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Été
Été (summer) is a relaxing painting game set in Montréal. Color the city to explore, create artworks on canvas, collect stamps in your album, decorate your studio, fulfill commissions from your neighbors, and unleash your inner artist!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
“In Été, you play as a painter who has just moved to Montreal. You arrive at an empty apartment and begin rebuilding your life the only way you know how: by creating art. You paint small scenes and objects, sell your work in a charming local café, and complete commissions for…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Love this game. It's beautiful & very unique. It's style & watercolor aesthetic are beautiful. Getting to bring color back into the areas is so soothing. It works well for me on my Steam Deck, but I also wanted to play this on my computer on a larger screen to see the details.…”
— a player, Steam review · 56 hrs played“It's a beautiful game, and the actual content is good. The concept is good. I'm really impressed by the level of detail, like the little conversations you overhear as you walk by. I like the painting and collecting. I like the characters. There's so much potential, and it's…”
— a player, Steam review · 206 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-07 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Été v.1.1.1 - Security Patch, and Performance Patch out of beta
Security Patch Été v.1.1.1 immediately brings a security patch following a vulnerability found in the Unity engine this week that affects all Unity games. It is highly recommend to update as soon as p
Été v.1.1.0 Beta: Performance patch
Hi painters! I've been hard at work on a performance patch since release. The goals are to give more graphical options, improve framerate, reduce loading times, reduce memory usage, and fix memory lea
Été v.1.0.2
Été v.1.0.2 is a minor patch consisting mostly of bugfixes. However, one often request quality of life change made it in: while at the easel (painting on canvas), time will pause at dusk , meaning you
Été v.1.0.1
New Artwork Mailing Mailing artworks no longer removes them from the game Any artwork can now be mailed, even those turned in for quests or sold Previously mailed artworks will be returned to the port
Thanks for a wonderful launch! What’s next for Été…
Thank you! 🙏 What a week! From the bottom of our hearts, we want to thank our players, streamers and critics for this wonderful launch. We’re overjoyed that Été is sitting at 100% positive reviews on
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Adventure · Exploration · Relaxing · Atmospheric · Puzzle · Casual · Singleplayer · First-Person · Walking Simulator · Colorful · Minimalist · Foreign (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French |
| Official site | https://impossible.dev/ete |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-7600 or AMD Ryzen 3 1300x Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, 4GB or AMD Radeon R9 380, 4GB or Intel Arc A310, 4GB Storage: 6 GB available space Additional Notes: Low 1080p @ 30 FPS