Best Design & Illustration Games on Steam
Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated design & illustration games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free design & illustration games are available at the bottom of the page.
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Coloring Game 5
Coloring Game 5 - coloring by numbers. Is a bright representative of anti-stress games.
Lushfoil Photography Sim
A tranquil exploration and photography experience set across a vast selection of faithfully detailed landscapes.
Panelka
Panelka is a nostalgic, relaxing game where you immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the post-Soviet era. Create your cozy apartment or garage with that familiar, warm interior from your childhood. You have a wide selection of furniture and many other interior details at your disposal.
Tobacco Shop Simulator
Run your tobacco shop. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, hire workers, expand your store, and never let your customers leave the store empty-handed. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.
Tiny Glade
Tiny Glade is a small diorama builder where you doodle whimsical castles, cozy cottages & romantic ruins. Explore gridless building chemistry as the game adorns your glades with procedural detail. No management, combat or goals: just kick back and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas.
Motel Manager Simulator
Restore an old motel alongside a shop and a gas station. Design, furnish, decorate and rent rooms. provide products for customers and fuel for cars. Hire employees to help you and be the boss of your own empire.
Retail Company Simulator
Run your retail company. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, hire workers, expand your store, and never let your customers leave the store empty-handed. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.
Pixel Art Academy: Learn Mode
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!
KitHack Model Club
Developed by the creator of the original Kerbal Space Program, KitHack Model Club is a physics-based model building sandbox that offers limitless freedom for you and your friends. Design, build, battle, fly (and crash!) your very own RC vehicles, or experiment with over 2,400 ready-made vehicles!
Smack Studio
A sandbox fighting game with built-in creation tools to create characters and stages. Animate pixel art characters using our 3D pixel art rotation technology, then battle with up to 8 players! Use our tools to export sprites for your own projects.
Clothing Store Simulator
Are you ready to shape fashion world? Make a brand deal, order products, fill the aisles, dress the mannequins and start selling. Dresses, shirts, coats, pants, nightwear, underwear, shoes and more are waiting for you.
Spirit City: Lofi Sessions
Spirit City: Lofi Sessions is a gamified focus tool, set to a soothing lofi soundtrack. Discover and collect Spirits, customize your cozy virtual space, and facilitate your real-life tasks with a collection of handy features designed to improve concentration and ease stress.
SUMMERHOUSE
A tiny building game about beautiful lived-in houses. No rules or restrictions, just pure creativity.
Monuments Renovator
Monuments Renovator is a game in which you play the role of a professional monument renovator. You choose from among the world's greatest monuments, restore them to their former glory and learn about history and architecture.
Vivaland: Dream House
Dream House is the build mode of the life simulation game called Vivaland, where you can construct and furnish your dream home. Play solo or with friends in co-op mode.
Furnish Master
Furnish Master is a relaxing game about furnishing apartments, houses, commercial estate and even outdoor territory! Realize your design dreams!
Moonbreaker
Moonbreaker is a turn-based strategy, tactical skirmish game. The game is designed to be a true digital miniatures experience, set in an expansive sci-fi universe crafted by Brandon Sanderson. Direct Captain and Crew in gripping, ever-changing competition and adventure.
Meow Moments: Celebrating Together
Join the feline festivities in special moments! Find cats friends in vibrant celebrations where popping balloons is as relaxing and satisfying as popping bubble wrap! To get off to a good start, celebrate Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro during the New Year.
House Builder
Become a one-man construction crew! Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware of unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna!
House Flipper 2
Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.
Estate Agent Simulator
Estate Agent Simulator lets you enter the exciting world of the real estate market. You can buy, decorate, advertise, rent or sell houses. You can buy vacant land and build houses. Environmental factors will affect the rental prices of houses.
Fish Game
Fish Game is a detailed and highly “sofishticated” freshwater aquarium simulator, lovingly crafted *by* enthusiasts *for* enthusiasts! Featuring fish with personalities and dynamic relationships, water quality modeling, and so much more! Made with support from our friends at Smarter Every Day!
Most played design & illustration games on Steam
Take a look at the top design & illustration games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of June 14th 2025.
1. Wallpaper Engine
Use stunning live wallpapers on your desktop. Animate your own images to create new wallpapers or import videos/websites and share them on the Steam Workshop! Wallpaper Engine is a utilities and anime game developed and published by Wallpaper Engine Team. Released on November 16th 2018 has received 894,458 reviews of which 876,898 were positive and 17,560 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.7 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played design & illustration game, thanks to its 46,337 peak concurrent players over the last day.
9.7
876,898
17,560
46,337
players
2. Blender
Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. Free to use for everyone, for any purpose. Blender is a animation & modeling, software and design & illustration game developed and published by Blender Foundation. Released on April 24th 2015 has received 72,881 reviews of which 70,186 were positive and 2,695 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. While seeing 7,169 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #2 among design & illustration games based on player count.
9.5
70,186
2,695
7,169
players
3. YoloMouse - Game Cursor Changer
Use YoloMouse to change those obscure game cursors. Never lose your cursor in a heated battle again! YoloMouse - Game Cursor Changer is a utilities, design & illustration and animation & modeling game developed and published by Dragonrise Games. Released on May 01st 2020 has received 2,336 reviews of which 2,159 were positive and 177 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. While seeing 6,359 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #3 among design & illustration games based on player count.
8.8
2,159
177
6,359
players
4. Aseprite
Aseprite is a pixel-art tool to create 2D animations, sprites, and any kind of graphics for games. Aseprite is a pixel graphics, design & illustration and animation & modeling game developed and published by Igara Studio. Released on February 22nd 2016 has received 21,818 reviews of which 21,620 were positive and 198 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.7 out of 10. With 4,558 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played design & illustration games.
9.7
21,620
198
4,558
players
5. House Flipper
House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit! House Flipper is a simulation, design & illustration and building game developed by Empyrean and published by Frozen District and PlayWay S.A.. Released on May 17th 2018 has received 95,144 reviews of which 89,596 were positive and 5,548 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. With 1,812 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played design & illustration games.
9.3
89,596
5,548
1,812
players
6. Wallpaper Alive
The free and open source animated wallpaper utility for Windows! Transform your desktop with animated gifs and videos. Wallpaper Alive is a free to play, design & illustration and utilities game developed and published by TREE.s. Released on June 04th 2022 has received 10,285 reviews of which 9,126 were positive and 1,159 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. With 1,297 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played design & illustration games.
8.6
9,126
1,159
1,297
players
7. Stream Avatars
Stream Avatars is a content creation tool for live video broadcasting that adds flair to your video to promote viewer engagement and channel growth! Viewers can also spend their hard-earned stream currency on avatar customizations. Stream Avatars is a video production, animation & modeling and design & illustration game developed and published by Travis Miller. Released on July 26th 2017 has received 2,218 reviews of which 2,110 were positive and 108 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. With 1,227 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played design & illustration games.
9.1
2,110
108
1,227
players
8. Krita
Krita is a powerful, open source and community-driven digital art tool for illustrators, concept designers, animators, comic book artists, game developers, and anyone who wants to express themselves through the creation of visual art. Krita is a design & illustration, software and animation & modeling game developed by Krita Team and Krita Community Contributors and published by Krita Team. Released on June 10th 2014 has received 5,050 reviews of which 4,835 were positive and 215 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. With 593 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played design & illustration games.
9.2
4,835
215
593
players
9. FireAlpaca SE
FireAlpaca SE is painting software for Windows/Mac that has evolved as a higher brand of the regular version of FireAlpaca. We provide a professional creative environment where your creativity can be visualized immediately. FireAlpaca SE is a design & illustration, photo editing and software game developed and published by PGN Inc. Released on May 22nd 2016 has received 675 reviews of which 621 were positive and 54 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. With 419 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played design & illustration games.
8.6
621
54
419
players
10. VRoid Studio v2.1.6
VRoid Studio is a 3D character creation software developed for you to freely express yourself, even without 3D modeling expertise. The software is easy-to-use. Even first-time users can fully enjoy the software by picking preset items and playing around with the parameters’ sliders. VRoid Studio v2.1.6 is a free to play, animation & modeling and design & illustration game developed and published by pixiv Inc.. Released on December 23rd 2020 has received 4,231 reviews of which 4,004 were positive and 227 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. With 403 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played design & illustration games.
9.1
4,004
227
403
players
Best deals on design & illustration games on Steam
Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of design & illustration games available on Steam right now, updated on June 14th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted design & illustration games.
1. SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator
A unique artist sim game with realistic paint mixing, physics and numerous painting tools. Upgrade and customize your studio, complete tasks, sell and expose art, buy instruments and get famous! SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator is a design & illustration, sandbox and immersive sim game developed by Goose Minded and published by HypeTrain Digital. Released on October 13th 2022 has received 4,359 reviews of which 4,239 were positive and 120 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. Featuring a massive 98% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for design & illustration category.
9.4
4,239
120
-98%
24.99€
0.55€
2. Builder Simulator
Builder Simulator is the perfect game for those who want to build a house, from the ground up, one brick at a time. On easy, the game will guide and teach you by showing you full instruction, but on hard you will get no help - instead rely on your builder skills and make everything yourself. Builder Simulator is a simulation, building and singleplayer game developed by Live Motion Games and Frozen Way and published by Live Motion Games, Frozen Way and Frozen District. Released on June 09th 2022 has received 1,936 reviews of which 1,422 were positive and 514 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 97% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in design & illustration games.
7.1
1,422
514
-97%
19.50€
0.77€
3. Game Character Hub
Game Character Hub is an art program that is focused on game asset creation, especially RPG Maker's. It provides a built-in generator for character and tileset creation. Game Character Hub is a design & illustration, utilities and rpgmaker game developed by Sebastien Bini and published by KOMODO. Released on May 23rd 2014 has received 328 reviews of which 226 were positive and 102 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.6 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 97% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in design & illustration games.
6.6
226
102
-97%
14.79€
0.46€
4. Car Detailing Simulator
Car Detailing Simulator, you get a chance to renew any car and restore its splendor at the request of demanding customers! A nice and well-groomed vehicle can be the pride of every human being! Clean, polish and marvel at your creations in this highly realistic game where every little detail counts! Car Detailing Simulator is a simulation, automobile sim and singleplayer game developed by Games Incubator and GameFormatic S.A. and published by Games Incubator and PlayWay S.A.. Released on April 13th 2022 has received 1,041 reviews of which 791 were positive and 250 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 95% discount, this title has earned the #4 position in the best deals for design & illustration games.
7.3
791
250
-95%
13.29€
0.74€
5. Cafe Owner Simulator
Open your dream restaurant at FPP. Create a unique exterior and interior, hire the best workers and chefs, create a place where people will love to eat, spend time and spend their money. Simulation of the restaurant business. Cafe Owner Simulator is a design & illustration, economy and simulation game developed by Second Reality and published by RockGame S.A.. Released on December 05th 2022 has received 967 reviews of which 634 were positive and 333 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.4 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 95% discount, this title has earned the #5 position in the best deals for design & illustration games.
6.4
634
333
-95%
18.49€
1.00€
6. RPG Maker VX Ace
RPG Maker VX Ace improves on every aspect of creating your very own epic adventure. An extremely powerful editor, Ace supports multiple tilesets, offers full control over autoshadow and has a very flexible features system. RPG Maker VX Ace is a game development, rpg and rpgmaker game developed by Gotcha Gotcha Games, KADOKAWA and Yoji Ojima and published by Gotcha Gotcha Games. Released on December 10th 2012 has received 4,869 reviews of which 4,568 were positive and 301 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 94% discount, this title has earned the #6 position in the best deals for design & illustration games.
9.0
4,568
301
-94%
67.99€
4.20€
7. The Tenants
Become a landlord and deal with problematic tenants as you build your rental property empire. Decide how to react to annoyed neighbors or police interventions. Will you design your apartment for a group of gamer friends or an aspiring musician looking for a new home? The Tenants is a management, design & illustration and life sim game developed by Ancient Forge and published by Frozen District. Released on October 20th 2022 has received 7,042 reviews of which 5,644 were positive and 1,398 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 94% discount, this title has earned the #7 position in the best deals for design & illustration games.
7.8
5,644
1,398
-94%
18.68€
1.16€
8. RPG Maker XP
RPG MAKER lets you create an original role-playing game without any prior specialized knowledge or training. RPG MAKER XP is full of the functions you've been asking for, including game data encryption and a scripting feature that lets you change the very heart of the RPG MAKER engine. RPG Maker XP is a game development, rpg and rpgmaker game developed by Gotcha Gotcha Games, KADOKAWA and Yoji Ojima and published by Gotcha Gotcha Games. Released on December 13th 2013 has received 1,755 reviews of which 1,653 were positive and 102 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 90% discount, this title has earned the #8 position in the best deals for design & illustration games.
9.0
1,653
102
-90%
24.50€
2.45€
9. RPG Maker 2003
For the first time ever, RPG Maker 2003 is officially available in English! This legendary game development engine is both highly affordable and easy to use, and it remains one of the most popular RPG Maker installments to date. RPG Maker 2003 is a game development, rpg and design & illustration game developed by Gotcha Gotcha Games, KADOKAWA and Yoji Ojima and published by Gotcha Gotcha Games. Released on April 24th 2015 has received 768 reviews of which 717 were positive and 51 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 90% discount, this title has earned the #9 position in the best deals for design & illustration games.
8.8
717
51
-90%
19.50€
1.95€
10. House Flipper
House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit! House Flipper is a simulation, design & illustration and building game developed by Empyrean and published by Frozen District and PlayWay S.A.. Released on May 17th 2018 has received 95,144 reviews of which 89,596 were positive and 5,548 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 88% discount, this title has earned the #10 position in the best deals for design & illustration games.
9.3
89,596
5,548
-88%
24.50€
3.00€
Free design & illustration games on Steam
Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play design & illustration games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on June 14th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play design & illustration games.
1. Blender
Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. Free to use for everyone, for any purpose. Blender is a animation & modeling, software and design & illustration game developed and published by Blender Foundation. Released on April 24th 2015 has received 72,881 reviews of which 70,186 were positive and 2,695 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. With 7,169 active players enjoying it for free, this strategy game has reached the #1 spot among the top free design & illustration games on Steam.
9.5
70,186
2,695
7,169
players
2. Wallpaper Alive
The free and open source animated wallpaper utility for Windows! Transform your desktop with animated gifs and videos. Wallpaper Alive is a free to play, design & illustration and utilities game developed and published by TREE.s. Released on June 04th 2022 has received 10,285 reviews of which 9,126 were positive and 1,159 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. Thanks to its free to play tag and a daily player base of 1,297, this design & illustration game has secured the #2 spot in the ranking of free design & illustration games on Steam.
8.6
9,126
1,159
1,297
players
3. VRoid Studio v2.1.6
VRoid Studio is a 3D character creation software developed for you to freely express yourself, even without 3D modeling expertise. The software is easy-to-use. Even first-time users can fully enjoy the software by picking preset items and playing around with the parameters’ sliders. VRoid Studio v2.1.6 is a free to play, animation & modeling and design & illustration game developed and published by pixiv Inc.. Released on December 23rd 2020 has received 4,231 reviews of which 4,004 were positive and 227 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. Thanks to its free to play tag and a daily player base of 403, this design & illustration game has secured the #3 spot in the ranking of free design & illustration games on Steam.
9.1
4,004
227
403
players
4. GameMaker
GameMaker has everything you need to take your idea from concept to finished game. With no barriers to entry and powerful functionality, GameMaker is the ultimate 2D development environment! GameMaker is a game development, utilities and design & illustration game developed and published by YoYo Games Ltd.. Released on May 03rd 2022 has received 2,182 reviews of which 1,930 were positive and 252 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. Attracting a solid base of 356 players due to its free access, this strategy game has achieved the #4 position in the best free design & illustration games on Steam.
8.5
1,930
252
356
players
5. Pixel Studio - pixel art editor
Best pixel art editor. Simple. Fast. Portable. Pixel Studio - pixel art editor is a animation & modeling, pixel graphics and design & illustration game developed and published by Hippo Games. Released on December 24th 2019 has received 4,775 reviews of which 4,581 were positive and 194 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. Attracting a solid base of 138 players due to its free access, this strategy game has achieved the #5 position in the best free design & illustration games on Steam.
9.2
4,581
194
138
players
6. VTuber Maker
VTuber Maker is the #1 free, simplistic, and 3D Tool for VTuber Content Production, just with a webcam. VTuber Maker is a animation & modeling, video production and design & illustration game developed and published by Live3D. Released on August 07th 2020 has received 885 reviews of which 711 were positive and 174 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played free design & illustration games on Steam.
7.6
711
174
41
players
7. Coloring Game 2
Coloring Game 2 is a sequel of the existing color-by-number game which so many users have liked. The sequel features new options and images. Coloring Game 2 is a free to play, casual and indie game developed and published by L. Stotch. Released on January 10th 2020 has received 3,112 reviews of which 3,021 were positive and 91 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played free design & illustration games on Steam.
9.3
3,021
91
27
players
8. Coloring Game 4
The fourth game of the Coloring Game franchise (coloring by numbers). The game’s fans are going to enjoy the improved functionality and a multitude of new images. Coloring Game 4 is a free to play, casual and indie game developed and published by L. Stotch. Released on July 30th 2021 has received 1,497 reviews of which 1,405 were positive and 92 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played free design & illustration games on Steam.
8.9
1,405
92
22
players
9. Coloring Game 3
Coloring Game 3 is a new paint-by-number game which has already won hearts of numerous players. Now the game offers new difficulty modes. Coloring Game 3 is a free to play, casual and indie game developed and published by L. Stotch. Released on April 17th 2020 has received 1,340 reviews of which 1,287 were positive and 53 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played free design & illustration games on Steam.
9.1
1,287
53
13
players
10. Different Strokes
A collaborative online painting game where players can create, edit, and rate each other's art! Different Strokes is a relaxing, cute and hand-drawn game developed by Different Folks and published by . Released on November 09th 2022 has received 1,475 reviews of which 1,374 were positive and 101 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. The game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played free design & illustration games on Steam.
8.8
1,374
101
9
players