Cauldron Chaos: Brew Potions & Tidy Up is an alchemy organization game enjoyable solo or co-op. Clean up 1000+ ingredients, refine them in multiple ways and brew almost 200 unique recipes to place them into correct shelves to transform the laboratory into a place filled with harmony & peace.
It's not... a BAD game. The art's solid. The music is good, fade-into-background type music. The concept of first turning the disorganized items into something before shelving them seems cool....
But it didn't click with me.
Things I hated:
- Multiplayer-exclusive achievements.
- More expensive than the Librarian game.
- There's no in-game clock to...
Background:
I'm currently obsessed with sorting / organizing games like this one, and I've played most of the ones that are currently available on Steam (at the time of this review). I wanted to give the developers and community some love by posting standardized reviews for everyone. Hope it helps!
Graphics / Visuals, including lighting and textures...
this game was super fun until the multiplayer lobby crashed and none of our progress was saved. i don't understand why there wouldn't at least be an auto save when you complete a shelf or something.
As a single player game? I can't recommend it - it's too repetitive and there are too many steps that repeat for most of the recipes. However, for multiplayer? As long as it works smoothly then yes, definitely could be a lot of fun here.
Because I *can* recommend it to at least one group of players, I'll give it a thumbs up but I want others to be aware...
Really cute game in the tidy up genre with good cosy vibes. The art style is utterly charming, the organisation is definitely one of the more satisfying styles that I've played and the addition of potion making and different ways to prepare ingredients offers something a little different.
