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Paint it Back

Casual Labs · 2015-10-14

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 14, 2015 (Mac), Oct 14, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 14, 2015 (Linux), Oct 2013 (iOS)

Use logic as your paintbrush to restore lost works of pixel art. Try the demo!

4
playing now
97%
positive of 568 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 28% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 568 total reviews — how this is computed.

Players online

902026-08-11 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 10:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,81235%20

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieLogicCasualPuzzleSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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