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Alchemist Simulator
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 81% of owners
Steam reviews 76% positive of 425
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (58%); after 5h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 86% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 81% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 438 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 288 reviews: 5.7h for positive, 1.1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (81.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (12)
- Begginer's luck Make your first potion 100%
- And so it begins... Complete your first contract 97%
- I am so tireeeeeed... Fall asleep from exhaustion 71%
- A little renovation Make a first workstation upgrade 51%
- Got my mind on my money... Earn 10,000 gold 48%
- Creme de la creme Reach the maximum fame level 29%
- So the world is round... Complete the main questline 27%
- Pimp my lab Upgrade all of your equipment. 24%
- A walking encyclopedia Learn all recipes 21%
- I didn't know it can do that Discover a potion without any hints. 17%
- End of the road Complete all quests 16%
- Not an alchemist, but a trader Sell each type of potion 8.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.