Potion Explosion Reviews

Love the game - and the expansion - but it's tough to find players for online play. I have a small group of friends to play with but still sometimes like to play against random others.

It's a fun little quick game to play wit others or just by yourself! The rules are pretty easy to grasp, and with the expansion you will have enough different elements to combine in order to create different challenging sets.

This is a great game for solo play to your favorite show or a group play over mics. I like it better on Steam than table top as the marbles have a tendency to roll off everywhere and the dispenser gets flimsy over time.

Decent game, doesn't take too long to learn the basics, there's a tutorial and help file. The DLC adds interesting twists to the way the game's played. The main issue is finding multiplayer games, there's a lack of players. There are players if you prepared to wait though and I like it that you can set the game length finish time. Most players tend to set it 7 days, that's fine, it gives you a bunch of moves to play if you got a few other games on the go at the same time. Games are done before that 7 day time though. Also has a friends list so you can invite to a game. The Ai on hard isn't too bad, but like most Ai, once you know what you're doing you'll beat it more often than not. Bought this on Android too, that's how much like it although I'm not great at it atm!

FIX THE DAMNED GAME! It is a fun game, but the latest "fix" broke it. You can't play offline because even though you can add an opponent (sort of) it doesn't recognize it and allow you to play.

does not load uninstalled and reinstalled, but can't play just shows loading screen

[i]Potion Explosion[/i] was in my life since the day [i]TotalBiscuit[/i] mentioned it on [i]The Co-Optional Podcast[/i]. Of course, back then, he only talked about the board game and the mobile game. I bought the Android version straight away and I spent countless hours of playing on both mobile and tablet. And now, the game made its sneaky way to [i]Steam[/i] and I can't be happier, as I genuinely adore this game and everything about it. Addictive gameplay of potion making, filled with scheming and planning, is certainly the main draw for me. But, visuals and music, as well as the dash of silliness, are the main contributors for creating a wonderfully charming ambience that keeps me hooked for hours. I will absolutely recommend this game for anyone to try, especially, if you have people around to play with ... not to diminish the enjoyment of solo or online play as I had a great deal of fun with both. [i]Grade:[/i][b] A[/b]

Excellent digital version of the boardgame! If you were a fan of the boardgame, which in itself felt like a classic videogame puzzler ala Tetris Attack/Yoshi's Cookie, this game is a great digital verion of it. The tutorial is very clear and it is easy to jump in. I haven't tried out online multiplayer yet, but so far I recommend this. Special shoutout for releasing a Linux version too, no issues whatsoever.

I only play games single player and I can't recommend this game for single player. Very little incentive to keep player, few stats and no challenges let alone a campaign. I found it very frustrating playing against the computer AI. You accumulate potions which give you special abilities, which are a key to winning the game. One potion is very annoying in single player, steal all an opponents contents in their "pool". I almost always have stuff in my pool, in fact you can't avoid it, the computer automatically adds unused ingredients or whatever they are called to your pool. The AI players almost never have anything in their pool, which makes the potion useless for a human player. Regardless, this game is very limited for single player and I don't think I would like it much more in multi-player.

Bought this game and a week later it stopped loading. Tried everything including contacting the vendor with no resolution. Checking the forums about it, numerous people are having this same problem across platforms. I like the game and I'm hoping they resolve this soon, but anyone checking the reviews needs to know about this before making the purchase.