

Different Strokes
Different Folks · November 10, 2022 · Relaxing, Hand-drawn, Cute, Exploration, Design & Illustration
Different Strokes is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.
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Different Strokes price
Different Strokes is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.
About Different Strokes
Different Strokes is a collaborative online painting game where you create, edit, and rate artwork alongside other players in an ever-expanding gallery that's entirely built and remixed live by the community. Protect the exhibition from bad art, contribute your own creations, compete in themed weekly galleries, and build your artistic reputation as other players discover and like your work.
Paint! Fix! Explore!
A collaborative online painting game where players can create, edit, and rate each other's art!
Check out the Deluxe Edition DLC to unlock 9 additional colors and numerous extra features:
- smaller brush sizes
- brush smoothing
- brush and paint bucket fill patterns
- straight line tool
- canvas zoom/rotation
- studio room for viewing your paintings/liked paintings
- painting easel for saving up to 3 draft paintings
Your friend, a conceptual artist, has invited you to their latest exhibition.
You enter expecting to see their art adorning the walls, but to your surprise, the VISITORS are the ones drawing the art — they’re even drawing over each other’s work! It’s up to you to protect the exhibition from being covered in artwork that is, intentionally or otherwise, truly awful.
Gameplay consists of:
- exploring the ever-expanding gallery
- painting your own artwork on blank canvases
- editing other player's artwork
- rating completed artwork
All of the art exhibited in the game is 100% created and remixed and rated LIVE by other players. Yes, we host all of this art and load it in dynamically. We hope that you will choose to fix the (inevitable) unacceptable art!
In addition to the main gallery there is also a portal to the "gallery of the week". Every week there will be a new gallery with a particular theme. The main gallery is pretty crowded so your art may have a better chance of standing out in the gallery of the week!
Paintings have a "share link" button that takes you to a web page you can use to share your work with other people outside of the game.
Player's can optionally create a user account. When logged in, any paintings you create/edit will be marked with your username. Other players will be able to click on your username to see all the paintings you have created.
You can choose between setting up an account with a separate username/password that can be used cross-platform (Itch.io / browser version) or to login using your steam account in which case your account will always be tied to Steam.
From the logged in screen you can see notifications when other players like your paintings and see how many total likes they've received.
Join the Discord!
https://discord.gg/7r7MtVmEnh
Different Strokes — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Player modes
- Single-player, Multiplayer, Cross-platform multiplayer
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
DLC & expansions
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Different Strokes is a cozy, free-to-play creative game that players praise for its unique collaborative building mechanic where artists can contribute to others' works, making it appealing even to those who don't consider themselves artistic. The community and creative challenge are highlighted as major draws, with players noting it's great for low-energy creative sessions, and some have found the optional deluxe DLC worthwhile enough to purchase. Players consistently recommend it, particularly those seeking a relaxing creative experience.
Very interesting concept of allowing people to build on top of other's works. I have never been one for art, though I could certainly appreciate all of the talented people who contributed to the gallery in this game. Very cozy and free to play. I definitely recommend.
Fun and unique way to challenge yourself creatively and meet other artists :)
This game really help me when i don't have energy for an entire drawing but want to draw something. After playing it for multiple month i decided to get the deluxe dlc and i don't regret it at all.
great game i highly reco- what was that red blur
Fun little game
Am almost done mapping out the gallary... have found multiple points of interest. will update with more info.
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