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Krita
Krita is a powerful, open source and community-driven digital art tool for illustrators, concept designers, animators, comic book artists, game developers, and anyone who wants to express themselves through the creation of visual art.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
45 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Huge open world rpg with limitless gameplay and storylines. Graphics started out very bad but have been getting better as i keep playing the game. The game is extremely difficult, especially since i'm new to the genre,…”
“How the f*** is this $10? I got it for $4.50 which is even more insane. This is the cheapest and one of the most robust pieces of software I've ever used. You can just open an animation menu without changing anything...…”
“Krita is a gripping psychological horror with strong themes of loneliness, self doubt and existential dread. The gameplay loop can be hard yet extremely rewarding at times and it has endless replayability. I'm over 700…”
21 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Finally, a professional software that doesn't treat its users like a cash cow. Goodbye Ad*be! I’ve spent thousands on Ad*be subscriptions over the years, and I honestly regret not switching to Krita sooner. For just a…”
“I've used the free version for years now and decided to buy Krita on here to help support it. :3”
“I've been using this tool for free for years. About time I show my support by purchasing it here. :) Thank you devs.”
20 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Finally, a professional software that doesn't treat its users like a cash cow. Goodbye Ad*be! I’ve spent thousands on Ad*be subscriptions over the years, and I honestly regret not switching to Krita sooner. For just a…”
“How the f*** is this $10? I got it for $4.50 which is even more insane. This is the cheapest and one of the most robust pieces of software I've ever used. You can just open an animation menu without changing anything...…”
“really good, i personally use it as a more cheaper version of adobe photoshop”
14 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“you can get it for free if can't/won't pay, but i think Krita is worth supporting. it's not photoshop, but for what it costs (paid or otherwise), it has a very good collection of features, is fairly stable, and has a…”
“Very intuitive for such an affordable program. So many different tools, brushes, filters, etc. Would recommend for anything from making art to making thumbnails.”
“A very excellent and intuitive drawing/animation app. Just as happy to buy it on steam to support the creators. Keep up the great work!”
13 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Huge open world rpg with limitless gameplay and storylines. Graphics started out very bad but have been getting better as i keep playing the game. The game is extremely difficult, especially since i'm new to the genre,…”
“It took a while to get used to, but that tends to be the case when learning any new art program. There are lots of great tutorials online and personally I find that it works incredibly well with my Huion drawing…”
“best fps game out there. helped me improve my aim. 10/10”
5 of the 101 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I've been using Krita for free for awhile now on my tablet, but I want to support the developers by buying it on steam and ya'll should too because comparing it to other Softwares filled to the brim with ads, softwares…”
“I can't believe I thought paying for it would be better when they made a bullfrickinhorseshit update like this. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unacceptable.”
“Congrats making the worst update for text editing”
4 of the 101 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I've been using Krita for free for awhile now on my tablet, but I want to support the developers by buying it on steam and ya'll should too because comparing it to other Softwares filled to the brim with ads, softwares…”
“very good i like the fact that its 100% open world the social hub is great too ive had no crashes or lags but im stuck at character criation as there are alot of options”
“its free krita but on steam, there is nothing wrong by having a price, is a way of funding the developer time into this but i think the cloud saving is something sadly i only found some minor incoveniences and that is…”
3 of the 101 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Everyone else is cracked at this game but I won't let that discourage me.”
“By far the hardest game in my library and it's not even close to anything else.”
“good app but not for beginners”
Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I'M DOING MY PART. I used to pirate Photoshop or CSP but this software is so good and its free. The organization and its goals are amicable so I don't mind dropping a couple dollars on this software. But I will never let Adobe see a single cent from me.”
— a player, Steam review · 70 hrs played“If you pay money for this Free-and-Open-Source-Software, you get hour tracking for your Steam Profile Worth it.”
— a player, Steam review · 43 hrs played“I bought it because it's the only way to support developers from my country. I'm not sure if anyone will read this, but I have a couple of ideas and suggestions: 1) Add a Steam Workshop and allow people to contribute brush bundles, for example (I've also read that they could be…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-04). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Krita 5.3.2.1 Hotfix
Hey all, we've just released a hotfix for Krita 5.3.2 that solves a critical bug with the layers docker. You can find more information here: https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-5.3.2.1-released/ Tha
Krita 5.3 Released & SteamCloud for Krita Documents
Hello to all the Krita community artists here on Steam. Today I'm happy to bring a double-whammy of great news to you all! Krita 5.3 is here, and it's a big one... This week marks the release of Krita
Krita 5.2.15 Released.
Hi Krita artists! This is just a quick announcement that we've released yet another minor bugfix release, Krita 5.2.15. As always you can find the full details of what has changed in the release notes
Krita 5.2.14 bugfix release!
Hey all, happy winter! Today we're releasing Krita 5.2.14. This is going to be the last bug fix release for 5.2. This update is mostly focused on bug fixes and improvements, but there are some small f
Krita 5.2.13 bugfix release!
"Today we are releasing Krita 5.2.13! This is a bugfix release containing a number of important Android fixes, courtesy of Carsten Hartenfels, our new Android Maintainer. The release also includes a s
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, Animation & Modeling, Design & Illustration, Photo Editing |
| Player tags | Design & Illustration · Software · Animation & Modeling · Photo Editing · Hand-drawn · Indie · Psychological Horror · Utilities · Anime · Comic Book · Game Development · Moddable (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Simplified C… |
| Official site | https://www.krita.org |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8.1 Processor: 1.6 Ghz Dual-core CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Storage: 1 GB available space