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Pixel Art Academy: Learn Mode

Matej 'Retro' Jan · Retronator · 2024-08-05

Steam

CasualSimulationAnimation & ModelingDesign & IllustrationEducationGame DevelopmentEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 05, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 05, 2024 (Mac)

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!

97%
positive of 428 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.00
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 52 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (164 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.6k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 428 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.40 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.00 · on sale 2 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15915920242026Week of 2024-08-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.00$10.402024-08-052026-07-172024-08-05 — best price $10.802024-08-19 — best price $12.002025-05-23 — best price $13.002025-06-27 — best price $10.402025-07-10 — best price $13.002025-08-25 — best price $10.402025-09-01 — best price $13.002026-03-19 — best price $10.402026-03-26 — best price $13.002026-06-25 — best price $10.402026-07-09 — best price $13.002026-07-17 — best price $14.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DCozyCuteIndieCasualColorfulRelaxingEducationSimulationEarly Access

Census log

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

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