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Pixel Art Academy: Learn Mode
Learn how to draw pixel art with a video game! Start from zero and develop real art skills in a relaxing way. Complete interactive tutorials, draw pixel art sprites, and play the games you create. Everyone can do this!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
“I have nothing bad to say about this game. I am an experienced artist but wanted to dip my toes into pixel art. I've always loved the aesthetic but didn't know where to begin. After finding someone recommending this game, I downloaded the demo, just to see what it was all about.…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“Beautifully designed education game, at times I have to remind myself I'm here to learn and not just blindly treat it like a fill in the dots type easy art software. Actually read what its teaching you lol. Very helpful for me, I'm a noob artist in general and this is a way to…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“I'm amazed at the breadth and depth of content already available in this interactive game, completing everything would easily take me triple the amount of time. If you have an interest in pixel art or art in general and want to learn or develop your skills further, this is by…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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Artwork preview fix
If you created any of your own artworks, looking at their fullscreen preview (clicking on the canvas while on the clipboard) made the game freeze. This small patch makes it work again. Sorry about tha
Patch for too many chess pieces
Some of you were able to buy 9 pawns in Chess Academy. This patch will fix your save file and prevent any others from being too speedy in the chess shop. No more breaking the chess law!
Chess art project
TL;DR: An art project in which you draw small, 2D chess pieces. Playtest your art on the Pixeltosh and learn the rules of chess. A chess magazine with 90 references to get inspired by. 4 chessboard th
Steam Cloud and more
TL;DR: Steam Cloud available for existing and new saves. Universal macOS build with native Apple Silicon support. SteamOS/Linux build enabled, see below. Storage and performance optimizations. I final
Readability analysis hotfix
There was a bug where the readability analysis didn't give you a checkmark if you used undo to get back to the state of the drawing before you opened the analysis paper. I've changed the logic now a b
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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, Animation & Modeling, Design & Illustration, Education, Game Development, Early Access |
| Player tags | Pixel Graphics · Relaxing · Game Development · Indie · Cozy · 2D · Singleplayer · Casual · Simulation · Education · Colorful · Early Access (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://pixelart.academy |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Can it run a browser? Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: At least 320×240 pixels resolution Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: Sound Blaster-compatible … If you know, you know.