The Best Hand-drawn Games

Update, : The Multi-Medium added at rank #38.
1

TOEM (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Mac OS PC Windows

Set off on a delightful expedition and use your photographic eye to uncover the mysteries of the magical TOEM in this hand-drawn adventure game. Chat with quirky characters, solve their problems by snapping neat photos, and make your way through a relaxing landscape!


  • hand-drawn
  • relaxing
  • cozy
  • editing
  • photo
  • wholesome
  • adventure
  • photography
  • puzzle
  • cute
  • funny
  • exploration
  • soundtrack
  • music
  • nature

2

The Wild at Heart (2021)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

The Wild at Heart is a beautiful and joyous tale of discovery, full of quirky characters, exploration and puzzles. You play as Wake, a young scallywag searching for excitement who stumbles upon an adventure to save the world and reunite the Greenshields. With its hand-drawn art style, mysterious creatures and day-night cycle adding tension to the gameplay, you'll be sure to have some exciting escapades!


Pros:
  • Quirky characters with unique traits
  • Beautiful artstyle
  • Light combat & puzzles that increase in difficulty
  • Day-night cycle adding tension to the gameplay
Cons:
  • The standard loop:go here - do that
  • Parts of the narrative are well-honed

  • hand-drawn
  • puzzle
  • crafting
  • action-adventure
  • story
  • fantasy
  • emotional
  • time-management
  • pikmin
  • adventure
  • resource-management
  • survival
  • atmospheric
  • stylized
  • loot

3

Creaks (2020)

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Mac OS IOS iPhone PC Windows Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.


  • hand-drawn
  • puzzle
  • surreal
  • stylized
  • supernatural
  • platform
  • atmospheric
  • linear
  • cartoony
  • relaxing
  • 2d
  • mystery
  • story
  • dark
  • single-player

4

Cozy Grove (2021)

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Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X

Welcome to Cozy Grove, a game about camping on a haunted, ever-changing island. As a Spirit Scout, you'll wander the island's forest each day, finding new hidden secrets and helping soothe the local ghosts. With a little time and a lot of crafting, you'll bring color and joy back to Cozy Grove!


  • relaxing
  • crafting
  • hand-drawn
  • life-sim
  • simulation
  • inventory
  • cute
  • real-time
  • cozy
  • narrative
  • collectathon
  • isometric
  • story
  • resource
  • difficult

5

Greak: Memories of Azur (2021)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch

Greak: Memories of Azur is a beautiful single-player puzzle platformer adventure. You will take the role of three siblings: Greak, Adara and Raydel to guide them through the lands of Azur. Alternate control between them and use their unique abilities to escape from the Urlag invasion.


  • platform
  • hand-drawn
  • puzzle
  • boss-fight
  • inventory
  • 2d
  • boss
  • combat
  • adventure
  • cooperative
  • battle

6

Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! (2021)

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PC Windows

Step into the boots of Serious Sam's most iconic foe, the Headless Kamikaze, and chase down the vile Serious Sam in this action packed arcade runner


  • runner
  • hand-drawn
  • endless
  • auto-running
  • platform
  • 2d
  • shooter
  • scroller
  • management
  • first-person
  • arcade

7

Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective (2021)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Adapted from the bestselling children’s book series Pierre The Maze Detective, play as Pierre in this adventure/puzzle game and recover the stolen Maze Stone. Journey through breathtakingly hand-drawn illustrations, meet eccentric characters, and solve puzzles to save Opera City!


  • maze
  • book
  • hand-drawn
  • puzzle
  • detective
  • hidden-object
  • exploration
  • comic
  • collectathon
  • 2.5d
  • collector
  • creature
  • colourful
  • cartoony
  • adventure

8

The Wild Case (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Android IOS iPhone Mac OS Linux

The Wild Case is a 2D first-person point-and-click adventure. In this story-focused adventure, players meet a cast of colorful characters, experience mysterious encounters, and solve puzzles to progress through the game.


  • hand-drawn
  • puzzle
  • point-and-click
  • story
  • detective
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • crafting
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • text
  • 2d
  • colourful
  • survival
  • supernatural

9

Pilgrims (2019)

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IOS iPhone Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?


  • card
  • cartoony
  • hand-drawn
  • short
  • nonlinear
  • relaxing
  • stylized
  • replay-value
  • family-friendly
  • point-and-click
  • 2d
  • funny
  • comedy
  • experimentation
  • puzzle

10

Shapik: The Moon Quest (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone

SHAPIK: The Moon Quest is a touching and atmospheric quest, the story of which unfolds in a mysterious world after a nuclear war.

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  • beautiful
  • casual
  • point-and-click
  • touch-friendly
  • hand-drawn
  • cute
  • atmospheric
  • nature
  • post-apocalyptic
  • surreal
  • puzzle
  • dark
  • adventure
  • family-friendly
  • story

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