Potion Explosion
Digital board game where ingredient collisions fuel potion crafting
Studio Clangore · Published by Horrible Guild · Released May 16, 2018
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 85% of 265
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 3
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 11 months ago
- Nov 13, 2025
What is Potion Explosion?
This digital puzzle board game pits potion-making wizards against one another in turn-based matches. Each turn, you take an ingredient from a dispenser, collect matching ingredients that collide as the others slide down, and use them to complete potions for points and special effects. You can play against adjustable AI, locally with pass-and-play, or online.
For you if...
- +you enjoy planning ingredient chains and potion effects
- +you prefer approachable rules with tactical choices
- +you want solo AI, local, or online matches
Not for you if...
- −you prefer real-time play to turn-based puzzle matches
- −you expect free-form matching across a large grid
What players say
85% of 265 reviews are positive
Players praise the satisfying chain reactions and the choices involved in setting them up. Players report unreliable online play after updates, including bugged matches and erratic rankings; others report crashes or failure to load.
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Potion Explosion system requirements
Minimum: Integrated, 1 GB RAM, 0.4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Potion Explosion?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP SP2
- Processor
- Dual Core 1.6 GHz or better
- Graphics
- Integrated
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 365 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
- Notes
- Network connection needed to play online multiplayer
Does Potion Explosion have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: PvP online and split-screen. It also has a single-player mode. Crossplay with other platforms is declared. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.
Does Potion Explosion run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese.
Does Potion Explosion use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
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Recent updates
- May 29, 2023 · We are back online!
- Sep 18, 2018 · Update 2.0.4: achievements fixes
1 DLC available.
