PS, iOS, Xbox, Nintendo switch (I have about 120 hours)

You basically just washing different surfaces with pressure washer, but it's really satisfying. There are stories from customers and missing cat, but I usually got too involved in washing process to track them. There is coop mode and paid additional content, but there is enough locations if you don't want to pay extra

Storyteller

PC, iOS, Android, Nintendo switch (I have about 4 hours)

You have a book to fill with stories. You can create ones that asked to be completed or create some weird stories. All you have is a page, characters, scenes and actions to create your fable. I've created number of gay marriages and game allowed me to 😄

What's your definition of cozy game? I have some more to share, but they don't always match the "cozy" term, so I'd love to hear your opinion

[vihjonk]

the line of peasants in the potioncraft universe watching me behind the counter over my cauldron watching megan thee stallion music videos on my alchemist crystal

[chojrak-making-things]

Potion Craft. As a kid, I always wanted to play with mortar, cause I saw that in Charmed series, but couldn't find it anywhere to buy back then. When I finally got one after years, it turned out it's not that useful in the kitchen as I thought, but using it and sensation it gives was still fun nonetheless. This game reminded me of that.

At first glance it's a game to relax, but for me at least it was more like strategical game, cause you use resources to create potions and move on alchemy map. Can be percieved as economical too since you run your own shop and bargain with locals a lot, and since prices aren't low, you tear your hair out a lot if potion goes wrong or you've used more resources than you've assumed. Luckily, action is happening in medieval ages in closer unknown place, where they didn't pay taxes yet so that's a big plus, cause running a store doesn't cost a thing. Only ingredients are costly, but you have a lot of herbs, mushrooms, and crystals to choose from, so you don't have to stick to one type of thing.

I liked how this game allows to make your own custom recipes, use whatever ingredients you want, make your own alchemic cookbook, customize almost every aspect of every single potion - from bottle shape, etiquete and label, ending on icons, it's colors and names.

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Despite rather flat graphics stylized as woodcut, the game was not that light as I expected, at least for laptops. I have suspicion it might be caused by overlaying location in the background, but I'm not making games so I'll snap it here.

There's no much locations, cause you move only between shop, laboratory, cellar, bedroom and garden (in recent update they added a few more, but didn't have time to test it yet). You stay mostly in one building, but it's not that suffucating as it might seem, cause you have a nice view on the valley in the backgroung of bedroom and in garden, and game provide very captivating scoring and leveling system.

There are legendary recipes like philosopher stone and such, which require a lot of leveling and hard work after you close your shop. I like when game at first glance has not much content, but leveling mechanics and scoring make you properly rewarded and reveal the rest of content with good timing.

Even after you reach max level of alchemy and made all legendary recipes, you can improve your alchemy book by making potions more profitable by using less expensive ingredients.

The nice thing is that you can also play with various type of clients. You can deny making potions and shape your clientele. At the begining you start with neutral reputation, and can choose if you stay neutral or make good stuff for people, or choose villain path. At the beginning I maxed good path, but after mannered nobility was asking constantly for anti-wrinkle potions, I started to serve evil customers who liked explosions, fires, robberies and necromancy (necromancy potion is extremely profitable btw, evil side in general).

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Developers are still working on updates for this game. Recently they added option to make potions on wine base, but I have to check that out yet. They also have a huge discord server where they make announcements about updates, people make challenges with potions, etc.

I only feel disappointed that they didn't add new achievements on steam. Since about a year it's hard to me to find myself goals in games if there's no achievements left, or no achievements at all.

After I'll play update, might write another post with new thoughts. I think I need to start from the beginning to see how much changed.