Review: Potion Permit

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I make it no secret that farming/community simulators are one of my favorite genres, and this year has been full of sweet little games for me to cozy up on the couch with. Potion Permit is one of the titles I was looking forward to ever since I saw the first trailer, which showed off the game’s beautiful pixel art and colorful cast of characters. When it came to the gameplay itself, it looked to be pretty standard fare for the genre, with the exception of the farming side of things. In its place, the foraging and combat take center stage, as well as character-driven questlines.

Fortunately I was able to get a Switch copy of Potion Permit, because it’s one of those games that feels like it was made for a handheld console. It’s a great game to play when you have a few minutes of downtime, because it’s easy to pick it up and continue right where you left off. At the same time, it’s also one of those games that you can get sucked into for hours on end. Basically, if you love simulators, you’re gonna have a good time.

Potion Permit (PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch [reviewed])Developer: MassHive MediaPublisher: PQubeReleased: September 22, 2022MSRP: $19.99

The premise of the game is that the player takes on the role of a chemist, a kind of doctor who makes potions to help others with any kind of ailment they might have. When they moved to Moonbury from the big city, the player learns that the townspeople have a vendetta against chemists, as the town’s previous chemist caused an ecological disaster that destroyed some of the local flora.

It’s up to the player not only to cure the townspeople when they get sick, but also to win them over. The main gameplay consists of going out into the wilderness to