Dressmaker

Worth buying? What 250 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 250 Steam reviews actually say.

Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 98%2026

The verdict

A detailed, cozy dressmaking sim with huge creative freedom and charming characters, but launch bugs, crashes and tedious sewing/cutting steps frustrate some. Skip it if you want a sandbox or play on Steam Deck.

Great for

Creative, sewing-curious players who enjoy slow, cozy, detail-heavy design and character stories

Main risk

Game-breaking bugs or crashes, or finding the repetitive cutting and sewing a chore

What players love

Cozy, relaxing and addictive

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“It's a very chill game and I love that I get to design different dresses.”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗

“This game will suck you in and you will lose all track of time”
Steam review · 11.8 h played ↗

“In the end I can't get out of the game back into the real world. It haunts my dreams and thoughts.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 17.7 h played ↗

Huge creative freedom and variety

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“the amount of choices for different fabrics, designs and accessories is HUGE!”
Steam review · 15.1 h played ↗

“Love the amount of creativity and freedom you are given.”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗

“Soooo many options for designing the dresses.”
Steam review · 22.1 h played ↗

Charming characters and story

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“The characters are hilarious. And you can pet the cat!”
Steam review · 10.3 h played ↗

“The characters are funny and none are alike.”
Steam review · 35.5 h played ↗

“Some of the stories even made me tear up!”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 14.3 h played ↗

Inspires real sewing and creativity

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“i actually sew and yet i've spent twice as much time in this game than at my real machine in the last two weeks.”
Steam review · 33.4 h played ↗

“My Singer sewing machine is in the corner crying because I've spent more time in this game than I have sewing irl.”
Steam review · 6.9 h played ↗

Realistic, detailed sewing process

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“This is the closest simulation to real sewing I have ever seen.”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗

“This one has more realism in terms of how sewing/dressmaking actually is.”
Steam review · 7.9 h played ↗

“I'm 32 and I'm actually a clothing designer/technologist. I can't put into words how hooked I am on this game.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 7.5 h played ↗

Nostalgic dress-up fun for adults

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“this is the perfect example of what the grown-up version of those games would like.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗

“This game makes me feel like that little girl in the early 2000's again playing dress up games.”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗

What players complain about

Game-breaking bugs and softlocks

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Three saves and all three have game breaking bugs to the point of I can't even progress.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗

“Eventually, you stop getting new customers and existing customers wait for their "ghost orders" to be completed”
Steam review · 9 h played ↗

“I'll fix my review when you fix the bugs.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 15 h played ↗

Clunky controls, zoom and accessory placement

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Once you zoom in on a dress you've got on the mannequin, you're stuck zoomed in unless you save the game, log out, and back in.”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗

“adding accessories to ur dress is hell it doesnt work properly most of the time.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗

Crashes and overheating

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“The game crashes my entire PC if i play for maybe more than 30 miniutes at a time, just completely overheats it.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗

“The game crashes during the tutorial, so I can't get past the very first stage.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗

Tedious, repetitive cutting and sewing

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“The fun parts—like designing and adding final touches—make up only about 20% of the gameplay.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗

“It feels like only 10% of the game is about having fun and being creative, while 90% of the game is monotonous clicking.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗

No sandbox mode, restrictive economy

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews

“This game really needs creative mode with everything unlocked upfront.”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗

“i REALLY wish there was a true sandbox mode.”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗

Restart doesn't refund fabric or money

Mentioned in ~1 in 20 negative reviews

“restarting the dress doesnt give you your fabric back? why would it not?”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows 10 or later

ProcessorIntel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsIntel UHD 630 or Better

Storage2 GB available space

OSWindows 10 or later

ProcessorIntel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsIntel UHD 630 or Better

Storage2 GB available space

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