Painters Guild

Painters Guild

Released Sep 2015

Painters Guild is a management sim where you control an art academy in the Italian Renaissance. Paint artwork as beautiful as the Mona Lisa. Hire painters like Leonardo da Vinci and millions of randomly generated ones. Expand and customize your guild with furniture and more.

67% positive · 544 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Steam $9.99
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Evaluation

Painters Guild launched on September 1, 2015 as a complete management simulation game. The only post-launch developer communication is a small patch (v1.071) posted on September 3, 2015 — just two days after release — which included bug fixes, balance tweaks, and minor quality-of-life improvements. That patch did mention plans to improve the highscore system "in next updates," but no such updates were ever publicly posted, and the game has had no developer communication of any kind since September 3, 2015. The sole DLC is a soundtrack that released alongside the game on launch day. There are no unreleased DLC items, no announced expansions, and no roadmap. Given that the last developer post was on September 3, 2015, over a decade ago, the game should be treated as a finished product that has been complete since its original release date.
Evidence
Only DLC is a soundtrack released on launch day. No additional DLC items exist in the store listing.
dlc listing · Sep 1, 2015 source content shipped
medium
First and only post-launch patch (v1.071) released two days after launch, containing bug fixes, balance changes, and minor features. Mentions plans to improve the highscore system in future updates, but no follow-up was ever published.
news post · Sep 3, 2015 source ambiguous
low

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

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Details

Developer
Publisher
Lucas Molina
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Painters Guild is a management sim where you control an art academy in the Italian Renaissance.
  • Paint artwork as beautiful as the Mona Lisa.
  • Hire painters like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and millions of randomly generated artists.
  • Expand your guild and customize it with furniture and other options.
  • Play in 3 different cities: Florence, Venice and Rome.
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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