Choose Drawn®: The Painted Tower
Choose Drawn®: The Painted Tower if you want an Adventure experience. Drawn®: The Painted Tower launched in 2011.
Drawn®: The Painted Tower vs Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium
Drawn®: The Painted Tower and Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium both land in Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Casual games on Steam. Drawn®: The Painted Tower (2011) is 5 years older than Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium (2016). Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Drawn®: The Painted Tower (9.99 USD vs. 9.99 USD). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium
Choose Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium if it's the newer release (2016) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium launched in 2016.
Both Drawn®: The Painted Tower and Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium sit in Casual on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Drawn®: The Painted Tower |  Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2011 | 2016 |
| Genres | Adventure, Casual | Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 9.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 84.4% positive (109 reviews) | 6 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Big Fish Studios | Anino Games |
Side by side
- Both are Casual games on Steam.
- Drawn®: The Painted Tower (2011) is 5 years older than Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium (2016).
- Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Drawn®: The Painted Tower (9.99 USD vs. 9.99 USD).
Drawn®: The Painted Tower vs Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium — FAQ
- Should I play Drawn®: The Painted Tower or Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium first?
- If you want chronology, Drawn®: The Painted Tower (2011) came out before Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium (2016). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Drawn®: The Painted Tower and Grave Mania: Pandemic Pandemonium similar?
- They overlap on Casual on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.