Cheap Tattoo

Cheap Tattoo

Early access since Sep 2026

Run your own tattoo shop and actually do the tattooing. Dial in voltage and needle depth, line it, shade it, wipe the blood — and keep the customer from walking out. Too shallow and the ink won't hold. Too deep and you'll hear about it.

No reviews yet
Pending
Early access · Awaiting evaluation
Pending
Early access · Awaiting evaluation

Where to buy

Steam $2.83
Can't confirm — worth a look
We couldn't confirm these stores carry this game.
Green Man Gaming Steam key Search IndieGala Steam key Search
Prices in USD, as listed by each store.
Buying through an affiliate store helps support the site

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Cheap Games
Achievements
70
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

About this game

Most tattoo games let you press a button and a tattoo appears. This one hands you the machine. You set the voltage. You pick the needle. You follow the stencil line by line, wipe the blood away, and watch the skin react to every pass. Get it right and the ink sits clean. Get it wrong and you have a customer with a story about that one guy who ruined their arm.

THE MACHINE IS THE GAME

Voltage and needle depth are not decoration. Run too shallow and the ink falls out. Push too deep and you shred the skin, the bleeding starts, and the customer stops being polite. Every body part takes the needle differently — a forearm is not a neck. Liners for outlines, shaders and magnums for filling, bugpins for detail. Each cartridge behaves differently under the skin, and you feel it.

18 INKS, 6 OF THEM NEON

Black liner ink for the outline, colour for the fill, and six neon tones that glow. Dip the cap, watch the level drop as you work, dip again before the line runs dry.

THE PRACTICE SKIN

New needle you have never used? Test it on a piece of practice leather first. The marks fade after a couple of seconds, and nobody gets hurt while you find out how hard it pulls.

FROM A CELL TO YOUR OWN STUDIO

Start on a prison bunk with a machine built out of a toothbrush motor. Work your way out, into your own place, and up to a shop with your name over the door. Better machines mean a steadier hand and voltage that stays where you put it. Or skip all of it: Free Mode unlocks everything, and you can type your own text in five tattoo lettering styles or bring in your own design as a stencil.

No evaluation yet
Ask us to evaluate this game's completeness Report illegal or harmful content