Choose Passpartout: The Starving Artist
Choose Passpartout: The Starving Artist if you want a Simulation experience. On Steam, it's a focused single-player run rather than a multiplayer commitment. 2,615 Steam reviews back the pick.
Passpartout: The Starving Artist vs Love Colors: Paint with Friends
Passpartout: The Starving Artist and Love Colors: Paint with Friends both land in Indie, 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 share Indie, Casual on Steam. Passpartout: The Starving Artist (2017) is 4 years older than Love Colors: Paint with Friends (2021). Passpartout: The Starving Artist scores higher on Steam reviews (87.7% positive) than Love Colors: Paint with Friends (80% positive). 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 Love Colors: Paint with Friends
Choose Love Colors: Paint with Friends if you want the Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Shared/Split Screen Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Love Colors: Paint with Friends launched in 2021.
Both Passpartout: The Starving Artist and Love Colors: Paint with Friends sit in Indie and 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
 Passpartout: The Starving Artist |  Love Colors: Paint with Friends | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2021 |
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Casual | Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 9.99 USD | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 87.7% positive (2,615 reviews) | 80% positive (55 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Flamebait Games | Vixa Games |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Casual on Steam.
- Passpartout: The Starving Artist (2017) is 4 years older than Love Colors: Paint with Friends (2021).
- Passpartout: The Starving Artist scores higher on Steam reviews (87.7% positive) than Love Colors: Paint with Friends (80% positive).
- Love Colors: Paint with Friends is free; Passpartout: The Starving Artist is paid (9.99 USD).
- Love Colors: Paint with Friends has co-op; Passpartout: The Starving Artist does not.
- Passpartout: The Starving Artist is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Love Colors: Paint with Friends has no Deck rating yet.
Passpartout: The Starving Artist vs Love Colors: Paint with Friends — FAQ
- Should I play Passpartout: The Starving Artist or Love Colors: Paint with Friends first?
- If you want chronology, Passpartout: The Starving Artist (2017) came out before Love Colors: Paint with Friends (2021). 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 Passpartout: The Starving Artist and Love Colors: Paint with Friends similar?
- They overlap on Indie, 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.
- Does Passpartout: The Starving Artist have multiplayer like Love Colors: Paint with Friends?
- No. Love Colors: Paint with Friends supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op), while Passpartout: The Starving Artist is listed as single-player only.
- Is Love Colors: Paint with Friends free?
- Yes — Love Colors: Paint with Friends is a free-to-play Steam title. Passpartout: The Starving Artist is paid (9.99 USD).
- Does Passpartout: The Starving Artist run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Passpartout: The Starving Artist is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Love Colors: Paint with Friends doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.