SimulationStrategy
Potion Tycoon
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 38% of owners
Steam reviews 72% positive of 734
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (61%); after 20h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 90% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 38% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 742 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 17.3h for positive, 4.5h 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 (37.9% 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 (39)
- Casual Interest Gain a casual following with a faction. 100%
- Versatile Have at least one superior potion in Health, Sorcery and Provisions simultaneously. 97%
- Shopkeeper Complete the first milestone. 86%
- The Grandest of Departments Have a grand department. 82%
- Lucky Stroke Achieve a Great Success with a marketing action. 76%
- Mine is the Superior! Take away a rival potion''s superiority 10 times with a superior potion. 75%
- A True Expert Promote a worker to Grandmaster rank. 69%
- Power House Have 10 or more different potions in active production simultaneously. 60%
- Feels Like Home Have 50 room rating or higher in a room. 59%
- Corrective Action Re-launch a previous potion product. 53%
- Magnate Make 50000¢ across multiple playthroughs. 50%
- A Curiosity Gain a close following with a faction. 49%
- The Perfect Potion Have a potion with 100% appeal. 49%
- Horticulturist Acquire 16 different ingredient seeds. 43%
- Something for Everyone Have 3 grand departments. 41%
- Bookworm Unlock 20 research goals in a single playthrough. 39%
- Green Thumb Grow a total of 2000 ingredients across multiple playthroughs. 35%
- Burgeoning Workforce Employ 20 workers simultaneously. 34%
- Favors for All Complete 30 requests successfully across multiple playthroughs. 34%
- Jack of All Trades Have a worker with at least 1 point in each skill. 33%
- Tycoon Complete the second milestone. 33%
- Cruel World Suffer a defeat. 26%
- Happy Workforce Have all workers be in ecstatic mood at the same time. 26%
- All Bases Covered Have at least one Grandmaster of each skill in your house. 24%
- "Sixus" Potion Create a potion with 6 ingredients. 24%
- Legendary Potionista Sell 10000 potions across multiple playthroughs. 23%
- Potion Connoisseur Sell 1000 potions with the Premium attribute. 20%
- Peak Potion Create a potion with grade 10 or higher. 20%
- Cult Destination Gain Cult Following with any faction. 13%
- Apex Shop Complete a playthrough on the Mountains location. 7.9%
- Adept Tycoon Complete the game on Adept difficulty. 7.1%
- Marketing Enthusiast Use marketing actions 100 times across multiple playthroughs. 6.3%
- Frontier Shop Complete a playthrough on the Floodlands location. 5.0%
- Lost Prince Aid the Wizards in the Royal Race. 5.0%
- Witch Queen Aid the Witches in the Royal Race. 4.5%
- Rogue Princess Aid the Rogues in the Royal Race. 4.2%
- Master Tycoon Complete the game on Master difficulty. 2.4%
- Commander-In-Chief Aid the Guards in the Royal Race. 2.4%
- Batch Seller Complete 20 Sales desk deliveries successfully. 1.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.