Ways of Alchemy

Item: Ways of Alchemy
Rating: 61
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-08-23

Summary

Highly enjoyable and addictive gameplay
Captivating and complex alchemy system
Improved 'Cultist Simulator' experience
Critical bugs and performance issues
Poor Chinese localization quality
Poor new player guidance

Emotions

Satisfaction29%Frustration24%Excitement15%Disappointment12%Anger5%

Reviews (sample size): 66
Helpful reviews: 94%
Unhelpful reviews: 6%
Protest reviews: 0%

61%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
39%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 102
Negative points: 101
Gameplay points: 67
Perf. points: 8
Rec. points: 29
Misc points: 4

Point	Description	Importance
Highly enjoyable and addictive gameplay Description Players find the game highly enjoyable, addictive, and engaging, often playing for hours. It offers a strong sense of achievement, freedom, and is considered a worthwhile experience, especially for those who enjoy exploration and trial-and-error gameplay. Importance 99%	Players find the game highly enjoyable, addictive, and engaging, often playing for hours. It offers a strong sense of achievement, freedom, and is considered a worthwhile experience, especially for those who enjoy exploration and trial-and-error gameplay.	99%
Captivating and complex alchemy system Description The alchemy system is a major highlight, described as captivating, novel, and complex, with a wide variety of ingredients and potion types. Players appreciate the freedom to combine ingredients, adjust recipes, and even dilute potions, making the system engaging and rewarding once understood. Importance 41%	The alchemy system is a major highlight, described as captivating, novel, and complex, with a wide variety of ingredients and potion types. Players appreciate the freedom to combine ingredients, adjust recipes, and even dilute potions, making the system engaging and rewarding once understood.	41%
Improved 'Cultist Simulator' experience Description The game is frequently compared to 'Cultist Simulator' but is generally seen as a more accessible, less stressful, and more forgiving alternative. It offers a similar flavor but with improved guidance and a more relaxed pace. Importance 38%	The game is frequently compared to 'Cultist Simulator' but is generally seen as a more accessible, less stressful, and more forgiving alternative. It offers a similar flavor but with improved guidance and a more relaxed pace.	38%
Immersive environmental details Description The game incorporates subtle environmental details, such as faded alchemy formulas on walls, dried bloodstains, and an old wall clock that moves with time. The sound of the cauldron bubbling also indicates heat, adding to the immersive atmosphere. Importance 17%	The game incorporates subtle environmental details, such as faded alchemy formulas on walls, dried bloodstains, and an old wall clock that moves with time. The sound of the cauldron bubbling also indicates heat, adding to the immersive atmosphere.	17%
Streamlined, leisurely gameplay pace Description The game's design reduces mechanical operations and includes an auto-stop function outside of activities. This allows for a more leisurely pace and eliminates the need for constant manual pausing, enhancing player convenience. Importance 15%	The game's design reduces mechanical operations and includes an auto-stop function outside of activities. This allows for a more leisurely pace and eliminates the need for constant manual pausing, enhancing player convenience.	15%
Exceptional visuals and art style Description The game's visuals and art style are consistently praised, described as nice, great, and exceptional. This contributes positively to the overall aesthetic appeal of the game. Importance 14%	The game's visuals and art style are consistently praised, described as nice, great, and exceptional. This contributes positively to the overall aesthetic appeal of the game.	14%
Comfortable character development Description The character development system is well-received, offering comfortable progression and multi-attribute development that allows players to customize their protagonist. Importance 14%	The character development system is well-received, offering comfortable progression and multi-attribute development that allows players to customize their protagonist.	14%
Rich and extensive game content Description The game offers a rich amount of content, with a lot to explore and do, especially in later stages. This suggests good replayability and depth, supported by considerable data for extensibility. Importance 14%	The game offers a rich amount of content, with a lot to explore and do, especially in later stages. This suggests good replayability and depth, supported by considerable data for extensibility.	14%
Fascinating lore and world-building Description The game features fascinating lore and meticulously detailed world-building. This depth adds significant richness and immersion to the player's experience. Importance 10%	The game features fascinating lore and meticulously detailed world-building. This depth adds significant richness and immersion to the player's experience.	10%
Helpful item and progression guidance Description The game provides helpful features like the ability to view acquisition locations for missing items, preventing players from getting stuck. Additionally, every item in the game is designed to have a clear use. Importance 10%	The game provides helpful features like the ability to view acquisition locations for missing items, preventing players from getting stuck. Additionally, every item in the game is designed to have a clear use.	10%
Smooth and intuitive operations Description Operations within the game are described as very smooth, with the ability to directly drag related items together to produce effects, enhancing user experience. Importance 7%	Operations within the game are described as very smooth, with the ability to directly drag related items together to produce effects, enhancing user experience.	7%
Great audio environment Description The audio environment of the game is highly praised, contributing positively to the overall player experience and immersion. Importance 6%	The audio environment of the game is highly praised, contributing positively to the overall player experience and immersion.	6%
Control tips can be obscure Description One reviewer struggled for two hours before discovering a useful control tip, suggesting that some control aspects might not be immediately intuitive or well-explained. Importance 5%	One reviewer struggled for two hours before discovering a useful control tip, suggesting that some control aspects might not be immediately intuitive or well-explained.	5%
Pleasing neighbor character Description The game features an eccentric but cute neighbor character, which adds a pleasing element to the game's cast. Importance 5%	The game features an eccentric but cute neighbor character, which adds a pleasing element to the game's cast.	5%
Steam Deck friendly Description The game is confirmed to be Steam Deck friendly at launch, which is a positive for players who prefer portable gaming. Importance 5%	The game is confirmed to be Steam Deck friendly at launch, which is a positive for players who prefer portable gaming.	5%
Significant progress since demo Description Players have noted significant and positive progress in the game's development since its demo version, indicating a commitment to improvement. Importance 4%	Players have noted significant and positive progress in the game's development since its demo version, indicating a commitment to improvement.	4%
Large skill tree design Description The game features a very large skill tree design, suggesting extensive progression and customization options for players. Importance 4%	The game features a very large skill tree design, suggesting extensive progression and customization options for players.	4%
Easy-to-understand tutorials Description The game's tutorials are quite easy to understand, which helps new players quickly grasp the mechanics and get started. Importance 4%	The game's tutorials are quite easy to understand, which helps new players quickly grasp the mechanics and get started.	4%
Proper Japanese translation Description The Japanese translation of the game is noted to be properly done, ensuring accessibility and a good experience for Japanese-speaking players. Importance 3%	The Japanese translation of the game is noted to be properly done, ensuring accessibility and a good experience for Japanese-speaking players.	3%

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