Games like Ways of Alchemy
If Ways of Alchemy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Reigns, Carrier Trail and Manor Lords — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Ways of Alchemy: Become a medieval alchemist in this card game. Brew deadly potions, discover ancient recipes, hire adventurers, and outwit the Inquisition. Transform your humble shack into an alchemical empire. No wands are required — just knowledge and wit.
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Reigns
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Ways of Alchemy.
Top pick for Ways of Alchemy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
Carrier Trail
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ways of Alchemy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
Take control of a courier delivering an important package to the royal family! Search for loot, make enemies, tell jokes, solve mysteries, trip over logs, and much more in this randomly-generated, whimsical, fantasy adventure! Inspired by Oregon Trail, you'll never get the same adventure twice!
Manor Lords
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ways of Alchemy.
Third-strongest match for Ways of Alchemy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Mist Of Time
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Ways of Alchemy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Ways of Alchemy.
Embark on a thrilling, historically accurate medieval adventure in this point-and-click MMORPG! Enjoy a simple yet addicting experience with an old-school vibe, rich content, and realistic gameplay. Dive into a unique world where casual clicking leads to endless discoveries, battles, and rewards!
Card Weapon Shop
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Ways of Alchemy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
Card Weapon Shop is a simulation of running a weapon store using cards.
BOOK OF HOURS
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, skill tree progression and an atmospheric mood with Ways of Alchemy.
Ranked #6 for Ways of Alchemy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
Clan and Crown
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Ways of Alchemy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
The game is a strategy simulation game where you start a family, raise children, infiltrate various industries in the city (13 industries, 70 professions), run for mayor to control the city's destiny, manufacture weapons to wage city wars, and ultimately establish your family empire.
Of Life and Land
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ways of Alchemy.
Ranked #8 for Ways of Alchemy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
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Stacklands
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Ways of Alchemy.
Reviewers of Ways of Alchemy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
Cultist Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Ways of Alchemy.
Reviewers of Ways of Alchemy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ways of Alchemy.
Reviewers of Ways of Alchemy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Potionomics
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, resource management and a relaxing mood with Ways of Alchemy.
Reviewers of Ways of Alchemy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
You’ve inherited your uncle’s potion shop—and a huge debt. Better get brewing! Customize your store, hire heroes to gather ingredients, befriend (or romance) fellow vendors to learn new haggling strategies, and go head-to-head with competitors in this narrative-driven, deck-building shop simulator.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ways of Alchemy at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Ways of Alchemy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Ways of Alchemy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ways of Alchemy.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Ways of Alchemy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Ways of Alchemy on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Ways of Alchemy.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Ways of Alchemy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Ways of Alchemy.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Ways of Alchemy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ways of Alchemy.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ways of Alchemy.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
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 Ways of Alchemy.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ways of Alchemy.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ways of Alchemy.
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 Ways of Alchemy.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ways of Alchemy.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about Ways of Alchemy
- Does Ways of Alchemy run on Steam Deck?
- Ways of Alchemy is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Ways of Alchemy cost?
- Ways of Alchemy is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ways of Alchemy?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ways of Alchemy are Reigns, Carrier Trail, Manor Lords.
- Who developed Ways of Alchemy?
- Ways of Alchemy was developed by RocketBrush Games and published by RocketBrush Games, Gamersky 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 Ways of Alchemy.
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