So I wanted to love this game. The gameplay started off fun, the vibe is cute, the art's excellent and while I have mixed feelings about the inserted voice acting, it's still a well put together game. It's even got a great example of dealing with anxiety when you're thrust into a role you don't exactly want but have to deal with.

However, because this game is so entirely dependent on RNG, you are going to struggle if you don't exactly minmax your time. Even if you do your best there, RNG may not be on your side. This is why I still haven't passed day 20 -- I keep having to roll back because I'll get enough ingredients for one potion, what I need for another, no matter how creative I get or how many different cauldrons I invest in. Suddenly, I'm having Sylvia's anxiety as part of my game time, and I don't like that one bit.

Due to the game's severe dependence on RNG, while it scores tens in other areas, I've got to tell you to take a pass on this game. It does not respect your time, and your ability to influence your ingredient list is very difficult and requires you focus time and money you might go otherwise, hampering your ability to actually make and sell your potions! The constant roll backs and praying for better RNG on ingredient availability, explorations, and trying to also manage your funds -- I end up utterly unable to use things like marketing or enchantments to boost thing because my money and time are all focused in trying to stay afloat. In short, it's like running a real life small business, and reminds you why so many of them fail. I don't want that in my cozy-cute fantasy game, sorry.

Now, I'm a compulsive self-hating gamer who feels like a personal failure when I can't past simple mechanics and really want to get to the end of the story, so I'll probably keep coming back trying to get that lucky set up to get me what to get past Day 20, but... I honestly can't suggest you try it with this in mind. It turns into a day-rewinding slog very fast, and that is no fun for literally anyone.

It's a good game. If only devs could improve loading times between scenes, would be even better. No reason it needs to go into a loading screen each time I go to the brewing tab.

Potionomics is the most 'wholesome stressful romance game' i ever played through.
These relationships are the stuff of amazing fanfictions, THE VOICE ACTING IS THE BEST.
Plus how organised one has to be...
I was not the target audience, but i enjoyed it very much, and you will too.

Cozy + Free love is the way i played, because i am way too distracted by my desire to pet cats than remember all ingredients i need.
Seriously consider playing on single love first and switching to free love if you can't decide on a lover. All characters are incredible, and their forever friendship is sometimes even more wholesome than their love.
I advice you DO attempt to play on Classic difficulty first and lower it to cozy when you cannot handle it. The game is forgiving like that.

Sure it could use a LOT of quality of life update, but this was well worth it.
Make sure to consider the Boss Finn DLC.