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Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings DX
Developer KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
The definitive edition of the Atelier "Mysterious" series at a new price, with brand new content and various DLCs! "Atelier Lydie & Suelle" is the 3rd instalment: after discovering a mysterious painting, Lydie & Suelle get closer to their dream of running the best atelier. From the Steam store page
113 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 21, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
87
LovedLoved
81 positive · 12 negative
95% range 79–92%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 81 | 12 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 11 | 0 | 9 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
95 of 107 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
87% recommend · 81 yes, 12 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 93 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (400 of 438 positive).
Some reviewers note technical issues like poor optimization and DPI scaling problems. [1][2] A few players dislike the story and character writing, finding it repetitive or lacking depth. [3][4]
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Lydie & Suelle is widely regarded as the best Mysterious game, and one of the best Atelier games period. And yet when I played it myself, it ended up being one of the most disappointing. So what went wrong? While the Atelier series isn't known for deep characters, this cast is a special kind of bad. So many characters are defined by a single (often annoying) gimmick. This is further exacerbated by the fact that …
- [5]
Arguably the most fun game in the series to just play. Other entries get bogged down in annoying time limits, poorly balanced attempts to 'improve' the combat or excessive world building that isn't particularly interesting or well written. This one has none of those things and is better for it. Lydie and Suelle has a tight focus on what the series is actually good at: simple turn-based combat backed up by incredibly …
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Lydie & Suelle are cute and funny! Also, Sophie is here~ Get ready to experience a heartwarming slice-of-life adventure! Lots of story content, and lots of synthesis to do. Exploring the world and inside the mysterious paintings was fun!
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Best one of the trilogy imo. Unlike it's predecessor, this one checks pretty much all the boxes as to why I generally find Atelier games fun. No gigantic open world makes it less overwhelming yet plenty of places to explore and discover in the form of new areas and paintings. It was very fun. The alchemy was also the most enjoyable and understandable out of the 3 for me. Also for those trying to get the true ending: …
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🟡 Requires heavy tinkering [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/993090/Lossless_Scaling/] Lossless Scaling to run it fullscreen properly. Ingame fullscreen option have dpi scaling problems. The game is badly optimized, so expect to use high TDP to hit consistent fps even on low settings. Tested on: OnexPlayer Mini Pro 6800U [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42772030-Handheld-Friendly/] Follow Handheld …
Summarised from 34 of the 111 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings DX talk about best alchemy system in the trilogy, deep and enjoyable; those who didn't talk about technical issues: poor optimization and DPI scaling problems. Which matters more to you?
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60 of 113 · most liked firstAtelier Lydie & Suelle is the third and final game in the [url=store.steampowered.com/bundle/20340]Mysterious subseries, it concludes and wraps ups all the story arcs and plot points started in [url=store.steampowered.com/app/1502970]Atelier Sophie and [url=store.steampowered.com/app/1502980]Atelier Firis. Design wise this game is the opposite of Firis. Firis had a mixed reception, in part due to its open world survival gameplay, but also because of the initial release being plagued with bugs.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Video review for trilogy: https://youtu.be/09meSEXS1pg Summarized version below! This is my review for the Mysterious Trilogy as a package. I posted to all 3 store pages, but the review itself is identical. I will post a full review for each game individually as I complete them. New Content: The Atelier Mysterious Trilogy Deluxe Pack is a re-release of the three games from the Mysterious Trilogy: Atelier Sophie, Atelier Firis, and Atelier Lydie & Suelle – the 17th, 18th, and 19th games in the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Arguably the most fun game in the series to just play. Other entries get bogged down in annoying time limits, poorly balanced attempts to 'improve' the combat or excessive world building that isn't particularly interesting or well written. This one has none of those things and is better for it. Lydie and Suelle has a tight focus on what the series is actually good at: simple turn-based combat backed up by incredibly deep crafting mechanics, where difficult encounters are solved not by grinding…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lydie & Suelle is widely regarded as the best Mysterious game, and one of the best Atelier games period. And yet when I played it myself, it ended up being one of the most disappointing. So what went wrong? While the Atelier series isn't known for deep characters, this cast is a special kind of bad. So many characters are defined by a single (often annoying) gimmick. This is further exacerbated by the fact that every gimmick is repeated over and over again ad nauseum. No, I don't want to see…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really love mysterious series. Because of slice of life story its just relax and fun to play. Finally already reach 100% Achivements. Also love Adult Firis looks btw.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fellas, i dont think i like this one.... *edit** I put 20 more hours in it, it does get a little bit better, you get more freedom, and diving into the paintings is fun, but unfortunately everything from my old review still stands. Im a huge atelier addict, I just can't beat this one, I gotta bow out. I finally found it, an atelier game i dont like. **edit DONE* Im an atelier veteran, and Firis apologist. Im 8 games in, the franchise for me personally peaked with the dusk trilogy. Since then…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🟡 Requires heavy tinkering [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/993090/Lossless_Scaling/] Lossless Scaling to run it fullscreen properly. Ingame fullscreen option have dpi scaling problems. The game is badly optimized, so expect to use high TDP to hit consistent fps even on low settings. Tested on: OnexPlayer Mini Pro 6800U [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42772030-Handheld-Friendly/] Follow Handheld Friendly
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am glad I got this versus buying all the dlc for this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings DX update! This game is so much fun. The twins are entertaining little gremlins. The painting worlds are really cool! (Found the spooky world). Love that Ilmeria is the mentor this time. Can’t wait to see where the story goes 🎮
positive · AI labelView post →Atelier Lydie & Suelle: While it shares a lack of polish with the other Mysterious games, it’s once again from somehow achieving a lot of ambition with limited resources. A callback to earlier titles, like Rorona on steroids, it is packed to the brim and an enjoyable grind. Really funny writing too.
positive · AI labelView post →Lydie & Suelle are cute and funny! Also, Sophie is here~ Get ready to experience a heartwarming slice-of-life adventure! Lots of story content, and lots of synthesis to do. Exploring the world and inside the mysterious paintings was fun!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been playing Atelier Lydie & Suelle again. It's crazy, for such a cute little slice of life anime crafting game it requires like 1000% more critical thinking to progress than, say, Oblivion or FFVII Rebirth (the other RPGs I've played most recently)
neutral · AI labelView post →A tepid end to a trilogy of mistakes. Following on from the disastrous experiment that was Atelier Firis is a bog standard Atelier game that failed spectacularly in every aspect, it is amazing to sit through and observe if it wasn't such a pain to play. Firstly, the story. Calling it a slow start would be a mistake, because nothing was ever started here. If a story is a graph, then this is a straight line from beginning to end that goes nowhere. There are no beats to the story. The world…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lydie is cute, Sue-chan is hella cute, Firis is as cute as always, but you know who is the cutest? That's right, it's Sophie and her cute little fang, those can rule the world if you ask me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here's another very solid Atelier game. The finale of the Mysterious series, after the (imo) disappointing Sophie and very divisive Firis, I was hesitant to even try it until I played Sophie 2 and quite loved that one. This one is pretty good! Graphically it looks pretty solid, far better than the bland feel of Sophie. There is a lot of variety, one of the themes of this game are paintings, and worlds inside them. Each painting world has a very different look and feel. This gives the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommended for Atelier fans..what u want. it definitive edition..all dlc in one package..Finally have some basic graphic setting than advance setting to change full screen and resolution only in original what a joke. this game only utilize around 80+ gpu usage..so high end gpu is needed for 4K.Rtx3080 on max setting on early area only around 80fps than original 100fps in same area.English audio also still missing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you go in with a good guide, and follow it meticulously, and kill and gather everything in sight you'll be fine. Lots of great stuff to see, if a bit frustrating at times to get at. ...If you don't do those things, you'll waste forty hours. This game has a 'true' ending, and it's easily and permanently missable from the very early stages of the game (something no Atelier game has done since, thankfully!). Ask me how I know. I suppose that since I blazed through a NG+ immediately after…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎨 Atelier Lydie & Suelle My first ever Atelier game! Starting over with the DX version still felt fresh despite dropping the base game back in 2019. The humor is top-tier along with Lulua and it has my favorite alchemy system ever. It's one of my favorite Atelier games ever.
positive · AI labelView post →It's extremely clear that the guys who made this game didn't play it. Materials have completely wrongly assigned elements, making it impossible to do the alchemy. Your stash will be filled with "water" materials without any water element and you will have to use "fuels" without any fire element.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Atelier has always had a special place in my heart. Beautiful art style, memorable soundtracks, well-thought-out gameplay and pleasant storylines are among the few reasons why I'll keep supporting the series in the future. Lydie & Suelle is one of the few Atelier games where I could barely find any flaws in everything that this game has to offer. One could argue that the gameplay is slightly outdated and I concur, but it is all the more satisfying to see how far Gust has come since this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've come to the conclusion I just don't like the alchemy system in the Mysterious trilogy. I think it is a big step down from previous trilogies systems. On top of that I gained 30+ levels by defeating an enemy in one hit on a side quest which turned me off instantly. You know what you are in for: cute girls doing cute things with returning characters all around. I just can't stand the systems and would rather play another trilogy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a pair of gremlin twins journey through super mario 64 and fight god several times with pipe bombs
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the first game of the Atelier series that I have experienced. I bought as part of the Mysterious Bundle, and decided to try this one first. I have enjoyed other KOEI published titles (Dynasty Warriors, Tactics, etc) and figured this would be of similar quality. To describe or summarize this game, it would be more or less a story of magical paintings that essentially provide worlds to explore in. Without revealing too much, these paintings combine with other emotional factors that the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Atelier Lydie & Suelle DX update! On Chapter 7 now. Defeated a big boss and feel like I cleared the first part of the game 🎮 I can already see why this game is a lot of people’s favorites. It’s so charming. I love the characters, painting worlds and that it has an interesting story.
positive · AI labelView post →The most annoying and grindy of the Atelier games. The characters are twee, QoL features are almost entirely missing. Duplication for example, you can only register a small amount of items to be duplicated. And the story? 22 hours in, NO STORY!!! What the actual... The inventory is tiny, the recipe system is missing huge amounts of info needed. It's just the laziest game in the series. Sophie is miles ahead, skip this one, it uses irritation and repetition and drudge work to simulate a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Atelier Lydie & Suelle was the first Atelier game I played for myself, and at first I was confused and didn't know what I was doing so I dropped it. Then I revisited it and everything just clicked somehow and since then I've played so many games and even joined a wiki. And this happened last year!!
positive · AI labelView post →Love: Atelier Lydie & Suelle Want to play: Trails from Zero Hate but still play: Aura Kingdom Own physical: Bravely Second Own digital: Alliance Alive Love the style of: Octopath Traveler II Played more than once: Fire Emblem Engage Never finished: Rune Factory 3
neutral · AI labelView post →Best one of the trilogy imo. Unlike it's predecessor, this one checks pretty much all the boxes as to why I generally find Atelier games fun. No gigantic open world makes it less overwhelming yet plenty of places to explore and discover in the form of new areas and paintings. It was very fun. The alchemy was also the most enjoyable and understandable out of the 3 for me. Also for those trying to get the true ending: You do not need to do everything in the ambitions journal.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Character designs from Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings by artists Yuugen and NOCO. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_atelier-...
neutral · AI labelView post →This is one of my greatest atelier series (if not count mana khemia). System design, concept , design, gameplay ...all well balance. Song and sound track is also very good. It very very fun to play.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cory's back so this game is good
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is my favourite one
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A new costume for Twin Sunflower (the costume is inspired by the game Atelier Lydie & Suelle,and this costume will be used in my PvZ2 Mod)✨✨
neutral · AI labelView post →Fantastic game and one the single best in the entire series. The alchemical crafting is deeper with more branching options, the characters are slightly better than the previous games, the combat system/support system was exactly what combat needed, and the lack of a timer rounds this out a utter perfection.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay, so. Let me explain something. A few years back, I purchased Atelier Lydie & Suelle. Immediately I noticed it lagged a lot, but it was still otherwise playable, even though it really lagged. They released a DX version a few months after and even though I had the original version of the game
neutral · AI labelView post →on break at uni rn and thinking about what game I should play after class. Deciding between continuing Atelier Lydie & Suelle, continuing Zero Escape Virtues Last reward or suffer through Hyperdevotion Noire
neutral · AI labelView post →And now for the last entry (chronologically anyway) in the Mysterious series. Lydie & Suelle is a good game, though it does still have some setbacks that keep it from being perfect. So let's talk about that! THE GOOD: -Of the 3, L&S has the best alchemy system in the trilogy. So much so that Sophie 2 ended up adopting this system with some tweaks and improvements for its release in 2022. -Since it's the end, we get to see characters we've been following for 3 games reach their story line's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I haven't attempted to play it very far but the squeakiness of the voices is overwhelming. I wish they had alternate language voices so I could see if the acting is more tolerable in those. Anyway, I failed to beat the first game so I was checking to see if I could make any progress in this one but I'm not sure if I'm interested if the soundtrack is going to be this bad and hard to adjust and I can't even stream this so nobody can share in my suffering. Why did they increase the system…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lydie & Suelle.... *used to* be the finale of the Mysterious series, but now that we have Sophie 2 that released in 2022, we can instead say it's chronologically the last in the Mysterious series. L&S goes back to basics with the hub-based format of Sophie 1, and deviating from the more open-world format that Firis set. This has it's upsides and downsides of course, but the main advantage is much less downtime between tasks, and being able to see all the content the game has to offer pretty…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i was going to give the game a "recommended" because i was liking the story but now i am literally hard stuck due to a bug because i need to craft something to progress the game but the game did not give me the auto triggering cutscene which unlocks the recipe. so now i cannot do anything to progress the game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only flaw I hate is that you can't expand the map during exploring dungeeons. Other than that, tits are big as always.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you like atelier series... this one is for you
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Firis grew taller and can now use a bow. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly the more I play into the series the more I feel how good the previews series were. Sophie being the absolute top and then probably lydie then firis. But surprisingly I didnt get to hear any gorgeous music in this game yet. The wonderful music was all a remake version of previous series, like plauta theme, ilmeria theme or sophie theme. Still all of the remake ost from previous series are absolutely beautiful! Near the ending but this game made a good ending to every…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The 6th Atelier game I've played and comes a close to the Mysterious Trilogy. Story Telling The story follows a very simple loop. Get reputation -> Take rank up exam -> Explore a painting -> Repeat. We get a few returning characters to play with from Firis and Sophie while also closing out a lot of arcs of the previous characters this game. It's the finale after all. Firis has become an even greater blast as it seems like all of the endings were canon in the previous games. I find the new…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Compare to Sophie 1 , This is the hardest game to get all achievement in the series Pros : Lydie has good QOL on battle , story is fun as always , beautiful scene , The early game monsters stat are proper to their level and difficulty , new Crafting technique which arguably better or worse Assemble most of character in the series , made me feel nostalgia and they have theirs problem solve in most of them. There are 5 endings and 3 of them can be hard to acquired ( painting and True ending…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wplace reminding me why I still use it because I just panned down from where I spent two weeks building something and saw someone making art from one of my favorite, niche games. Like, Atelier Lydie & Suelle is a top 15 game and Shallotte is my favorite Atelier character.
positive · AI labelView post →great game, i love the atelier series!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best game in the mysterious trilogy to me. It goes back to the structure sophie had, which is a great welcome for me. I love both protagonists and the characters they introduce. And the most important: Combat is finally good again, a first for the trilogy. Certainly worth playing if you are an atelier fan or a mysterious fan. The dlc that is packaged in this DX deal is also suprisingly great and made me interested in other gust properties which frankly look bad from trailers and reviews.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommend if you want to scratch that modern atelier itch If you are like me and played the modern atelier games (sophie2, ryza2&3 and yumia) and are looking for something to scratch that modern atelier itch then I recommend this game. I attempted to play the older atelier games such has the arland series, sophie 1 etc. Those games fell short of my expectations because the story was non existent. Atelier Lydie & Suelle does start to follow modern atelier where the story is a constant thing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →barely play it. Bastard! At the very least, this will save me some money and now the only Mysterious series game I need is Atelier Lydie & Suelle. So that's neat
positive · AI labelView post →The good: The characters are fun. Lydie and Sue have just the right amount of anime adorkability, and on top of that many of the characters from previous games are also back - and not just for cameos. The areas you explore are all distinct and nice to look at. No wasted time returning to your Atelier. You can instantly fast travel back once your crafting basket is full. The story is compelling enough, with more comedy than before, but also more heartfelt moments. I was satisfied with the ending…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Life changing game, sophie is still cute ofc!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game sophie best girl
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Delightful, fun, you can quick travel (huge after Firis), and it's not nearly as brutal as Sophie. Favorite of the series IS a toss up, I am still playing Firis but I also love the condensed story you get here. If you enjoy the atelier games 100% worth it. The only reason I can't recommend this as a first game is the history from the two previous games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game stutters every other second and is unplayable. To fix the stuttering, you need to have a controller plugged in even when playing with keyboard and mouse. Most characters are over the top caricatures that seem taken out of bad manga. And the dialogue fits that. At around 8 hours spent playing this game, I feel I lost neurons by going through the story and reading through the text. You're better off skipping all dialogue. It feels like the game was made for kids. I wouldn't let any kid…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's the weakest of the Mysterious series, by a good clip. I've played all of Arland (including Lulua) and all that's currently released of Secret (Hideout, Fairy). It plays worse than all of those too. Unless you really need to see what happens with Plachta - and trust me not worth it - just skip it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Early Impression: This game fixed my problem with the previous game, removing the need to backtrack manually on top of a clearly defined time limit. The story is also more enjoyable because of that, since I can focus on enjoying the game instead of worrying if the timer will ran out. Final Impression: This is definitely the best game of the mysterious trilogy. Though there's still Sophie 2 that I haven't played. But I will when I get my hand on the game. 8.5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The last of the original Mysterious series, Atelier Lydie & Suelle has a good mix of the good parts of the past two games, while also having it's own uniqueness: This is easily the game with more plot of the trilogy, and the writing is the funniest in the series, at least of the Atelier games I've played. One observation is that, while playing the previous games is not required at all, it does improve this one by quite a bit!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hands down the best in the Mysterious series, at least for the original trilogy. Have yet to get to Sophie 2 but I hear good things about that surprise sequel. The thing that strikes about this game is the markedly improved level design and gameplay mechanics. As much as I loved Atelier Firis for its vast and lush world, and Firis herself as a protagonist and a little sister character, it made itself terribly exhausting with its huge maps, arbitrary traversal & Inventory limitations and the…
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