Potion Permit

But Why ThoKyle Foley

70/10

Potion Permit is a hard game to pin down. It manages to give a refreshing take on the genre, but some of the mundane tasks often felt like bashing my head into a wall over and over again. Potion Permit feels like a nice cup of hot chocolate on an unseasonably warm day. Sure, it tastes good and the thought of it is great, but in practice maybe some things need improvement for it to truly be great.

Pure NintendoRachel Poli

8.5/10

Potion Permit is a role-playing adventure game developed by MassHive Media and published by PQube. It packs everything you need in a cozy title. Between foragin

GameSpewKim Snaith

8/10

Potion Permit is the sort of cosy, welcoming game we can find ourselves playing for hours on end, its satisfying gameplay loop never getting old or repetitive. It won’t be for everyone, but if you love games like the Atelier series and Stardew Valley, and can somehow imagine a marrying of the two, you’re going to find yourself right at home here.

Potion Permit is twee. It’s sweet and charming, and made with love. The developers were also successful in finding a new take on the Moon-like rural life sim, and Atelier fans in particular are going to enjoy this crossover. The combat is the only real misfire, and thankfully it’s never present enough to make the rest of the experience taste sour.

Impulse GamerS. Masoud Kazemi

Potion Permit is a life simulation game where you take control of a Chemist who arrives at a village called Moonbury with his little dog, to help the

Checkpoint GamingMissy Taylor

7.5/10

Cozy games have been a huge hit over the past couple of years. We’ve seen this with titles like Stardew Valley, My Time at Portia (and Sandrock), and Unpacking to name just a few. Cozy games are games that have some safety or softness. Potion Permit is a cozy game contender. In it, you play as a chemist looking after the town of Moonbury. Due to a past chemist doing harm to the environment around Moonbury, the town is slow to trust. But after talking to people and helping them, you start to...

Nintendo LifeKara Phillips

7/10

Potion Permit makes an effort to implement engaging minigame mechanics through potion brewing and patient diagnosis, but outside of that, a lack of challenge and a feeling of repetition means it struggles to stand out in the vast field of life sims. Still, it presents a fun and enchanting experience which gets a massive shot in the arm from excellent presentation in both the audio and visual departments. Potion Permit fits the bill for something to pick up now and then and pass a few hours, and there are certainly enough quests for you to sink your teeth into and keep you entertained for a whi...

eXputerUsama Mehmood

Potion Permit is quite a charming game with some limitations here and there.

NoobFeedKurtis Seid

65/100

Potion Permit throws a bunch of ideas together, but nothing really sticks as a true standout. It forces players into heavy grinding sessions for materials and other progressions at its worst. This makes it feel more akin to an MMO or GaaS than a fitting single-player experience. However, the actual aesthetics and characters are great and can be enough to tip things to some people’s liking.

TechRaptorRobert N Adams

6.5/10

Potion Permit mixes interesting gameplay and an intriguing story, but it doesn't manage to make the most of a wonderful setting.

RPGamerAlex Fuller

Potion Permit is a mashup of RPG and slice-of-life. While it's a game with a ton of promise, its buggy launch state takes much of the shine off.

Metro GameCentralNick Gillett

6/10

A cosy game of potion manufacture, healing, and friendship set in a delightful isometric world, that’s let down by its grinding repetition and some serious bugs.