Comparison

Potion Explosion vs Indian Summer Game

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Potion Explosion

This is a digital adaptation of an award-winning puzzle board game where players collect magical ingredients to brew powerful potions. Engage in tactical gameplay, trigger chain reactions, and compete against AI or players worldwide to score the most points.

Highlights
  • Official adaptation of award-winning board game
  • Solo mode against AI
  • Online multiplayer with worldwide leaderboard
  • Tactical gameplay with strategic depth
  • The Fifth Ingredient expansion available
  • Magical universe with enhanced digital elements
Features
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"Voted best 50 mobile games of 2017" ** The Fifth Ingredient expansion is now available! You'll meet the Professors, concoct unbelievable new Potions and unleash a new ingredient, the Ghost Ectoplasm, in this madcap expansion! The Fifth Ingredient also adds Reward and Scolding tokens. ** The official adaptation of Potion Explosion, the award-winning puzzle board game. Play this game solo or against players from all over the world with Solo, Online and Local Pass & Play modes! In Potion Explosion, you will explode ingredients, trigger chain reactions and gather it all in your caldron. You will then use your hard-earned unicorn tears, fairy dandruff and other magical ingredients to craft powerful mixtures with wacky effects! May the best wizard win! HOW TO PLAY At the beginning of the game, each player is given potions to complete with specific effects and ingredients. You will have to select ingredients in the dispenser; once your selected ingredient is removed, the ingredients above will slide down. If two ingredients of the same nature collide, they explode and you get them too! You can then use your ingredients to cook up your potions. You only have a limited tank space to store remaining ingredients from one turn to another, so choose carefully! Once a potion is completed, you score points, get to use its powerful effect and pick another potion to craft. The wizard with the most points wins! PREPARE FOR THE POTIONS EXAM IN SOLO Play against up to 3 adjustable AIs to sharpen your potion crafting skills! OR PROVE YOUR MASTERY IN MULTIPLAYER MODE! Play against wizards from all over the world online and get to the top of the worldwide leaderboard! To sum up, the game features include: • The magical universe of the board game, fleshed out and digitally enhanced • A tactical gameplay, allowing for different playstyles and strategies • A Solo mode against up to 3 adjustable AIs • An online Multiplayer Mode with a worldwide leaderboard • The Fifth Ingredient expansion: new rules and even more challenges with the arrival of Professors, new Potions and the new Ghost Ectoplasm ingredient. Available from the game shop! To find more information about Asmodee Digital, please go to http://www.asmodee-digital.com/potionexplosion Having an issue? Looking for support? Please contact us: https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/potion-explosion/ You can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and You Tube! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asmodeedigital/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/asmodeedigital Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asmodeedigital/ You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/asmodeedigital Languages available: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese. *IMPORTANT* Potion Explosion requires an iPhone 5 (or newer), iPad 4th Generation (or newer), iPad Mini 2 (or newer), or iPod Touch 6th Generation (or newer)

About

Indian Summer Game

Experience the beauty of autumn in New England with this strategic board game. Collect forest treasures and cover your board with leaves before your opponents. Designed for experienced players, it offers a unique puzzle-solving challenge.

Highlights
  • Autumnal forest theme
  • Tile placement puzzles
  • Treasure collection
  • Competitive gameplay
  • Strategic depth
  • Part of a puzzle trilogy
Features
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Indian Summer Before winter makes its appearance, a particularly warm fall bathes the forest in a golden shimmer. During the Indian Summer, New England blossoms one last time. Treetops are ablaze with countless colors — a living rainbow, from green to orange to red. Slowly the first leaves are starting to fall. Meanwhile, our steps and the diligent squirrels rustle the colorful foliage. On our walks through the woods, we discover all kinds of little treasures; we collect berries, nuts, mushrooms and feathers. We pause for a moment to watch the shy inhabitants of the forest before we set off towards home once again. There, a good book and a hot tea are already awaiting. The heart of Indian Summer are puzzle tiles with holes that are placed on individual forest boards to cover up treasures. When players get their hands on these, they gain more options and an edge over their opponents. All that counts in the end is to be the first to cover your forest floor completely with leaves. Indian Summer is the second part of Uwe Rosenberg''s puzzle trilogy following 2016's smash hit game, Cottage Garden. This game is further geared towards more experienced players.

Screenshots

Potion Explosion4 screens
Indian Summer Game3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Indian Summer Game at none against Potion Explosion's 1. Indian Summer Game also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 40%). Potion Explosion's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (273 vs 15). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Potion Explosion costs $3.99 and Indian Summer Game $4.99 up front. Potion Explosion sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Indian Summer Game asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Potion Explosion holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Potion Explosion has 273 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Potion Explosion's written reviews are positive against 71% of Indian Summer Game's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Potion Explosion ships an update every 11 days, Indian Summer Game weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Potion Explosion versus Indian Summer Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPotion ExplosionIndian Summer Game
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.0 (273 ratings) — better3.7 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews40.2% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings273 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#42 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size192 MB141 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHorrible GuildDIGIDICED

Customer experience

Potion Explosion

All ratings273 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative19.8%
Written reviews239 reviews
Positive40.2%
Neutral18.8%
Negative41.0%

Indian Summer Game

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral9.5%
Negative19.0%

Bugs and requests

Potion Explosion

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to complete online games
  • Incorrect scoring and game state displayed
  • Potions and ingredients not functioning as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Notification system for online games
  • Ability to undo moves
  • Random selection of professors
  • More challenging AI opponents

Indian Summer Game

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Potion Explosion

One-time1
  • The Fifth Ingredient$1.99
None

Indian Summer Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Potion Explosion free?
Potion Explosion costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Indian Summer Game free?
Indian Summer Game costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Potion Explosion or Indian Summer Game?
Potion Explosion is rated higher. Potion Explosion averages 4.0 out of 5 from 273 ratings, while Indian Summer Game averages 3.7 from 15 ratings.
Do Potion Explosion or Indian Summer Game have ads?
Neither Potion Explosion nor Indian Summer Game shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Potion Explosion or Indian Summer Game?
Potion Explosion ships an update every 11 days, and Indian Summer Game weekly. Most recently, Potion Explosion was updated on September 24, 2026 and Indian Summer Game on September 10, 2026.

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