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Paint Drying Simulator
This is literally a game about watch paint drying for 6 hours, so.. ..do you feel like wasting money and time? XD
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“I went into Paint Drying Simulator expecting a joke. What I found instead was one of the most unexpectedly transformative experiences I’ve ever had with a game. On the surface, it’s disarmingly simple: you watch paint dry. There are no weapons to unlock, no skill trees, no…”
— a player, Steam review · 154 hrs played“Hidden secret after watching all 9 colours dry”
— a player, Steam review · 99 hrs played“best game ever made period. The most in depth gameplay I've ever experienced in any game ever made, it was so engaging i felt empty inside when i fully completed it. This is runner up for game of the decade I swear to you.”
— a player, Steam review · 161 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 21:24 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Spacebar reset the counter (discovered by Ray Navaez Jr) FIX
We fixed an error that keep it the menu active when was outside the screen, hope no one pressed the space bar while playing ..well no one else (T_T ..sorry Ray)
Improved Internal Timer Performance
We've made improvements to the internal timer to reduce lag on low-end PCs. However, to maintain fairness, a validation system has been implemented. Attempting to tamper with your PC's internal clock
Menu adaptable to different screen resolutions
Thanks to a user support we found out that there was an error when the game was running in a screen with a different screen size, so we fix it so it can adapt to wherever screen size you have (no sure
Unlimited FPS Error-Fix
- No Cap FPS fixed - Menu Animations Updated - New Free Content Added - Spanish and Japanese Added - New Achievements Added
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · Utilities · Idler · Realistic · Comedy · Singleplayer · Psychological Horror · Hentai · Sexual Content (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64 bit) or Newer (64 bit) Windows OS Processor: 2.5 GHz Dual core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 760, AMD Radeon R7 270X, or better DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space