Just drag and drop
Combining elements in Little Alchemy is straightforward literally just dragging a dropping the elements onto one another.If the combination is valid the new element will show up otherwise nothing happens. If any given element can not be combined further, it will be highlighted in red when rolling over with the mouse. There is also a search function that makes the navigation easy just press CTRL+F to find any element by name. Right clicking on any element will display its history, while clicking on question mark on the left side will show the online help.
Addictive
The games demonstrates a simple user interface with cute icons. As of writing this description the game has 580 elements to discover (plus an additional 30 candy elements) which is a lot to keep anyone entertained for hours. It is hard to believe how addictive a simple game like this can be, but as one makes progress it will become more difficult to stop playing the game. In case of getting frustrated you might want to check our step by step tutorial or the full list of combinations just to get you up to speed.
Be an Alchemist
When playing Chrome or the mobile version the game will be saved so you can continue where you stopped. Those versions also offer an extra 30 (candy) combinations in addition to the default 580 combinations. This also adds more fun to the game to let everyone become a real Alchemist. Here is your chance to prove if we are right or wrong, play now !