Please, Touch the Artwork (2022) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Please, Touch the Artwork

What happens when you DO touch the artwork? Part Zen-puzzle, part narrative-adventure, you'll unravel the secret world behind iconic abstract paintings through over 160 puzzles. An aesthetic journey to the…

26 January 2022

What Please, Touch the Artwork is

Please, Touch the Artwork is an adventure game developed by Thomas Waterzooi and released in 2022. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game consist of 3 separate sub-games each based on a different existing painting or art-movement. Each sub-game has its own mechanics and story. The first sub-game tells the origin-story of abstract art (based on real events). The second sub-game is about relationships in an ever-growing diverse society. The third sub-game is an interactive poem about feeling homesick, that takes place in the mazes of New York City.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational, historical and romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Please, Touch the Artwork launched on 26 January 2022, within three weeks of Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Vampire Survivors, Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection. It arrived 5 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Vampire Survivors, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection.

Official trailer