The Apothecary of Trubiz (2025)

- Developer
- kinjo, Image Labo
- Publisher
- kinjo
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Casual, Indie
- Rating
- 4.7 of 5, 506 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 2.1 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
a quiet, thoughtful puzzle session where you slowly decode a fictional language to mix remedies for patients.
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What players say
Players praise this as a short translation puzzle game where you decipher a fictional potion manual to help villagers. The core decoding finishes earlier than the story suggests, leaving later days for applying knowledge. Most finish in 2 to 3 hours and find the price fair for the length. Some note that the puzzle leans more on general deduction than deep language work.
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