Escape First Alchemist ⚗️

Escape First Alchemist ⚗️

Released Mar 2023

First-person escape game, playable solo or co-op with up to 4 people. Solve riddles of a reclusive alchemist that trapped you in his workshop. Brew potions and overcome challenges as he laughs at your failures and makes light of your successes...But what if things are not what they seem?

83% positive · 1,101 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Escape First Alchemist launched on March 2, 2023. Shortly after launch, on March 9, 2023, the developer shipped a bug-fix and performance patch and mentioned a "bigger update" with extra content was being prepared. That update arrived on April 24, 2023, adding new puzzles, a new area, and a save system — content that the developer noted had been originally planned but wasn't ready at launch. This appears to be the final substantive content update for the game. Since April 2023, there have been no further updates to Escape First Alchemist itself. The developer's attention has shifted to a new project: "Alchemist: Journey of the Soul," for which a demo was released on May 23, 2025, and the full game launched on May 21, 2026. The May 2026 post also mentions upcoming "collab bundles" between their games, but this refers to store bundle promotions rather than new content for Escape First Alchemist. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no developer roadmap, and no statements promising additional content for this game. The game launched as a self-contained escape room experience and received one post-launch content patch that completed the originally planned content. It is a finished product.
Evidence
Major patch added new puzzles, a new area, and a save system — content originally planned for launch that wasn't ready in time. This fulfilled the content teased in the March 9 post.
news post · Apr 24, 2023 source content shipped
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Game officially launched on March 2, 2023
news post · Mar 2, 2023 source content shipped
high

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Details

Developer
Publisher
OnSkull Games
Achievements
10
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op

About this game

Escape First Alchemist ⚗️ is a multiplayer first person escape room / adventure game, where you play as the apprentices of the reclusive sorceror-alchemist "Trismegistus". Your benevolent master managed to trap himself in a prison of his own making, and has bestowed upon you the challenge of releasing him. Of course, to make sure you don't just run away from his cunning riddles, he deigned fit to trap you as well...

Find ingredients and discover new potion recipes. Craft unique potions and gain the powers you need to escape.

Solve numerous interactive puzzles using logic, observation and communication.

Search the workshop for artifacts, inspect them carefully and find all missing clues!

Features

  • A fully voice acted 'Master' who begs you to release him but doesn't stop pestering you about your every action.

  • Play with up to 4 people to cooperate, or race to the end to see who can solve the puzzles first

  • Craft potions from recipes found throughout the game with various effects

  • Explore a unique workshop inspired by real alchemical history, with a fantasy twist!

Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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