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Painters Guild is a management sim where you control an art academy in the Italian Renaissance. Paint artwork as beautiful as the Mona Lisa. Hire painters like Leonardo da Vinci and millions of randomly generated ones. Expand and customize your guild with furniture and more.
Painters Guild is a simulation, indie and casual game
developed and published by Lucas Molina.
Released on September 01st 2015 is available only on Windows.
It has received 539 reviews of which 362 were positive and 177 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.67€ on Eneba.
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- OS *: Windows XP
- Processor: 2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any
- Storage: 200 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any
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This is the cutest, most adorable management game ever. Made for art history nerds. As a management game, it is quite robust: the mechanics are intuitive and very easy to understand, but the game is still pretty hard even for seasoned management game lovers. The little art history jokes are amazing: even though it is a very small game, I keep finding stuff that make me laugh. For example, the city news! They give some historical context but the way they're written is so simple and silly, I absolutely love them. This is one of my favourite games. I wish there were more to it, like scenarios, more characters, etc. Would also be nice if there were a way to win the game (as is, if I am not mistaken, it just keeps on going...). It is very expandable, and it could become one of the best management games out there with just a little bit of love!
I wonder if I have more play time in this game than anyone else in the world (apart from the creator of course). It has an addictive game loop. It is a very simple game; it feels like it could have been much more! but that’s kind of what I like about it. It’s easy to understand how it works under the hood, it’s easy to imagine all the mechanics that make it what it is. Every time I play it, I think about the game making process…
It is a very good game, especially considering its price and budget. It has some annoying features, such as having your painter to sleep before going on a journey (and the first couple times I just clicked on an envelope that shows up no matter if he or she is tired or not), but I played all the way into the 1650s without being bored even for a minute. My guild had its ups and downs with painters dying, prosecuted for homosexuality and arrested and my gameplay was quite diverse. It is a simple game and a cheap one - therefore it should be judged accordingly. If it was to cost, let's say, 20 Euros, than it would definitely not be worth recommending, but considering the price (including the Steam sale), I'd say it's pretty good, especially if you are interested in art and its history.
I bought this game for 4 euros and I think it's worth of 1-2 hours this game has to offer. However I feel sad for the dev and the players, since a lot of potential has been missed. PROS + The game is beautiful + small details such as characters getting older + even generated characters look personal + gameplay is easy to get into, no tutorial needed + tons of references for western art history geeks + The soundtrack feels fresh + gives a lot of space for your imagination "what are my artists like" + you can choose to be homosexual, with risk involved CONS - The game has no real ending - no perks or achiements for max leveling your artists - there are no real risks, the worst thing is you could have some debt. - sounds are getting annoying after few hours. - there are no any perks for being gay, so the risk is for nothing - the game pushes you to level male artists, since there are like 1 talented female of 50 talented males. ( I get that there sould be a lot less female artists, but even the talented ones are a lot less talented unless you start with a female artist) - the dev has abandoned the game for unknown reason, which is a real pity. - the game has no workshops, so no community involved either. I would really like to see more of this kind of gameplay, but at this state the game is not worth of the full price.
This game is really cool. If you appreciate history, art, and management sims, this game is the perfect little time-waster for you. You can aquire great painters of the renaissance like Da Vinci or, umm, I don't know who else but there are plenty of historical references to keep it interesting. I really love the art style, my favorite place to set up the guild is in Venice on the water. There are lots of mechanics that you can progressively access as the game goes on, like using the camera obscura to study and increase your artist's level with, but it is constantly driven by the basic needs of your painters and customers that also become increasingly more difficult to deal with. So it doesn't get boring too fast, unless you are a god a management sims. That being said, there are a lot of things this game needs to increase its replayability, such as achievements. Luckily, it seems as if the devs are still working on the game and adding things to it, which is great. Overall, if you took the time to click on the game's home page to check it out, scrolled all the way down to the review section, and happened to read this one long and overdrawn comment all the way to the end, stop wasting your time: this game is perect for you!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Painters Guild is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
No, Painters Guild is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Painters Guild received 362 positive votes out of a total of 539 achieving a rating of 6.46.
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Painters Guild was developed and published by Lucas Molina.
Yes, Painters Guild is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Painters Guild is not playable on MacOS.
No, Painters Guild is not playable on Linux.
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No, Painters Guild does not support VR.
Painters Guild is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Painters Guild. Explore additional content available for Painters Guild on Steam.
No, Painters Guild does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Painters Guild does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Painters Guild is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Lucas Molina
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