The Apothecary of Trubiz

Released Nov 2025

A short puzzle game where you decipher a fictional language, mix potions, and treat patients. Enjoy the thrill of understanding and the small stories that unfold from each cure.

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $3.99

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Evaluation

The Apothecary of Trubiz launched on November 6, 2025 as a self-described "compact" puzzle game. The store description emphasizes its intentionally small scope — "compact volume for easy play" — with a fixed set of features, multiple endings, and a roguelike knowledge carry-over system. There is no indication of planned DLC, expansions, seasonal content, or ongoing content additions of any kind. Following launch, the developer (a solo indie, kinjo) was active with post-launch patches throughout November 2025 and into January 2026, addressing bugs and making small UX improvements. The most recent communication was a UI update on January 25, 2026. All of this activity is consistent with standard post-launch maintenance for a finished product, not with ongoing content development. No DLC has been listed, no roadmap has been published, and no announcements of future content have been made. The game appears to have shipped as a complete, self-contained experience and has been maintained accordingly.

Evidence

Store description emphasizes the game's compact, self-contained scope: 'compact volume for easy play,' fixed gameplay loop of deciphering, mixing, and prescribing, with multiple endings. No mention of future content, DLC, or ongoing updates.

description source development ending

medium

Most recent developer communication (v1.1.2): a UI/UX change to the close button interaction. Maintenance-level update; no mention of upcoming content.

news post · Jan 25, 2026 source ambiguous

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Details

Developer

kinjo

Publisher

kinjo

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

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About this game

A Compact Fictional Language Deciphering Game

You are an apothecary.
Prescribe the right medicine according to the conditions of the patients who visit you.
In your workshop, you only have a manual written in a fictional language.
You must decipher the fictional language to concoct and prescribe the medicine.

Test the effects directly on patients to confirm them. Even if you fail, you can retry on another run.
Aim for the perfect treatment—or perhaps the perfect mistake in prescribing?

Features

Casual fictional language deciphering

Compact volume for easy play
Multiple endings

How to Play

Decipher the fictional language in the manual

Form hypotheses in various ways, test them, and confirm the correct translations
Enter translations yourself word by word. The same words will be auto-filled

Mix and prescribe medicines

Each day, patients will visit. Mix and prescribe medicines according to their conditions.
Hints for mixing and prescribing methods are in the manual. Translate carefully.
Sometimes you’ll need to make predictions to mix and prescribe. Then verify the correctness of your translation.
There is also a dark side: testing medicines on patients to check their effects.

Multiple playthroughs

Translation progress and discovered medicines carry over between runs
Even if you fail in your first run, carry over your knowledge and challenge the next one