Alchemy Factory

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Alchemy Factory is a single player casual management game with medieval and historical themes. It was developed by D5 Copperhead and was released on December 11, 2025. It received very positive reviews from players.

‌Alchemy Factory‌A medieval sandbox blending alchemy, automation & shopkeeping! As a magic apprentice, build your empire of automated production lines crafting potions, metals, and jewels. Rise from a humble shop owner to an industry-dominating alchemy magnate! ‌Self-Running Laboratories‌Automate herb grinding, essence extraction, elixir distillation – even transmute ore into Philosopher's S…

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92%Audience ScoreBased on 1,075 reviews

gameplay47 positive mentions

story4 negative mentions

Addictive and highly engaging gameplay with a well-paced progression system that keeps players invested over many hours.
Innovative blend of factory building and shop management in a cozy, small-scale medieval fantasy setting that offers a fresh take on automation games.
Highly polished and optimized for an early access game, featuring a robust blueprint system, intuitive controls, and active developer support with frequent updates.

Early access stage with some rough edges including occasional crashes, balancing issues (especially in mid to late game), and quality-of-life improvements needed for inventory and UI management.
Challenging building and automation logistics can become tedious due to limited space and frequent need to rebuild factories to accommodate new upgrades.
Shop and customer mechanics sometimes feel unbalanced or insufficiently explained, leading to potential frustration with reputation and quest systems.

gameplay
113 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Gameplay is praised for its deep, addictive factory-building and automation mechanics that blend elements from popular titles like Factorio and Satisfactory, enriched by unique features like alchemy and shop management. While some rough edges exist—such as clunky conveyor belt controls, balance issues, and a steep learning curve—the core loop is engaging, well-paced, and supported by quality-of-life improvements. The game’s combination of strategic building, progression, and charm offers a satisfying and continuously enjoyable experience, with potential for further depth and polish.
- “Its amazing, very close to perfect, this game is almost infinite in the amount of things to do, the mechanics are grounded and keep you invested while gradually increasing in complexity.”
- “The gameplay loop is well done and makes you feel like you earn every bit of progress.”
- “The mechanics are intuitive and easy to learn, the progression feels like it is paced correctly, this is an overall great game!”
- “The gameplay itself, while tedium can be managed automatically later on, is still tedious at best and downright overwhelming at worst.”
- “The conveyor belt which is a basic item in the game is absolutely messed up, it has a snapping mechanic and it will change its shape without you being able to do anything with it; sometimes you can't run two parallel belts because they will just merge.”
- “This is the core of the gameplay, and spending 30 minutes to set up one machine is frankly unacceptable.”
graphics
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The game features a charming, cozy, and colorful fantasy art style that stands out from typical gritty factory sims, making factory-building visually appealing and inviting. While overall graphics are described as fun, sharp, and aesthetically pleasing with warm lighting, some users note minor issues with character models and occasional graphical simplicity or GPU performance concerns. The visuals effectively complement the gameplay's blend of puzzle-solving and roleplay, though a few wish for more varied aesthetic elements and environmental detail.
- “Graphics look sharp, controls are straightforward, and it has almost no learning curve—you just jump in and enjoy.”
- “The blend of charming visuals, clever mechanics, and satisfyingly smooth progression makes it an absolute standout.”
- “Cozy visuals and warm lighting make even industrial setups feel inviting.”
- “Just a shame the graphics are very cheap like on people and environment.”
- “Graphics look bad even on max settings, tutorial is 0, you would basically know the same amount with and without tutorial.”
- “Also heavy drag on GPU for asset flip level graphics.”
story
37 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is minimal to nonexistent, focusing primarily on completing quests and progressing through a tech tree rather than offering an engaging narrative. Players often find the quest system repetitive and feel rail-roaded, with little overarching goal or meaningful storyline to break up the routine. While the medieval setting suggests potential for richer stories, it mainly serves as a backdrop to factory management and progression.
- “The tech tree is deep, and there are build quests available if that strikes your fancy.”
- “The art style is great and there are constant quests and a very impactful progression system to push you forward.”
- “Money is spent to buy the raw resources your factories rely on, unlocking more land to build on and new technologies, and is gained through a mixture of your shop, fulfilling procedural quests for increased profits, or selling specific item types through portals for low but highly automatable profit margins.”
- “No real story other than quests telling you to make the next tier of item to level up.”
- “May get better as the game progresses but I can't find the motivation to tough it out without something to do it for - there is no overarching goal in the game, no story to follow, etc.”
- “The medieval setting begs for a few quests or alternate storylines to break up the day-to-day routine.”
music
34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is widely criticized for being repetitive, simplistic, and sometimes grating, with a notably small playlist leading to listener fatigue. A major controversy arose due to copyright infringement involving tracks stolen from other games like Old School RuneScape, which the developers have since addressed by removing the offending music. While some users find a few tracks enjoyable, overall the soundtrack and sound design are seen as needing significant improvement to better fit the game’s atmosphere.
- “Also 10/10 on music.”
- “All-in-all it's a good game and I am happy to see it listed again after a copyright issue with the music in game.”
- “Graphics are good, music is good, and gameplay is good.”
- “And to top it all off the sound design is awful, just awful. I’m tired of the same boring music over and over; I’m tired of machines not making sounds; I’m tired of people not making sounds.”
- “Sound design is almost entirely nonexistent at present and the music tracks are slightly grating.”
- “Sadly, I cannot recommend this game as they have blatantly copied music from other games and just changed a few notes; so far I know they have copied the track 'Medieval' from Old School RuneScape and from The Legend of Zelda.”
optimization
31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Optimization in the game is generally praised for smooth performance, efficient multithreading, and quality-of-life improvements, providing a satisfying experience even on older PCs. However, some users report performance drops in late game or on mid-range hardware, suggesting optimization could be further improved to handle the increasing complexity and entity counts. Overall, it offers deep opportunities for optimization enthusiasts, though occasional issues and differing hardware experiences remain.
- “It's so insanely well optimized.”
- “I've never seen such a well-optimized game before.”
- “Very polished, optimized and tons of quality of life for an early access game.”
- “It's not interesting or challenging, it's just tedious busy work that results in the ugliest space-optimized blueprint squares, preventing you from enjoying the view of your machines doing their jobs.”
- “Yeah, I don't know what kind of optimization this developer thinks they are doing, but my new Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB runs at 100% on this game, and that is at the very start when I only have 2 tables making planks and mortar, only 10 minutes into the game.”
- “I highly suggest the developer work on optimization or the game will end up being dead on arrival when fully released.”
grinding
31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The grinding aspect is widely described as tedious and repetitive, particularly in tasks like blueprint management, resource gathering, and manual upkeep. While automation eventually eases some tedium, progression often feels overwhelming and slow, with scaling and building becoming increasingly cumbersome. Overall, grinding can detract from enjoyment, especially for newcomers or after extended playtime.
- “The gameplay itself, while tedium can be managed automatically later on, is still tedious at best and downright overwhelming at worst.”
- “From there on everything becomes extremely grindy.”
- “Tl;dr - quite needlessly complex and tedious, far more than other factory games.”
stability
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The game generally runs smoothly and is fairly stable, with users reporting few crashes and minor glitches that are being regularly addressed. While some bugs and occasional freezes occur, especially given its early access status, overall performance is polished and runs well even on low-end systems.
- “Great game, runs great on my PC.”
- “Fairly bug free from the 64 hours played so far.”
- “System requirements are low and runs very smoothly - no glitches, hitches, or lag.”
- “The game is a buggy mess right now with many quality of life mechanics present in other games not included here. Stay away until something similar to void storage (from Satisfactory) is implemented at the very least.”
- “It's in early access, so there are some glitches like occasional freezes. I've not experienced crashes, but the game can freeze for up to 10 seconds though it always recovers.”
- “However, as everyone says, it is still pretty buggy.”
atmosphere
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game features a charming and cozy atmosphere that blends factory optimization with a playful, goofy vibe and shop simulation elements. Its unique art style enhances the overall mood, creating an engaging and enjoyable experience. Reviewers hope future updates will include fitting music to further elevate the magical, atmospheric appeal.
- “Great take on factory games, very fun and goofy atmosphere with hardcore factory optimization.”
- “This game combines a very cozy atmosphere, a factory game, and a shop sim game into something truly beautiful!”
- “Charming presentation and atmosphere.”
humor
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The humor in the game is highlighted by the playful and entertaining mechanics, such as unlocking catapults and cannons to fling items, which provide endless amusement. Players find joy in creating amusing contraptions rather than focusing solely on optimization.
- “You unlock things like catapults to fling items around (this stays hilarious forever) and cannons (an improvement on catapults in basically every way).”
- “Don't bother trying to build an optimized factory; you can do it, it's possible, it's just that you can use catapults to make some pretty funny constructions.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The emotional aspect is not directly addressed in the provided text, which focuses on a gameplay mechanic involving drag clicking to connect conveyor belt inputs and outputs efficiently.
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's monetization is well-aligned with its core factory gameplay, delivering value consistent with its advertised experience.