Alchemist Simulator
Skip · Strategy · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 36, under the fair line, at $12.99.
- Length
- 4.3h 5.1h to 100%
- Value
- $3.02/hr
- Reviews
- 76% of 424 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: Nvidia GTX 660 or equivalant, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 53 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 71 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 35 percent on value. It is pricier than 76 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 61 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Recycling Center Simulator ($19.99, scores 54) beats it on value, while it beats Bakery Simulator ($1.11, scores 18).
More about Alchemist Simulator
2 of the 368 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2020 to July 2026.
The drop-off
81% start to 7% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 5, 17:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I feel like most of the negative reviews are as negative as what they are because, as is common, the expectations people put onto a game does not end up meeting the reality of what that game is offering. The gameplay is shown clearly, there's no deception about what it's supposed to be; a shorter, simpler crafting game that's there to suppliment a simple story. And, I think it does what it's trying to do well. Not...
2 more reviews
The game is really nice. The quest are interesting. It's just sad than we can't craft the philosopher stone. Would have been great for the end game !
tldr: 6/10, 3d concept of what Potion Craft could have been but with poor optimisation (frame drops), not very long (100% in 5 hours), poor ui and level structure (cosey and fun aesthetics though) and none of the QoL features and filtering that Potion Craft has. Could be so much more with all of these fixed/added. So much potential, but fun for what it is. But i do like the initial inspiration from the Thaumcraft...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Alchemist Simulator scores 36/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1105040/alchemist-simulatorReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.