The Master's Pupil

A hand-painted puzzle platformer set inside Claude Monet's eye

Pat Naoum Games · Released Jul 28, 2023

Reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 141
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 1; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update on Steam: 3 years ago; Aug 3, 2023
Minimum PC: GTX 260; 4 GB RAM · 10 GB disk; Full requirements

What is The Master's Pupil?

This single-player, side-scrolling puzzle adventure follows a linear path through Monet's iris. You navigate platforms and solve puzzles involving color, space, and timing to help him complete paintings as cataracts threaten his sight.

For you if...

+you prefer thinking through puzzles without demanding reflex tests
+you enjoy abstract storytelling about a historical artist's life

Not for you if...

−you want consistently difficult puzzles with increasing mechanical complexity

What players say

91% of 141 reviews are positive

Players praise the painted environments, soundtrack, and introduction of new puzzle mechanics. Some find the gameplay repetitive, and some report glitches that can require restarting a level.

Screenshots and trailer

The Master's Pupil system requirements

Minimum: GTX 260, 4 GB RAM, 10 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 10, 64-bits
Processor: Intel Core i3-530
Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 260 / ATI Radeon HD 4870
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 10 GB available space

Does The Master's Pupil have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does The Master's Pupil run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Dari, Estonian, Filipino, Galician, Georgian, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, K'iche', Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Konkani, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Odia, Persian, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Quechua, Scots, Serbian, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Sorani, Sotho, Swahili, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Tigrinya, Tswana, Turkmen, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Valencian, Welsh, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu.

Does The Master's Pupil use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam