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Pickle Jar Games · Published by Pickle Jar Games
4 user reviews — 75% positive (4 reviews) · 3 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A short and sweet escape room style puzzle game about using alchemy ingredients and brainpower to repair the alchemist's broken machinery!
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Indie, Casual · 2025 · More under £5 games
Navigate through intricate puzzles using alchemy ingredients to fix broken machinery in A Favor For The Alchemist. A short and sweet escape room experience from Pickle Jar Games.
About this game
A Favor For The Alchemist is a short. escape room style puzzle game where you play as the apprentice to an alchemist. The alchemist's material condenser isn't working quite right, so they've tasked you with figuring out how to get it working again. Through exploring the room, deciphering the alchemist's notes, examining EVERYTHING closely, math, and some brainpower, you'll get the machine back up and running in no time!
This game includes:
Eight puzzles to solve within the room
Mixing alchemy ingredients to draw out their effects
A quiet, sunset environment to relax and puzzle-solve to
No time limits (except for an achievement)
No AI generated assets
Interacting with the environment is done entirely through left and right mouse clicks, so the focus is on what needs to be interacted with rather than how.
Inspired by games like Myst, figuring out how the mechanisms around you work is as much a part of the puzzle as the puzzle itself.
This game was originally created for the Inbound Shovel game jam 2025, this is a refined and polished version created for a full release.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
- Storage: 200 MB available space
- Additional Notes: This worked as a browser game, you'll probably be fine
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Version 1.2!
Added some requested features, and did some bug fixing FEATURES - Added save functionality! Now your progress won't be lost if you need to go do something else! - Added a quit to title button. Now you can reset your attempts for that achievement much faster! - Added a small extra hint for the math puzzle. BUG FIXES - Fixed a bug that caused the quit game menu to stay stuck on the screen when Escape is pressed. - The console for the final puzzle will no longer accept input while attempting to validate a solution. This caused some buffoonery. - Optimized some of the code, probably won't be noticeable but hey, it's there! Happy Alchemizing!Read full article on Community Announcements (Pickle Jar Games)Patch NotesOfficial
Version 1.1 Quick fix!
Found some things that needed fixing, and fixed them! - Fixed a bug that caused the player to shrink when interacting with certain objects - Streamlined interactions with the ingredient bowls - Prettied up the UI a bitRead full article on Community Announcements (Pickle Jar Games)
