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Passpartout: The Starving Artist

Passpartout: The Starving Artist

Even you can become a great artist! Wrestle subjectivity as you attempt to sell your art to rude customers in order to progress in this confusing art scene. The only thing threatening you is your expensive wine and baguette addiction! Will your art end up in the Louvre or on your parents' fridge?

Released Jun 6, 2017 Developer Flamebait Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux CasualSimulationIndieSingleplayerRelaxing
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

88.3%positive6,779 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Great drawing game. Wonderful if you love chill games. Might be boring for the none-casual player (what are yall even doing here? go and complete dark souls for the 100th time). overall great. 9/10 cuz the game wont agree to buy a masterpiece i worked on for 10 minutes but…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I've never felt so degraded yet so wealthy for selling a bunch of businessmen paintings of my d!ck”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“This game is awesome. The music really inspires you which is good for a game about drawing. I have no idea how it works so it feels like magic when you can actually draw in a certain way to appeal to certain customers. And that also affects what sort of direction as an artist…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:43 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

27playing at last check
4424-hour peak
462all-time peak
0 250 500 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 193 avg · Jul 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

25achievements
19.5%median completion
0.9%rarest: The Many Lives of Passpartout
84.4% of players 79.9% of players 78.7% of players 73.8% of players 67.9% of players 54.7% of players 54.5% of players 30.4% of players 27.5% of players 21.5% of players 19.8% of players 19.6% of players 19.5% of players 16.2% of players 15.3% of players 12.9% of players 11.2% of players 8.5% of players 5.1% of players 4.9% of players 2.6% of players 2.4% of players 1.7% of players 1.2% of players 0.9% of players 84.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
84.4%Managing Finances — Keep track of your cash flow!
79.9%A Less Controlled Approach — Use the Spray Can tool.
78.7%A Diminutive Enterprise — Sell 10 Paintings
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%The Many Lives of Passpartout — Witness all endings.
1.2%Art. — Hidden achievement
1.7%Flabberghasting! — Hidden achievement

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.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK6.99 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada10.99 CAD
Japan980 JPY
Brazil19.99 BRL
China36.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$3.9 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 04, 2024
Passpartout 2 Turns One Year Old, Let’s Celebrate! 💖

Bonjour my fellow artists 🍷🥖 It is almost time for spring to come in Sweden 🌸I hope everyone is in good health and are doodling their hearts away! Today marks the first anniversary of Passpartout 2(!!

Jan 11, 2024
End of the line for Mac 32 bit

We're nearing in on 7 years! My how time files. It was a wilder time, with steam greenlight having its final submissions, and us here at Flamebait fresh out of university. It also was a time where Ste

Oct 25, 2023
Happy Halloween👻

Bonjour, artisans unbowed! 👻 We've found some weird postcard today! We think it's addressed to you. --- To those of you who're playing Passpartout, you'll find creepy critters are on the loose! Ghastl

Apr 04, 2023
🎨 The Paint Finally Dried! Passpartout 2 Is Out Now!

Bonjour our fellow artists 🍷🥖 The day has finally arrived‼️ Passpartout 2 is available now! Jump over to Steam and start painting right now with a 20% launch discount! ▶️ Passpartout 2: The Lost Artis

Mar 30, 2023
Five More Days Until The Paint Is Finally Dry!!

Bonjour our fellow artist 🍷🥖 It is getting warmer and spring-like in Sweden🌸Hope everyone is doing well! With only five days until launch, we wanted to share the results of the Ad-poster event we held

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsCasual · Simulation · Indie · Singleplayer · Relaxing · Hand-drawn · Funny · Design & Illustration · Cartoon · Colorful · Family Friendly · Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Dutch * , Korean * , Polish * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Romanian * , Russian * , Swedish * , Japanese * , Simplified Chinese * *
Achievements25
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.flamebaitgames.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 460 or Radeon HD 6850 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space