Chemicus: Journey to the Other Side

The first-person game has gameplay similar to Myst and Riven.

The player is a friend of Richard, a chemistry lover who is falsely accused of stealing a treasured item from the land of Chemicus after he arrives there in a portal. It is the player's job to rescue him.

The game has no death states.^{[clarification needed][1]}

Eblong likened the game's puzzle design to games such as Zork: Grand Inquisitor, Myst, and Traitors' Gate though noted that puzzles are completed by doing chemistry experiments rather than using spells, in-universe mythology or technological gizmos respectively.^[2] Metzomagic praised the game's graphics and musical score, and deemed it harder than its sister games Physicus and Bioscopia.^[3] Adventure Gamers thought the concept was admirable and was interested in playing the sequel.^[4]

Adventure Archiv thought the puzzles were fastidiously designed and that chemistry concepts were seamlessly integrated into the gameplay.^[5] Gameboomers gave the game very high praise and was excited to try the other two games in the series,^[6] and Mr. Bill's Adventure Land went away with a similar impression.^[7] Tap Repeatedly highly recommended the game as a chemistry learning tool for children.^[8]

Just Adventure noted that while there was an overarching goal, there was no plot-related logical reasoning given for the player to complete each individual puzzle, besides the fact that they can't progress to different areas until they do.^[9] Similarly, Adventure Gamers thought the game could have been served better by having a more interesting story that matched its intriguing world and puzzles.^[10] GameSpy offered a mixed review, but ultimately gave it a 1 star rating.^[11] Mystery Manor wrote that the addition of a narrator would have sharply improved the game.^[12]

AdventureTreff thought that Chemicus 2 worked well as a sequel, despite its limited budget.^[13]