Games like The Alchemist
If The Alchemist is your kind of game, the closest matches are Reanimation Scheme, Spellbound : The Magic Within and The Nine Lives of Nim: Fortune's Fool — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its light worldbuilding adds charm, chill and cozy. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About The Alchemist: Play the role of an apprentice alchemist on the road in a merchant caravan. During the journey you will discover many things, including love? A gay medieval fantasy visual novel.
Players who liked The Alchemist also play
Steam players who put hours into The Alchemist also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Reanimation Scheme
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Alchemist.
An otome game and romance visual novel. Step into the shoes of the necromancer, Raenelle. Meet a colorful cast of characters, fail to summon the spirits of the dead, unravel mysteries, and maybe — just maybe — fall in love.
Spellbound : The Magic Within
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Alchemist.
Spellbound: The Magic Within is a branching narrative, multiple ending visual novel. Jump into a world of Magic, Witchcraft and Mystery as a magician in training. Interact with a host of unusual characters. Choose from multiple schools of magic, bond with your tutor, and maybe even save the world.
The Nine Lives of Nim: Fortune's Fool
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Alchemist.
A visual novel/life sim with Shakespearean characters and Nim, a cat spirit who is searching for her master, the Prince of Cats.
Arcadie II: Cold Lands
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Alchemist.
You are the Monarch. Choose between diplomacy and tyranny. Romance allies or enemies. Your decisions define your rule and the fate of those closest to you in this character-driven interactive tale.
Vogvhathos
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with The Alchemist.
Ranked #5 for The Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Alchemist.
As an elf in a panicked flight from home, you discover a more dangerous secret: a human claiming to be a dragon.
Spellbound: Malachite Coven
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Alchemist.
Your magic awakes—and so does your heart! A whimsical, text-based interactive romance novel.
EmyLiveShow: S&M story
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Alchemist.
Discover the depths of your fetishes and kinks with EmyLiveShow stars Emy and Nia! Spend amazing hours in the company of beautiful v-tubers and find out their secrets!
Flora & Sauna
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Alchemist.
Flora and Sauna is an 18+ visual novel set at a spa with some unique services. Explore the spa and meet a fun cast of interesting characters! Help them out, and they'll be sure to reward you in their own special ways~
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Alchemist at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Alchemist.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Alchemist.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under The Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Alchemist.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Alchemist.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Alchemist.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under The Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Alchemist.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Alchemist.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Alchemist.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Alchemist.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Alchemist.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Alchemist.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with The Alchemist.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Alchemist.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Alchemist.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Alchemist.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
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Frequently asked about The Alchemist
- How much does The Alchemist cost?
- The Alchemist is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Alchemist?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Alchemist are Reanimation Scheme, Spellbound : The Magic Within, The Nine Lives of Nim: Fortune's Fool.
- Who developed The Alchemist?
- The Alchemist was developed by Azephir Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The Alchemist.
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