Run the chemistry lab on a working space station: synthesize medicine to exact spec, package it under a countdown, and keep the shift alive while a hidden threat moves through the crew around you. Solo or co-op with up to 4.

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About This Game

Chem Game puts you in charge of the chemistry lab aboard a working space

station. Crew arrive at your delivery window with injuries, illnesses, urgent

shortages, and questionable side jobs. What happens next depends on what you

hand back: the correct compound, at the correct dose and purity, packaged in

the right delivery form.

Start with straightforward medicine, then work through a systemic synthesis

network of 197 reagents and 162 reactions. Temperature, pH, purity, agitation,

and processing method can all change the result. Advanced work requires

multi-stage synthesis, catalysts, careful stabilization, and HPLC purification.

A contaminated batch is not just a lower crafting score. Someone on the

station may have to live with it.

Every save also hides one of five major antagonists among the station's wider

problems. A cult, a syndicate spy, a changeling, a rogue AI, or a spreading

blob works toward a confrontation while departmental threats develop in

parallel. Watch for sabotage, smuggling, bad medicine, and opportunities to

profit off the books. Illegal work can pay, but addiction and security

suspicion can turn a quiet side deal into a station-wide problem.

Run the entire lab alone, or invite up to three friends for online co-op.

Divide the shift between synthesis, purification, requisitions, deliveries,

and whatever emergency just arrived at the door.

Key Features

- Systemic chemistry:  Work with 197 reagents and 162 reactions where temperature,

   pH, purity, agitation, and processing method affect outcomes.

- Orders with consequences. Deliver the wrong dose, the wrong form, or a contaminated batch,

   and it's on the patient, not a fail state you can shrug off.

- A hidden campaign, not a static shift. One of several antagonists is

  secretly active on every save, escalating from suspicion to a real

  confrontation with one of three possible outcomes.

- A black market that bites back. Illicit synthesis and dealing are

  genuinely useful and genuinely risky, with a security-suspicion system

  that's watching for it.

- Co-op for up to 4, To split up your heavy workload.

- Progression that rewards chemistry knowledge, not grinding — unlock

  reagents and methods by using what you already know.




ALL FEATURES SUBJECT TO CHANGE, GAME IS WORK IN PROGRESS

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

The creation and distribution of illegal and substances is depicted.

System Requirements

Windows
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Quad-core, 2.5 GHz (i5-6600 / Ryzen 3 1200)
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 2 GB VRAM, Vulkan/DX12-capable (GTX 960 / RX 460)
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
    • Processor: Quad-core, 3.5 GHz (i5-9600K / Ryzen 5 3600)
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 4 GB VRAM (GTX 1660 / RX 5600 XT)
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: SteamOS 3.0, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, or newer
    • Processor: x86-64 dual-core, 2.4 GHz
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Vulkan 1.2 capable GPU (AMD Van Gogh / Intel UHD 620 / GTX 750 Ti)
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: ALSA or PipeWire compatible
    Recommended:
    • OS: SteamOS 3.5+ or Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
    • Processor: x86-64 quad-core, 3.0 GHz
    • Memory: 8192 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Vulkan 1.3 capable GPU with 2 GB VRAM
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 1024 MB available space
    • Sound Card: ALSA or PipeWire compatible
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