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Please, Touch The Artwork 2

Thomas Waterzooi · 2024-02-19

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 19, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 23, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 19, 2024 (Android), Feb 19, 2024 (iOS), Jul 26, 2024 (Linux), Feb 19, 2024 (Mac)

A handpainted cozy hidden object adventure. Explore a surreal world. Collect items for its quirky inhabitants. Fix damaged paintings and solve casual puzzles. Help a lost skeleton painter find his way home. This game is short but 100% FREE (no ads, no IAP).

99%
positive of 6.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
78/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 1h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

Assist a wandering skeleton painter in navigating a surreal, hand-painted universe, all while collecting hidden objects for the whimsical inhabitants that populate this visually enchanting world.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 704 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~88/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 15,788 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
91691620242026Week of 2024-02-01: 916 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 668 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 28 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

30
achievements tracked
96.1%
earned "Buckets"
75.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVRemote Play Together3 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Dutch, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-12-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,71027%30
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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