When did Potion Lore come out?

Potion Lore was released on 1 September 2012 for Windows Phone.

Potion Lore (2012) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Potion Lore

Potion Lore is an overhead-view action-puzzler in which players guide Professor Stange through dozens of castle mazes as he searches for a stolen tome. Players have a variety of potions at their disposal…

1 September 2012

What Potion Lore is

Potion Lore is a puzzle game developed by Hexfire Software and released in 2012. It is available on Windows Phone only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The legendary tome of alchemy wisdom has been stolen! Throw Professor Stange's magic potions to help guide him through a dark, treacherous castle and recover the stolen potion lore. Utilize several powerful potions to overcome countless castle traps and guards in over fifty mind-boggling puzzles. Sneak by unaware enemies with the concealing smoke potion, block their paths with a towering rock potion or set them ablaze with the destructive flame potion. Formulate creative solutions using Stange’s arsenal of potions to advance through the castle and discover the story of Potion Lore.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Potion Lore launched on 1 September 2012, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Borderlands 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Borderlands 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Official trailer