Easy and beginner-friendly
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“I figured out the tools without a tutorial in less than five minutes and was off to make my first pixel art animation”
Steam review · 8.1 h played ↗
Pixel Studio - pixel art editor
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 95%Hippo Games2019Animation & Modeling · Design & Illustration · Photo Editing
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A free, beginner-friendly pixel art and animation editor that is easy to learn and good for sprites. Skip it if you want a PC-first workflow or dislike paywalled features and AI policies.
Great for
Beginners and indie devs making sprites, textures and simple animations for free
Main risk
Clunky mobile-style PC interface with key features locked behind Pro
What players love
Free with plenty of tools
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“for free software this is very good. There are additional options you can unlock by paying but most of the tools are there to get stuck in.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
Great for game sprites and textures
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“since the models are pixel-based by design, this is clearly the best of them all, the most convenient and above all CLEAR”
Steam review · translated · 27.2 h played ↗
Clean, simple interface
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“the interface is as minimalistic as possible without harming functionality”
Steam review · translated · 1.8 h played ↗
Built-in animation and layers
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“your able to make so much and even animate it has so many different tools and things”
Steam review · 13.9 h played ↗
Works across phone, tablet and PC
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“there is a mobile app which can allow you to continue working seamlessly on your phone”
Steam review · 103 h played ↗
What players complain about
Key features locked behind Pro
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“why put dark mode behind a paywall? For some of us thats an accessibility need, not an optional addon.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
Bugs, data loss and broken undo
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“in the middle of drawing it just- deleted. everything, all my work was gone”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Mobile port feels bad on PC
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“this is not PC software. This was made for tablets and smartphones, and that interface really doesn't translate well into mouse & keyboard PC use.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
AI training concerns and AI features
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“with the most recent update it is now using your art to train an AI without compensation.”
Steam review · 210.2 h played ↗
Missing hotkeys, tooltips and PC workflow
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Why oh why are there NO TOOLTIPS!?”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Poor graphics tablet and pen support
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“If I use the pen, it will produce one pixel, only one pixel.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown100 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 / Windows 11 or newer
ProcessorIntel or AMD quad-core CPU
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsIntegrated Intel or AMD
Storage100 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 / Windows 11 or newer
ProcessorIntel or AMD six-core CPU
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsDiscrete Nvidia or AMD
Storage100 MB available space
OSWindows 10 / Windows 11 or newer
ProcessorIntel or AMD quad-core CPU
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsIntegrated Intel or AMD
Storage100 MB available space
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