
The Perfect Pencil is a surreal action platformer where exploration and choice shape everything. Discover hidden paths, meet bizarre characters, and unravel a psychological story filled with bizzare humor.
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The United States storefront in every case, so this compares stores and not countries.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0/day in the week to Aug 24 → 0/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About


The Perfect Pencil is a surreal action platformer which tells the tale of personal development and the psychology of fear. Join protagonist John as he awakens in a bizarre hand-drawn kingdom and comes face-to-face with the terrors that dwell in the last place he'd have thought to look...

Embark on an emotional odyssey exploring the depths of an unfamiliar environment using protagonist John's innate ability to see things that others can’t.
Make choices that will compel you to carve your own personal route through both light and darkness, however, beware, things might not be as they seem.

Go off the beaten path and discover numerous side quests dotted throughout the world, you never know what you might find. Both dark and comforting surreal landscapes filled with secrets, surprises and peculiar personalities are waiting to be unraveled.

John’s unique analysis ability grants you the power to uncover hidden information about NPCs, peculiar objects and elements of the environment. The Perfect Pencil is filled with additional lore and secrets for players to find. Roam beyond the beaten path, scan the world around you - Who knows... behind one of these corners you might find something that will change your perspective.

John draws his strength from within, but he will also encounter tense boss battles in the form of unsettling manifestations - all symbolising unique elements of the human psyche. Some encounters may even make you question your sense of reality…but remember, in order to survive you will have to be willing to take risks.
Sums Steam only; Nintendo publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $24.99 | 90reviews | 74% | — | $39K |
| $24.99 | — | — | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 46 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
一是闪避竟然不能躲敌人攻击?这是正经设计吗? 一个类银河城游戏,前期还好,到了中期就到处都是密码,解不出密码根本过不了,我玩的是银河城,不是玩的是解谜游戏,不会做游戏就直接做解谜游戏去得了!
战斗手感不好,拿着手绘做幌子,画面一言难尽
I played the demo for The Perfect Pencil years ago and had been looking forward to its full release ever since. After finally playing it, I can confidently recommend it—it deserves far more attention than it's getting. It's a metroidvania packed with charm, personality, and creativity. The world feels unique and memorable, with imaginative art direction and enemy designs. The story can be a bit difficult to follow in the early and middle parts of the game, so it requires some patience before everything starts to come together. Once it does, it delivers a meaningful narrative that explores mental health themes in a way that leaves a lasting impression.
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian
Hours played at review time, across 46 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
So, The Perfect Pencil is more than just a metroidvania game. It looks like it but it delve more than just going into the world by passing through really cool environments, acquiring new capabilities, meet new bosses and stuff. Because then you start reading. Any detail, or I mean, EVERY detail entails sufficiently to get somewhere over the game's lore. It takes you some time to explore, making progress in the story narrative, get all the achievements and so on (thanks to the developers for adding the Map markers into the game so I can just go back from where a piece of a quest was and get smoother to the next one!) but the details. I started asking myself if it was more of a John (the protagonist) story or mine. From ending my first run I took some time to start a new one (a game plus or something would be really appreciated!) to get to the "good" ending. So, I did. It ended that I started to cry once. And all started to make sense an that point. Just to let you know, I got some skill (no joking) to play at this game quite fast (Agni was the best way to progress and practice all the abilities and perspectives) so I just learned right where to go. And still, I was finding new areas and new details even after the 100th hour. So I let a friend of mine taking his steps into it and it was wonderful how we start talking about the lore and the mysteries we could immagine about. Nonetheless, it could take time to complete it. I mean, REALLY complete it. But it was worth any minute. And the second time I cried it was just before the third. Give it a try right now that it's discounted! <3
战斗手感一般,玩了几个小时感觉很难受。有碰撞伤害就算了,闪避为啥不能躲避攻击?
Fan dei metroidvania? Con The Perfect Pencil avrete pane per i vostri denti. Vi piacciono i giochi che non si limitano a tirarvi contro nemici e boss ultrafighi? The Perfect Pencil è pane per i vostri denti. TPP è un Hollow Knight che ha incontrato cose come Earthbound e Omori: dietro la sua corazza di matite e mazzate c'è una poco velata voglia di trattare tematiche toste, come l'ansia e la depressione, e avere a disposizione un bel po' di aree e di tempo per approfondirle non gli fa che bene. Dovreste dargli assolutamente una chance.
Идея сюжета огонь, графика огонь, но вот реализация... хил работает максимально странно и через раз. Когда с самого начала игры тебя имеют все вокруг - это не располагает к продолжению изучения игры
Fun game. Art and music are gorgeous and controls are nice and responsive. story has been quiet enjoyable and i love the character designs.
Ci sto giocando da un paio di ore e devo dire che mi sta divertendo molto! Trovo molto interessante la direzione artistica che è stata presa: ogni scelta sembra studiata per dare personalità al mondo di gioco, e le animazioni sono veramente ben fatte! Apprezzo anche la quantità di oggetti distruttibili presenti negli ambienti, che rende l’esplorazione più dinamica e mi spinge continuamente ad agitare la matita per vedere cosa succede. Il menu dell’inventario è una chicca, perfettamente in linea con l’estetica generale. Devo dare anche una nota positiva al sound design, ben curato e che non stanca mai l'orecchio, diventando invece un piacevole compagno di viaggio! In definitiva, un titolo che merita assolutamente di essere giocato! ✏️
游戏探索有些地方是会给玩家很严重的负面状态的,很牢。而且解密太多了,更像是一个披着类银城的解密游戏,我玩到后面一大堆密码门没开,密码不少都要自己拍照记忆找。当前大图boss打败后有的人物会有新剧情。不过主线是偏线性的,跟着走就是了
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