Sup fellow degens, 

Remember chemistry class in high school? 

Neither do I. 

I was too busy calculating the parlay odds on the cafeteria lunch fights.

But apparently, science is cool now. Specifically, the kind of science where you mix glowing green liquids in a basement and accidentally create a stack of gold bars.

Today, we are looking at Forbidden Alchemy by PG Soft.

Usually, PG Soft gives us cute games about fortune rabbits or mahjong tiles. This time, they went full "Harry Potter for Degens." We are talking skulls, potions, and a laboratory that looks like it hasn't passed a health inspection in 400 years. 

Released January 2, 2026, the game is steeped in the arcane and forbidden theme of ancient alchemy.

Here is why you should put on your lab coat or just your lucky bathrobe.

PG Soft usually sticks to a very specific lane. They are effectively the "cozy gaming" studio of the slot world, designing things that look great on a phone screen while you wait for the bus.

But with Forbidden Alchemy, they decided to go full goth and completely flip the script. 

The setting is a dusty, stone-walled laboratory that looks like it hasn't seen a feather duster since the Dark Ages, filled with glowing green and purple liquids, skulls, ancient scrolls, and mysterious ingredients.

The atmosphere is immersive, backed by a soundtrack that mixes spooky orchestral swells with the bubbling noises of volatile chemicals. 

It’s the kind of audio that makes you feel like you’re about to summon a demon or at least a really good bonus round rather than just spinning reels.

Sometimes you don't want cute, you want to feel like a mad scientist tweaking the fabric of reality for a few extra coins.

It feels less like a cartoon and more like you broke into Snape’s private stash of potions to see what happens when you mix the blue one with the red one.

The game is a 5x4 grid, but the real magic happens on the Extra Reel floating above the board. Think of this as your Ingredients Shelf.

At random, the game decides to get freaky. It picks a high-value symbol from the top shelf.

If you have those symbols on the main grid. BOOM. They all turn into Wilds.

But wait, it gets better.

For every symbol that transforms, it adds to a Multiplier.

It’s like turning lead into gold, but instead of lead, it’s those useless "10" and "J" symbols, and instead of gold, it’s cold hard crypto.

"Money Shot": Persistent Multipliers 

The base game is cute, but we are here for the Free Spins.

You need 3 Scatters to trigger 12 spins. Get 5 scatters, get 20 spins.

The Multipliers Don't Reset.

In the base game, your multiplier resets after every spin. In the Free Spins, it just keeps growing.

By the end of the round, you could be sitting on a massive multiplier that turns a small $2 win into a payoff-the-car win.

The Stats:

There is NO BONUS BUY.

I know, I know. You guys love clicking "Buy Feature".

But in Forbidden Alchemy, you actually have to play the slot. You have to grind for the scatters.

This is actually good. It keeps the Bonus Buy Addicts away and rewards the true grinders. It forces you to respect the chemistry.

If you like "persistent multiplier" games (think Gates of Olympus or Sweet Bonanza but with a darker vibe), this is for you.

The "Wild Transformation" feature hits often enough to keep you awake, and the 8,000x potential is real.

For me: 8.5/10 beakers. 

Just don't drink the purple potion.

TL;DR: PG Soft has dropped a high-volatility banger that trades cute rabbits for a spooky lab and glowing potions. The game revolves around randomly transforming symbols into Wilds to build up a massive multiplier, which doesn't reset during Free Spins. While the max win is a respectable 8,000x and the RTP is a solid 96.76%, the real kicker is that there is No Bonus Buy. You actually have to grind for the scatter, just like our ancestors intended.

Stay degen,

Dima