Passpartout: The Starving Artist
Worth it · Strategy · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99.
- Length
- 3.7h
- Value
- $2.70/hr
- Reviews
- 89% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 460 or Radeon HD 6850, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Even you can become a great artist! Wrestle subjectivity as you attempt to sell your art to rude customers in order to progress in this confusing art scene. The only thing threatening you is your expensive wine and baguette addiction! Will your art end up in the Louvre or on your parents' fridge?
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
April 2023 is where it bottomed out, at $3.99. It has been discounted 50 times in the 9 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 9 weeks between sales.
Value puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 68 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, PowerWash Simulator ($24.99, scores 97) beats it on value, while it beats Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game ($9.99, scores 56).
Of the 606 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 11 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 71 percent of the 1,150 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 18 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 3.7 hours; clearing it takes 11, which is 3.1 times the campaign.
The drop-off
84% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
18 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 13:46 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This game will grab your attention at first glance. While the game itself is simple, and the concept even simpler-you create paintings, display them, and earn money-you'll start from scratch, gradually progressing and unlocking new features. The idea of creating whatever you want and then displaying it is fantastic. If you create a great painting, you'll get a high price to buy it, and the opposite is true if you...
Ah, it's been a while. Haven't played or even seen much at all from the second game, and wanted to 100% this first one, since I never have. I've played it before, yes. But I have never seen all the endings. Quite enjoyable, maybe use a guide or something else to get through the minimalism ending ;D I love the character designs in this game! The cardboard-esc look to it is very funky, I like it About a decade old by...
You put your soul into a drawing and people dont even look at you.As a artist, realistic
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Cite this score
Passpartout: The Starving Artist scores 69/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/582550/passpartout-the-starving-artistReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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