Alchemy Garden

I like this game, it's nice ON PAPER, but I accidentally spent all the gold I accumulated over several real life months on 5 chests because:
1. When you buy an item, there is no additional confirmation check or visual cue that you already made the purchase. I think some part of the UI should shake or glow or a blinking arrow / key should appear or something.
2. I don't think there's any NPC that you can sell items to? Or I just haven't figured that out yet.
3. I thought the game only saved when you use the bed. BUT NO, sleeping only a) respawns plants all over the areas and b) if you use the bed enough the preferred potions of customers will occasionally change. If you made a mistake with your gold you will find that it is not undoable.
4. You can place furniture but I cannot figure out if it's possible to relocate them.
5. The gold I accumulated hadn't even reached the point of being able to buy the cheapest plot of land. It's already a simplistic game that tries to be nothing but relaxing, HOWEVER I'm not a big fan of the mechanic wherein your shop/house gradually breaks down on nearly a day by day basis and you sell your potions at a lower price because of it. I don't think I'll ever get to do the actual gardening at this rate.
I'd love for some improvements to be made.

Cute, chill, and relaxing. I just wish there was more to it. You only get, roughly, four areas to explore. Now, I say "Roughly" because the cave is just too tiny. There aren't that many potions to discover either, but I suppose that makes shop keeping a bit easier with a smaller inventory.
Speaking of inventory, one of my biggest complaints is if I forget to empty my inventory, any item from plants and/or potion brewing is just gone to the void.
Second complaint is the camera in this game. It feels so wonky and it is so easy to accidentally select the open sign for the store and either open or close it when you don't mean to.
I got all of the achievements in three days, so it's a really easy game to get the hang of. I got both of my sisters into it as well and the two of them really enjoy it. Overall, I really did enjoy this game and I had a lot of fun with it. It can just take a minute to actually get started.

The game is very basic with the most casual of gamer in mind.
The game does not hold your hand - your goal is to sell potions however you see fit
Ive been seeing alot of reviews about how "hard" or "clunky" the game is and while I sympathize with some of the frustrations, it really comes down to user error.
I got this game a while ago for 1$ in a bundle and just recently decided to play because I was bored...
You start off with some basic tools and an energy gague
Theres 4 regions to explore -1 is a town with shops and plants to collect, 1 is for mining,1 one is where you live with plants to collect, and the other is the swamp with plants and a bigger house you can buy

as you go out and look for plants and planting the seeds, your early days are going to consist of lots of wood chopping because youre going to need to be able to sustain the tools youre going to be using and buying them from town isnt efficient early on - eventually, you wont need to farm anything, and youll be able to buy everything from town
so youre going to need a chest, a work bench, maybe another sale shelf
youre going to want alot of hoes, a handful of axes, and at least one spare pickaxe
As youre planting seeds I have found that a 2x3 works perfectly when watering them for maximum efficiency
2x4 works too, but youll miss sometimes so you need to be perfect
You dont have to open your shop daily, as your customers like you, more will come in at once, as they dislike you for not having their product, they will also waste time by standing at the register asking if you have it in the back, you want to avoid this as much as possible. So some days are farm days, some days are plant and sell days and some days are scavenge days
Never go to bed with energy - even if you dont have the stamina to chop down a tree, go dig a hole - maximum efficiency
The game has a season system where certain plants are available during certain seasons, Theres 4 months in the year, each month has a holiday attached to it and each holiday has a little event in town that will sell exclusive stuff you can decorate your shop with.
The only things that I didnt like about the game were, atleast after 26 hours (I was doing well but didnt buy the witch house yet) there is no way to "mass" dig, plant, water, or harvest. Everything has to be done one by one.
The only thing you can mass produce are potions by buying the machine from town.
Still a decent game. I had fun and it cured my boredom - I made it 3 months and 1 week into the 4th month while starting to mass produce aether and poison- I had all the plots on my first house and could buy anything I wanted.
Im sure my next sale day I would have been able to afford the new house.

it's a super fun, cute game! but it really quickly feels unfinished and limited... it's good if you are a casual gamer, and just want something relaxing

Simple wholesome fun, without time pressure or combat of any sort. While there are some bugs (such as UI quirks and floating plants - making them unable to be interacted with), it is a simple game that is nice and relaxing.
Play as the local alchemist of Rosewood Village, harvest medicinal plants, create potions, grow your own decorative/medicinal garden, explore the various areas for plants, minerals, wood, ...
Very much worth the time, even if the price is a tad high for what gameplay there is.

At the start everything kind of makes sense but once you start the snowball with the seeds, plants and potions, you spend most of the time planting, seeding and harvesting. It would benefit if at some point it could be done either automatically or some tool/furniture which allows you to do it in a pack. As well with the repair of the house,I understand that it degrades with time but same principale as harvesting/planting/seeding.
Get it for free or with a discount, only recomended if you are an achivement hunter

Really cute game, I really enjoyed the time spent playing during stream. Though I did have a few gripes, the watering mechanic was far too tedious, the stamina depleted a bit too quickly, and the tools broke quite easily (even when using the upgraded tools). Those are my only issues over all, but despite those few mechanic gripes, I was still able to sit and play for several hours. I did love the potion making and foraging aspects. I recommend this game to those that don't mind the few things I mentioned above. Overall cute and cozy game!