Sketch Tales
Action RPG sandbox where your drawings become usable objects
8D Studio · Released Sep 28, 2015 · Early Access
Early Access, no updates for over a year
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 63% of 131
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 8 years ago
- Nov 7, 2017
What is Sketch Tales?
This is a first-person, Early Access action RPG sandbox set in a hand-drawn world whose colors a warlock has stolen. You explore, complete quests, search dungeons for loot, and fight enemies, using drawings to create weapons, spells, creatures, and building parts.
For you if...
- +you prefer open-ended experimentation to a fixed story path
Not for you if...
- −you want multiplayer exploration or combat with friends
What players say
63% of 131 reviews are positive
Players praise character customization and the drawing concept. They complain about sparse activities and buggy mechanics, and repeatedly describe development as abandoned.
Screenshots and trailer
Sketch Tales system requirements
Minimum: HD 4870, 4 GB RAM, 3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Sketch Tales?
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- OS
- Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs) or AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs) @ 2.5GHz
- Graphics
- NVIDIA 9800 GT 1GB or AMD HD 4870 1GB
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
Does Sketch Tales have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Sketch Tales run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English, Russian, Ukrainian.
Does Sketch Tales 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
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Recent updates
- Nov 7, 2017 · Sketch Tales: freezing and restart
- Nov 7, 2017 · Sketch Tales: freezing and restart
- Nov 21, 2016 · Closed Beta Bug Fix
- Nov 21, 2016 · Closed Beta Bug Fix
- Nov 14, 2016 · Untitled
