
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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Prices
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
"Do I make things worse?" This game hooked me. So far I feel that everything is intertwined so deeply with the story, the environment and the character of John. I just finished the Hotel and it was so beautiful exploring all the rooms and tunnels. Can't wait to move further! Great job for your first title Studio Cima, wish you all the best!
I was following this game since the first demo. Art is amazing, gameplay is very enjoyable and narrative themes are super interesting!
Had quite a lot of fun with this one. Mechanically, it's relatively simple. Platforming is fun but pretty easy, mostly the same story with the combat. What makes this game different is just how weird and dark it is.
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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
대체로 스토리도 재밌고 할게 많아서 런타임도 길어서 좋았습니다. 다만 조작키 설정을 변경할 수 있게 만들어주셔야 PC도 호환이 좋아서 그 부분이 아쉬웠습니다.
中间有点迷路,但是打到结局有点爽感了,迷雾里面找两次方向,直面恐惧,回归现实
A game that definitely deserves more attention! excellent level design, truly inspired visuals, and a engaging narrative that kept me hooked to the screen all the way to the end credits.
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Наверное, самая необычная игра, в которую я играл, из метроидваний уж точно. Максимально в хорошем смысле безумный сюжет, огромная карта, огромное количество секретов, загадок и скрытых смыслов. Рисовка приятная, задники, правда, простецкие, но в целом визуал оставляет приятное впечатление. Боёвка и прокачка так себе, ничего особенного. Для меня игра на твёрдую 7/10, очень удивлён, что о ней вообще никто не знает.
手感是区,探索是区,唯一能看一点的是美术,你都这个价格了能不能把你的手感调好一点啊,垃圾的手感配上逆天的回血还有逆天的小怪和boss你是这个👍
I would say this is a LIGHT non recommend as it has some things going for it, but I think the game gets a little lost in some of its quirks, like too many NPCs droning on a little too much, less is more for the oddity type stuff. Fast travel and similar QoL needs work too, there aren't enough warp points so a lot of travel by foot is still needed to back track. Beautiful animation, decent map otherwise, though sometimes the game kind of dives too much into the obtuse, like with so many of those doors. When there is more concise dialog, that is when the game is at its best. Solid level design aside from those doors, lots of secrets to be found.
Players by region
Where this game's players are, estimated from review languages.
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