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Hand-drawn hidden gems on Steam
Every game here is tagged Hand-drawn on Steam, sits between 1,000 and 5,000 reviews, is rated at least 80% positive, and carries a catch drawn from its own negative reviews. All 37 of them, most reviewed first. How these pages are made.
This is a hidden object game where players find bees in detailed artworks. It features a relaxing, immersive experience with unlimited hints and replayability.
What players likedPlayers praise this charming, free search-and-find game as a relaxing yet engaging experience with delightful art and music, surpassing many paid alternatives.
The catchZooming in to hunt the tiny bees turns the artwork into a blurry pixel mess.
Games like I commissioned some bees 0 →
The Bridge87% positive from 4,352 reviews20135% finish itDeck Verified
A hand-drawn logic puzzle game where players manipulate gravity to navigate impossible architecture. It offers a challenging, intellectual experience with a time-backtracking mechanic.
The catchSolutions come down to slow, precise physics fiddling and trial and error, not logic.
Games like The Bridge →
Hellslave85% positive from 3,270 reviews20225% finish itDeck Playable
Dark fantasy dungeon crawler with demon worship and customizable demonic abilities. Explore dangerous worlds, fight bosses, and replay with New Game+.
What players likedPlayers praise its dark atmosphere, art style, and innovative gameplay, often comparing it to Diablo II.
The catchCombat settles into one skill rotation for every fight and turns into a grind.
Games like Hellslave →
Hidden Folks96% positive from 3,204 reviews2017Deck Verified
This is a hidden object game with interactive, hand-drawn environments. Players find targets by interacting with the world and receive hints when needed.
What players likedPlayers praise this hidden object game as a relaxing, hand-drawn "Where's Wally" with hilarious, human-made sound effects and lively, interactive environments.
The catchBig later levels blend together, reducing the hunt to clicking every object on screen.
Games like Hidden Folks →
Cureocity98% positive from 3,142 reviews202414% finish itDeck Playable
A short, heartwarming fantasy adventure game with strategic combat. It features two contrasting characters exploring a dungeon.
The catchThe battle UI explains almost nothing, so the puzzle fights turn into blind guesswork.
Games like Cureocity →
Hoa89% positive from 3,077 reviews202139% finish itDeck Verified
Puzzle-platformer with hand-painted art. Explore and solve gentle puzzles in a relaxing, story-driven experience.
What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful Ghibli-inspired art, music, and relaxing atmosphere, offering a cozy platforming experience.
The catchThe hand painted art carries a slow, shallow platformer with almost no challenge.
Games like Hoa →
Creepy Tale86% positive from 2,946 reviews202054% finish itDeck Verified
A minimalist puzzle-platformer where you solve environmental puzzles, hide from enemies, and use inventory items to save your brother. It has a dark, fairy tale feel with a focus on atmosphere and exploration.
What players likedPlayers praise the atmosphere and art style of this puzzle game, which is like a disturbing love story.
The catchPuzzles defy logic, pushing you into trial and error or a walkthrough.
Games like Creepy Tale →
A narrative adventure game featuring hand-drawn art, where players experience the internal monologue of an insomniac. The core loop involves navigating thoughts and emotions to find rest.
What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful art, emotional storytelling, and intuitive puzzles, comparing it to the relatable experience of insomnia and dwelling on the past.
The catchPuzzles amount to shallow, tedious random clicking
Games like Insomnia: Theater in the Head →
This is a classic point-and-click adventure game where players solve puzzles and uncover conspiracies. It features a narrative-driven experience with fully voiced characters and a wry sense of humor.
What players likedPlayers praise its intriguing story and clever puzzles, reminiscent of classic point-and-click adventure games.
The catchEndless dialogue and slow unskippable animations stretch every scene into a crawl.
Games like Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse →
Action-adventure game with tactical combat and diverse weapons. It features a story of a girl defending humanity inspired by Hindu folklore.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique Indian mythology, art style, and story, feeling like a refreshing action-adventure with challenging boss fights.
The catchCombat and movement feel clunky and unresponsive, with dodges that often fail.
Games like Raji: An Ancient Epic →
This is a short, experimental silent narrative game. Players experience a raven's story through hand-drawn art and interpretive storytelling.
What players likedPlayers describe it as a visual novel or short story, praised for its gorgeous art and deep, symbolic meaning.
The catchIt is a five minute clickthrough slideshow with no real interaction or gameplay.
Games like A Raven Monologue →
100 hidden cats94% positive from 2,333 reviews202135% finish itDeck Playable
This is a black and white, hand-drawn hidden object game. Players find 100 disguised cats in a city setting with a challenging difficulty.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a fun, quick search-and-find game, despite having only one picture.
The catchOne short level that is over in about ten minutes with no way to replay it.
Games like 100 hidden cats →
This is a hand-crafted point-and-click adventure game where players explore surreal dreams and solve puzzles within a creepy apartment building. It features a haunting atmosphere and a story about uncovering mysteries.
What players likedPlayers praise its extraordinary handcrafted presentation and atmospheric storytelling, recommending it to fans of artsy point-and-click puzzlers.
The catchFrequent crashes and severe frame rate drops keep interrupting play.
Games like The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2 →
A hidden object game about finding and petting cats. It features exploration and collection with a relaxed, discovery-focused feel.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a cute, fun hidden object game, though surprisingly short compared to other games from the developers.
The catchCats hidden behind objects turn it into random clicking on every pixel of the screen.
Games like A Building Full of Cats →
Creaks96% positive from 2,066 reviews202034% finish itDeck Verified
Creaks is a hand-painted puzzle adventure game with precise animation and eerie sounds. Players solve environmental puzzles in a mansion, exploring and uncovering secrets.
What players likedPlayers praise Creaks' unique, dreamlike atmosphere, art, and music, comparing it to Machinarium but with distinct charm.
The catchThe puzzles recycle the same few mechanics and get repetitive well before the end.
Games like Creaks →
This is a hand-painted point-and-click adventure game where players solve puzzles to guide a cat through gardens. It features a relaxing, atmospheric feel with unique environments and music.
What players likedPlayers praise this charming, short, and sweet puzzle game for its beautiful hand-drawn art, relaxing music, and lovable cat, reminiscent of Samorost but easier.
The catchPuzzle logic is thin, so progress comes from clicking around until something happens.
Games like Milo and the Magpies →
Forgotton Anne90% positive from 2,021 reviews201830% finish itDeck Verified
Cinematic adventure game with puzzle platforming. Players control Anne to solve puzzles and make choices affecting the story.
What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful, unique Ghibli-esque art style, emotional story, and music, despite simple platforming and short length.
The catchClunky, sluggish controls make the timed platforming sections frustrating.
Games like Forgotton Anne →
Bing in Wonderland is a roguelite monster-killing game with a unique Butt Slam mechanic and a surreal art style. Players combine weapons and boons to defeat waves of varied enemies in fast-paced combat.
The catchCombat is shallow and thin, boiling down to button mashing and grinding upgrades.
Games like Bing in Wonderland →
LiEat96% positive from 1,932 reviews2016Deck Playable
This is a narrative RPG with a unique lie-eating mechanic. It's a story-driven adventure about uncovering truths and past mysteries.
What players likedPlayers praise LiEat as a charming, story-rich RPG Maker-like investigation game with cute art, music, and detective work.
The catchMost of it is walking between NPCs and trivial combat, wrapped in a thin story.
Games like LiEat →
This is a hidden object puzzle adventure game where players explore detailed environments to find items and solve puzzles. It features a charming, artistic style and interactive storytelling.
The catchDespite the maze premise the paths are linear and on rails with little to explore.
Games like Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective →
A hand-drawn narrative adventure where players manage distractions to meet a deadline. It features multiple endings and a free, extended story chapter.
What players likedPlayers praise its charming art, relatable procrastination, and anti-corporate/AI themes, comparing it to "13 Storey Treehouse" and "Lumber Lass."
The catchThere is no working fast forward, so replaying for other endings is a slog.
Games like Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines →
A narrative adventure with choices and rhythm gameplay, focusing on relationships and personal growth before an apocalypse. It feels like a playable, hand-drawn animated cartoon.
What players likedPlayers praise its stunning art, incredible soundtrack, and emotional story, feeling like an interactive animated film or visual novel.
The catchChoices change nothing and the story funnels to the same ending no matter what.
Games like Goodbye Volcano High →
Carto95% positive from 1,701 reviews20208% finish itDeck Verified
A charming adventure game where players rearrange map pieces to alter the world. It features exploration, puzzle-solving, and a hand-drawn art style.
What players likedPlayers praise Carto as a cute, wholesome puzzle game with unique map mechanics, often compared to cozy, exploration-focused titles like The Last Campfire and TOEM.
The catchPuzzle goals are often opaque, leaving you wandering with no idea what to do next.
Games like Carto →
This is a hand-animated 2D puzzle adventure game with dual character control. Players solve standalone puzzles to uncover a wordless story through cinematics and music.
What players likedPlayers praise "LUNA The Shadow Dust" as a short, atmospheric puzzle game with a touching story, wonderful music, and satisfying puzzles.
The catchBack-and-forth padding stretches a short game
Games like LUNA The Shadow Dust →
Pilgrims95% positive from 1,563 reviews201933% finish itDeck Verified
Playful adventure game with a non-linear puzzle-solving loop and hand-crafted animations. Features replayability through achievements and original music.
What players likedPlayers praise Pilgrims as a charming, replayable point-and-click adventure with a unique hand-drawn art style and humorous, multi-solution puzzles.
The catchProgress relies on blind trial-and-error to find next steps
Games like Pilgrims →
Creepy Tale 286% positive from 1,549 reviews202147% finish itDeck Verified
A spooky cartoon puzzle adventure with a narrative focus. Players solve puzzles to rescue a kidnapped sister in a dark fairy tale world.
The catchPuzzle logic often makes no sense, so progress comes down to trial and error.
Games like Creepy Tale 2 →
This is a drawing-based adventure puzzle game where players draw elements to solve challenges. Its core loop involves creative problem-solving through unique drawing mechanics.
The catchThe drawing gimmick wears thin fast, leaving simple puzzles and repetitive levels.
Games like Draw a Stickman: EPIC →
They Breathe84% positive from 1,298 reviews20146% finish itDeck Verified
This is a surreal, hand-drawn 2D survival game where players observe and learn patterns to navigate a dangerous ecosystem. It offers a wordless, atmospheric experience focused on discovery and emergent horror.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique, atmospheric take on survival, akin to a meditative puzzle game in space.
The catchIt lasts about half an hour and the gameplay stays shallow and repetitive throughout.
Games like They Breathe →
Hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. Explore vast desolate locations, solve machinery puzzles by finding parts and restoring power to uncover a story.
What players likedPlayers praise its masterful puzzles, art, and sound, calling it a legendary point-and-click escape game series.
The catchLevels sprawl into mazes of near identical rooms, so progress means constant backtracking.
Games like Submachine: Legacy →
Tilt Brush93% positive from 1,205 reviews2016Deck Unsupported
Virtual reality painting application. Users create 3D art with immersive brush strokes.
What players likedPlayers praise Tilt Brush as a simple, fun, and creative VR experience that allows anyone to draw.
The catchGoogle abandoned it, and a free open source version now does everything it does.
Games like Tilt Brush →
This is a Lovecraftian visual novel with a dating sim element where players make choices to escape a cult. It features hand-drawn environments and a nostalgic anime art style.
What players likedPlayers praise its compelling story, beautiful art, and unique blend of cosmic horror and romance, transcending typical dating sims.
The catchBarely a dating sim: one love interest and an almost entirely linear story.
Games like Sucker for Love: Date to Die For →
This is a drawing puzzle adventure game where players create and use their own stickman drawings to solve challenges and progress through a story. It features a creative, problem-solving core loop with a whimsical feel.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique charm, creative gameplay, and improved drawing system, often comparing it favorably to its predecessor.
The catchThe level five snake boss is unbeatable as the camera scrolls too slowly to escape.
Games like Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2 →
This is a business-themed RPG with a core loop of taking on tasks for cash. It has a retro, action-oriented feel with a focus on combat and corporate loyalty.
The catchRandom battles are far too frequent and combat is shallow, with constant healing needed.
Games like Suits: A Business RPG →
Farming and exploration adventure game. Core loop involves island management, crafting, and sailing. Relaxing tropical feel.
What players likedPlayers praise its charming art, relaxing farming/crafting gameplay, and compare it to Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, Harvest Moon, My Time at Portia, and Ghibli movies.
The catchClunky controls, no mouse in menus, no key remapping
Games like Summer in Mara Prologue →
A surrealist point-and-click adventure where players reassemble Mr. Coo by solving puzzles in a whimsical, hand-drawn world. It features absurd humor and wacky characters.
What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful, surreal hand-drawn animation and creative puzzles, often comparing it to *The Neverhood Chronicles* and *Fantasia*.
The catchBugs and softlocks force level restarts, and the puzzles run on obtuse moon logic.
Games like The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo →
This is a macabre interactive adventure game featuring bizarre puzzles and a story-driven experience. Players make choices that lead to multiple endings in a dark, fairy tale-inspired underworld.
What players likedPlayers praise its narrative depth and unsettling fairy tale puzzles, reminiscent of a darker, more structured adventure game.
The catchPuzzles often make no sense and get solved by guesswork or a walkthrough.
Games like Creepy Tale 3: Ingrid Penance →
This is a hand-drawn, point-and-click adventure game where players solve puzzles by interacting with characters and the environment. It offers a surreal, atmospheric mystery with a short playtime.
What players likedPlayers praise its surreal storytelling, imaginative world, and thoughtful puzzle design, finding it a fun, bizarre, and entertaining narrative-driven adventure.
The catchVery short, with puzzles too easy and a story that stays underdeveloped.
Games like Follow the meaning →
