its weird how i found u from 2018 thread

Hi mbutton, I just came across a 'hidden gem' that might be up your street too (inbetween your intense DorfRomantik points gatherings!!).
Looks a bit like shop management, but isn't really, nor 'witchy cute' either, thankfully (personal dislikes) . It’s medieval-ish, soothing, and as challenging as you want. A lot of freedom of choice in how to solve, who to please... Basically making potions according to different orders, with lots of mundane and hugely weird ingredients, plus a number of tools. Has endless mode too.Not picked up much, so no achievements for your profile …

But a lot of fun :-)

I was pleasantly surprised by this (after braving their Discord for some starting help - so thanks for boosting me earlier on trying Discord).
If in doubt - the review by Dohi64 gives a very thorough description - and Dohi is difficult to please, so praise is not lightly given ;-)


http://store.steampowered.com/app/1429950/Apotheker/

Thanks for your suggestions - will check them out for sure. I had a look at your profile too, and guessing you're more into big/long games than me (my potato laptop tends to fry at anything heavier than ~5GB, haha). But if you're minded to try something a little lighter, my faves this winter have been 'Cherry Creek' (pipe puzzler type. The 'impossible' level isn't impossible, just nicely challenging).
And 'A Little To The Left' is shortish (get on sale if you can) but fun - and a good fit for people who like pattern recognition puzzles. (They've fixed the few earlier ach's bugs, and moved the max down from 365 days to 100 - so should be good even for 100%-ers now.) Happy games!

Thanks for all your kind help ! Warms me old heart, it does :-)

Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah or what ever this time of year is for you! And for everyone Happy New Year!!

@Mag. No problem. Glad they were of help. :)