Potion Permit similar games & best alternatives

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Potion Permit

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2022

Should you play it?

Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.

What works

  • Cozy and relaxing gameplay
  • Charming pixel art and animations
  • Engaging potion crafting puzzles
  • Meaningful npc relationships
  • Quality of life features like fast travel and dog companion

Things to keep in mind

  • Some repetitive grind especially late game
  • Limited depth in romance and social interactions
  • Lack of mouse support and awkward controls
  • Bugs and glitches reported
  • Minimal character and home customization

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Mondealy: Day One

  • Little Witch in the Woods

  • FixFox

  • Lost Nova

  • Moonlight Peaks

  • Ritual of Raven

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Potion Permit but with less of a community feel

  • Under The Island

  • Potions: A Curious Tale

  • Wytchwood

  • Ocean's Heart

  • Seeds of Calamity

  • Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

More social

Games that feels like Potion Permit but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • The Adventure Pals

  • Everafter Falls

  • Fae Farm

  • Travellers Rest

  • Stardew Valley

  • Halcyon Days at Taoyuan

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  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Potion Permit. These titles are not in What to play next.

Potion Permit: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Thrill.

Last update: 21/08/2026