The Artist

Do you feel good where you are? Some people do, some don't even if they have everything in the world. Does love fix that sort of feeling, even if such feelings feel so hard to grasp and such love could be toxic to yourself? What is a loving muse to the artist who paints them?

Released Jun 29, 2023 Developer Grotslot Platforms Windows · Mac

View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

78.1%positive128 reviews

Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“One of the best NSFW scenes I've ever played. This is not stupid kind of AVN game, it has great writing. It's a shame that the game isn't finished, or I'm wrong.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played

Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Horrible game very short left it open while i was playing another game hence the 7H play time lmao... The content in this is very plain played other free games that were 100% better than this some with the same 15-30mins of play time!”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

10achievements

67.3%median completion

45.5%rarest: Brush Bonds

Almost everyone has

86.4%Canvas of Healing — Hidden achievement

85.3%Tail-ented Artists — Hidden achievement

81.4%Buon Appetito! — Hidden achievement

Rarest badges of honor

45.5%Brush Bonds — Hidden achievement

47.9%The Art of Deception — Hidden achievement

50.0%Elderly Easel — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

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

Aug 13, 2023
Development Update

Please Note: This development update is from 9th July 2023. All development logs are posted to Patreon backers first as well as on our Discord for owners of the DLC. Hey guys! To kick things off this

Jul 26, 2023
Join Grotslot's Team!

Good Morning! (Or Afternoon) When we set out creating The Artist, I didn't have any interest in trying to do this alone to take more share of the revenue. You know as well as I that small teams take l

Jul 23, 2023
Development Update

Please Note: This development update is from 9th July 2023. All development logs are posted to Patreon backers first as well as on our Discord for owners of the DLC. This week has been an amazing week

Jul 16, 2023
Development Update

Please Note: This development update is from 2nd July 2023. All development logs are posted to Patreon backers first as well as on our Discord for owners of the DLC. What a week it has been! I have up

Jul 09, 2023
Development Update

Please Note: This development update is from 26th June 2023. All development logs are posted to Patreon backers first as well as on our Discord for owners of the DLC. Happy Monday my dear Supporters!!

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

Genres	Casual, Indie, Early Access
Features	Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
Languages	English
Achievements	10

Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or higher Processor: 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 or DirectX 9.0c compatible DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 6 GB available space