Best Alchemy Game
The sequel to the orignial Ryza title, this game offers a polished and expansive experience. It features a massive world to explore, a refined alchemy system that feels rewarding without being overwhelming, and high-quality character designs. It strikes the perfect balance between a cozy crafting si...
Marie is a standout for its or RPG mechanics and charming world. It features a very satisfying loop of exploration and material gathering. The crafting system is well-integrated into the progression, making every new recipe feel like a significant milestone. It offers a great middle ground between t...
Alchemy Deluxe is a puzzle game developed by PopCap Games and released in 2001 for Windows PCs. Players place runes—symbols associated with alchemical elements—onto a grid, matching symbols or colors with adjacent tiles to clear them from the board. The game was part of PopCap's early catalog, follo...
Alchemy is a puzzle game released by PopCap Games in 2001 and also distributed as Alchemy Deluxe. Players place colored and symbol-marked runes on a grid, with each new piece required to match an adjacent rune by either color or shape. Completed rows or columns are cleared, while occupied spaces gra...
Why this score?
Respected early PopCap puzzle game with clever alchemy-board mechanics, good casual reception, but modest long-term visibility.
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Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom is a 2016 single-player hidden-object adventure developed by World-Loom and published by Artifex Mundi. The player takes the role of an alchemist in a fantasy kingdom affected by corruption and injustice, searches illustrated locations, solves puzzles, and prepares sub...
Why this score?
Solid Artifex fantasy adventure, generally positive but not among studio classics.
Scoring methodology
Doodle God is a puzzle game created by JoyBits, initially available on iOS and Adobe Flash. The game’s mechanics are inspired by earlier titles like Little Alchemy and a 1997 MS-DOS game of the same name. It centers around combining elements to create new ones through a tile-based system.
Lost Grimoires 3: The Forgotten Well is a fantasy hidden-object puzzle adventure published by Artifex Mundi and developed by World-Loom. The player takes the role of an alchemist who investigates a curse threatening a kingdom, combining searches for objects with inventory puzzles, minigames, and exp...
Why this score?
Routine trilogy closer with acceptable craft and modest user response.
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