Home / Games / Drafting Tales
Drafting Tales
In Drafting Tales you are new writer working from your apartment. Your goal is to become a well-known and successful author!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“It saddens me to see that this is now a dead game from a dead indie studio. I played this back in 2021 just before the pandemic ended, and I came back to it after 5 years because, well, random nostalgia I guess. It's a rather simplistic game with casual playthrough but it can…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update v1.7.0
New Added a research dialog allowing you to specify which research methods to use for your works. New items available in the store: Library card, Voice recorder. You can now add a summary to your work
Update v1.6.0
New There is now a fast-forward button which can be used during writing (only in the writing stage and when enough inspiration), reading, feedback, making corrections, or replying to fan mail. In the
Update v1.5.0
Changes This is a quick update to support Apple silicon on Mac computers, but we also managed to add a couple of new features based on your feedback. New The current day is now marked on the calendar.
Update v1.4.0
Changes New When writing books your character will occasionally run into a "Writer's Block" for which you'll have to solve a cryptogram to overcome. New preview popups when publishing articles and sho
Drafting Tales is now Steam Deck Verified
We are happy to announce that Drafting Tales is now Verified on Steam Deck! For the best experience we recommend you enable the internal on-screen keyboard in the settings dialog. Please do report any
Games like Drafting Tales
From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.
Game Dev Tycoon
94.6% · 25,114 reviews
shares Touch Friendly, Economy, Isometric, Replay Value
Two Point Campus
87.8% · 3,521 reviews
shares Economy, Isometric, Replay Value, Management
Two Point Museum
95.9% · 5,519 reviews
shares Economy, Isometric, Management, Sandbox
The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon
82.2% · 607 reviews
shares Economy, Isometric, Replay Value, Management
Two Point Hospital
92.2% · 16,398 reviews
shares Isometric, Replay Value, Management, Sandbox
World of Goo
92.5% · 3,603 reviews
shares Touch Friendly, Satire, Comedy, Difficult
Parkasaurus
93.5% · 2,192 reviews
shares Economy, Isometric, Management, Sandbox
Little Big Workshop
80.2% · 1,405 reviews
shares Economy, Isometric, Replay Value, Management
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Casual · Simulation · Indie · Strategy · Isometric · Management · Singleplayer · Cute · Economy · Touch-Friendly · Family Friendly · Replay Value (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://draftingtales.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Celeron N3060 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics Storage: 300 MB available space