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Photochemistry

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62%Game Brain Score
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graphics, story
100% User Score Based on 13 reviews

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Photochemistry is a single player simulation game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Thomas Horne and was released on June 9, 2024. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Photochemistry is a challenging 2D puzzle game about synthesizing chemicals to sustain plant life in a post-apocalyptic setting. Design and construct elaborate mechanisms to produce complex compounds from simple particles.

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100%
Audience ScoreBased on 13 reviews
gameplay3 positive mentions
story2 negative mentions
  • The game features fun and interesting puzzles with multiple solutions, enhancing replayability and creativity.
  • The art style is charming and complements the gameplay, creating an enjoyable atmosphere.
  • It offers a satisfying challenge that encourages players to optimize their solutions and share their unique approaches with others.
  • Some players found the background display during puzzles to hinder visibility, especially in complex levels.
  • Navigating between acts can be confusing, with some players needing external guides to progress.
  • The game may be challenging to the point of frustration for some, particularly during the tutorial and early levels.
  • graphics
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's graphics are praised for their charming and simple art style, combining low-resolution rendering with 3D models to create a retro aesthetic. The smooth animations evoke a nostalgic feel reminiscent of rotoscoped pixel art, enhancing the overall visual appeal.

    • “I absolutely love the art style of the game; it's so simple yet charming.”
    • “The graphics are very pleasant to look at.”
    • “Through a mixture of low-resolution rendering and 3D models, the visuals for the world have a retro feel with a very distinct smoothness to the animation that reminds me a lot of the rotoscoped pixel art in Another World.”
    • “The graphics are disappointing, with low-resolution textures that make everything look outdated.”
    • “The character models lack detail and feel flat, which detracts from the overall immersion.”
    • “The environments are bland and uninspired, failing to capture the imagination.”
  • story
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story revolves around a robot tasked with maintaining plant life on a planet, facing challenges related to its finite power supply and the urgency of its mission. While the plot has intriguing elements, some players feel it remains partially unexplored or complex.

    • “There is a plot (that I haven't fully unraveled yet) regarding your finite power supply as a robot and the urgency of your mission to sustain plant life.”
    • “In it, you're asked to form various chemicals to help our robot friend maintain the plant life on the planet until the end of his mission.”
  • gameplay
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Photochemistry offers a refreshing puzzle experience with a well-balanced mix of challenging levels and innovative mechanics. Players can expect a significant amount of gameplay across three acts, with puzzles that progressively increase in difficulty.

    • “Photochemistry manages to deliver a fresh and thoughtful puzzle experience with a good mixture of challenging levels and interesting new mechanics as you progress.”
    • “Gameplay-wise, I found the puzzles to be legitimately quite challenging - though I may be a bit smooth-brained, so take it with a grain of salt.”
    • “With three different acts, this portends quite a bit of gameplay, especially since I'm sure the puzzles only get more challenging from there.”
  • replayability
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game offers high replayability due to its fun and interesting puzzles, each with multiple solutions that encourage players to revisit them for optimization in time or cost. This aspect appeals particularly to those who enjoy experimenting and tinkering, adding significant hours of gameplay.

    • “Puzzles are fun and interesting; every puzzle has multiple solutions, making them very replayable when trying to optimize for time or cost.”
    • “This allows you to revisit puzzles and take different approaches to create the fastest or cheapest build, adding hours of replayability for those who enjoy tinkering.”
    • “Puzzles are fun and interesting; every puzzle has multiple solutions, therefore very replayable when trying to optimize for time or cost.”
    • “This allows you to revisit puzzles and take different approaches for making the fastest or cheapest build, adding hours of replayability for those who like to tinker.”
  • music
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music features standout selections from Eric Matyas' collection, complemented by a charming and enjoyable soundtrack that enhances the overall experience.

    • “The music includes some excellent choices from Eric Matyas' collection, and I thought the graphics were very pleasant to look at.”
    • “Really cute soundtrack.”
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Photochemistry is a simulation game with science fiction theme.

Photochemistry is available on PC, Windows and Linux.

Photochemistry was released on June 9, 2024.

Photochemistry was developed by Thomas Horne.

Photochemistry has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its graphics.

Photochemistry is a single player game.

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