Last updated on January 4th, 2026 at 09:10 am
Passpartout: Starving Artist – Simulation Game Review
Passpartout: Starving Artist is a Simulation/Family/Education game from Flamebait AB, first launched in 30th November 2017.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 2,983+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Passpartout: Starving Artist Stand Out
Even you can become a great artist! Wrestle subjectivity as you attempt to sell your art to rude customers in order to progress in this confusing art scene. The only thing threatening you is your expensive wine and baguette addiction! Will your art end up in the Louvre or on your parents' fridge?
Passpartout puts you into the shoes of a French artist trying to navigate the beautifully confusing art scene. Paint and sell your own art to survive your expensive baguette addiction.
Features
- Paint your own masterpieces! Even you can become the next Van Gogh!
- Battle with subjectivity and try to charm a variety of self-proclaimed art connoisseurs without losing your "artistic integrity"!
- Survive your wine and baguette bills. Will your addiction to baguettes be your downfall?
- Unlock fancier galleries and customers!
- Experience the French art world through a living puppet theater!
- Includes an amazing soundtrack by our favourite groovin' dinosaurs Synkronosaurus
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This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Passpartout: Starving Artist is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 12th December 2025
Recent improvements include:
Updated age ratings information
Download & Availability
Passpartout: Starving Artist is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Passpartout: Starving Artist on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We love this game and we think Im a pro cause we beat this game 30 times in one day and if the game crashes for you your missing out and we dont know if you guys are lying about the glitch bc we had no glitches and bro we did not have to pay and if the game developers see this respond pls after all love the game and we love the second version we got them both and we love both of them.
This is the first time Ive written a review for this game.we just want to say that we genuinely love this game very much.we havent been able to play this game for long time due to a loading screen bug but now its fixed which is likely because of the stability update in June which we appreciate very much.Ive had art block and little interest to draw for an entire year since we started college but this game immediately brought it back. We always used to worry about writing reviews because we didnt want people to think our review is fake but we dont care at this point,we love this game and we love the calm and fun feeling it gives.we can doodle for five minutes on one portrait and feel happy about it. This game makes us not have to worry about creating something thats anatomy accurate but just doodle to create an idea and expand on it without erasing to make it PERFECT.The portraits are an All or Nothing type and we love it,makes it easier to accept what Ive made and be happy with it.So thank you for making an amazing game.Just got the new one and we love it! We unfortunately dont have enough money to buy the full game of Passpartout 2 but once we get a job,we plan to get it.Ive always ONLY downloaded free games but your game is the only one that Id every buy.Youve truly made a very special game.Thank you.
Im so excited to see that there is a sequel coming out for this and this month, June 19th 2024. We cannot wait. Passpartout has been one of our very favorite games, especially being an artist ourselves. Im thrilled we get a new title. We still enjoy and regularly paint and play the original. If you havent got this one yet we highly recommend it. If youre an artist or just enjoy being creative we can say pretty assuredly that youll probably find a lot to like in this great game. June 19th cannot come soon enough in our opinion. Many thanks to the developer for creating and offering such a fun gaming experience and for the upcoming second game. We wish we could travel forward in time to June 19th, haha. God bless and thank you again.
The controls are hard to work with. To easy to mess up something youre working on. Have had lots of situations where painting had to be displayed before finishing or whole painting deleted because those keys are in spot the hand hits so easily when creating art work. Gave up because of this happening too many times. Wish there were undo options.
We love making art and the game was really fun but we beat it in a couple hours and imo there is not a lot of replay value. We think the developer could add a lot like new art tools and more modes to better the game. There are only 3 tools and 3 acts. All the acts are very similar ( act 3 was kinda anticlimactic) and the pen tool lags so theres really 2 tools- paint and spray paint. We also wish it would freeze the character interactions (like selling other pieces) when you are making a new piece. Cool idea but we wouldnt spend $5 on it again. Maybe $1-$2. Its really very bare bones in terms of gameplay.
We first bought this game after seeing a favorite youtuber of ours play it so we downloaded it. We booted up the game and it showed the title of the game with the company blah blah blah. So we did download it, and booted up the game and it just kicked us out of it and we dont know what to do right now. If you have any suggestions developers, we would like to hear it. Okay after this, it didnt crash, but the screen is just black and we cant do anything.
This game made us so sad when it ended.
We're stuck on the loading screen help.
Pleaseeeeee bring Passpartout 2 to IOS Ill pay anything.
Its good but the pc version is 100% better and if you wanna play this game on mobile it would be good on ipad with stylus.
Ive been asking our mom to buy us this for three years and she finally said yes this is amazing.
We loved this game and still love it but it needs more acts. 3 acts for a simple game is NOT worth 5 dollars so please add more acts to make it more fun.It gets boring redoing it over and over again its just gets boring. Over all its a pretty good game but was not worth 5 dollars for 3 acts short acts to we hope the developers will read this and help so people will download this and not be disappointed at the end. Thanks.
We found this game super fun. It wasnt too hard to beat all the acts and trying to draw with details was super interesting. We wish there wouldve been more acts but it does make sense for it to end at the aristocrats. We totally recommend this game as it is worth the $5.
Es un juego muy entretenido y divertido us gusta como los extras del juego te critican.
We love this game, the concept, everything, but once we reach the end of the second act, we have a glitch where two critics arrive, and as soon as they critique our art, (a new tool becomes available, that we cant obtain,), and then the app closes. Every time. Getting a bit old.
It really is an amazing game. The animation and art style is so unique and well designed. The concept and execution is really great. There are little details with the sound design where if you tap on certain areas of youre work studio itll make a sound effect. The only issue is the lack of replay-ability. If youre paying real money for a game, its a commitment that should be worth it long term. But once we achieved every ending possible, it just became repetitive and boring. If there is a way to add more endings or secret faucets to the game, that would be super cool. Otherwise, great game and Im glad we had the experience of playing it.
Okay, we really love this game, it's really fun. The drawing side of it is really good, all the brushes work smoothly. But, we don't know why but whenever we try playing it, the game instantly crashes. It's used to work fine before. Please fix this! We're not sure if it's the games fault or our fault. Idk lol.
The game is great but we are on act 2 and we can barely get anyone to buy our drawings super hard other than that its a super fun game! Its been a day. We were on act 3 and we lost the game and had to start ALL OVER AGAIN.Please make some sort of checkpoint it would be appreciated.. We have to start all the way back at act 1.
We played it for a little while and we found it fun, but now when we try to get back in to the game, it just cuts to three quick images: a brown screen, the main menu (we think it is at least) and the curtains.
Its a bit pricey for such a repetitive game. Although its fun the storyline isnt that long and endless mode gets kinda boring. We paid $6.00 for this game. If the price ever gets lower then we would recommend it, but otherwise save your money.
We love this game to pieces but… The crashing every 1 to 5 minutes is absolutely infuriating and we keep losing pieces we draw because of it… If it didnt crash it would get 5 stars, not until it changes though.
Theres no real story to it and its just repeating the same thing.
This game helps us get out of our comfort zone and try new things, it does this because each charector has a different personality! We also like the little challenge of not being allowed to erase. Great game and we would really reccomend to play it.
We like this game a lot, we played it for a few days last year and we rejoined it today but we were on the 2nd act and Marie asked us to go the castle with her so we accepted the offer after it went to our screen and when we went back Maries offer wasnt there we had to start over but its ok.
Its not laggy. Its a funny, amazing game! It was worth the cost! It was our birthday when we got this and we were glad we did! We are a great artist so this helped us more! It was fun seeing them despise the art you made because of the funny sentences they would say.
When ever we draw for long the curtains close and it just stays there and then the person who draws throws his art into the trash and burns it is the game hacked? Or is it like that because it is really annoying can you fix that oh and when that happeneds there are sad sentences like lost and alone or no money nor fame it just makes us feel sad and we cant draw and we love drawing we have to leave a refresh the game but thank you for leaving our art still there so can you please fix it.
It is really good game, we love those games so much, but we wish you add more colors or add a thing that you can mix colors to have more colors, since if you want to draw you don't have many abilities, so plz can you reply.
When we first bought this game we thought omg this is great.
This game is simply wonderful. We found it very enjoyable on our first play through. We made it to the studio and got our own museum exhibit.BUT! Lack of replay ability you say. Exactly! Fun game but replay value is lack. We have no complaints but replay is value lack. Thanks.
So we know this is typical news for you but the game is so buggy! Now lets say George is standing around and the critic walks in frame the guy WALKS INTO POOR GEORGE and GEORGE STARTS SPAZZING OUT. Next is that spay pain…tis TRASH WHY BOTHER?! Its like a puppy chew the spay.
This game is beautifully made and all that jazz but it keeps crashing and we loose all of our progress. Just a thanks and we want a refund.
It keeps crashing during Act II is there a refund option.
This is a really good game,, its just for us it crashes a lot.
This game was amazing at first, But then it started crashing and wasnt saving our work. And when u lose the game and lose money, it just has the curtains.
App keeps crashing! We really want to play but it seems the issue hasnt been fixed since last year by previous reviewers date stamps. Im playing on an ipad and Im not sure if thats the reason why. Please fix this flaimbait.
They dont even like on art that you made and they are so harsh. They do not even a have eraser.
K, so, Ive seen many of YouTubers play this game, and it looked amazing, so we decided to buy it. The first hour was fine, and we enjoyed it, but then our game crashed, and it wiped out all of our progress. Whatever, we must be low on storage, so we deleted some photos. But then, after we made our first painting, our game crashed again! And again! And again! It could only get so annoying. One other annoying thing is that there is no undo button! Its not as bad, but it still annoys us. Anyway, good game otherwise, great concept, and very fun.
We just got the game and am permanently stuck on chapter 2 l. We reach the end of the chapter and the app shuts down. We have checked that we have more than enough space and cannot think of any conceivable reason why the game should be doing this, especially after paying $5 for it. Ive really enjoyed the game and the progression, but the crashing ruins it.
Ok, so, Ive played the game before. Its so fun! Amazing concept and gameplay is amazing. But….we havent been able to get into the actual game without it crashing. Developers, please fix this! Im so excited to get into the game and have fun.
Absolutely hilarious! This game is great for all age groups and provides a good laugh.
This game is the best EVER. If your trying to decide if you should spend your money on it, it is totally worth it. You can play on multiple devices, and it no longer crashes! Overall its a great game, concept, and animation. If we could we would rate it at a 120% out of 100% . There are struggles, but whats a fun game without? Overall, just yes.
This game is so addictive!!! Now Ive only had the game for 2 days so Im not sure if it can get boring or not because the AI keeps repeating the same words. But for 5$ this is a great game and we would recommend it.
We love this game but it keeps kicking us out idk if its a bug but keeps makeing us frustrated.
We think this app is very well-though-out, and beautifully made. A lot of the people writing reviews seem to think there is only one plot throughout the game, but theyre mistaken. There are several, such as the passion route(angsty, loud colors), the craftsmanship route(cartoons, clean lines, muted colors), the realism route(details, good color combinations). Our point is, there are many routes and endings, and this app was very much worth our five dollars.
So ive been dying for this game ever since jacksepticeye got it zoom by 2 years we got the game and it crashes or kicks us out every 1 minute please release and update for Passpartout on apple 6+ SE please thanks(btw we spent five dollars on this game the update better be good.or else…).
We love passpartout and think its an amazing game. We give it a 4.9 rating because there is one problem-on mobile there is no eraser. Other than that,we face no lag problems and love the game! Please notify us if you add an eraser. Thank you.
This game is super fun and it is fun for us because we love drawing and everything about it we love it even though we thought it was little short the game never disappoints us.
The game is a straight five, dont get us wrong. Its such a charming concept and we love it to bits, but theres a big problem. We are aware people are still able to draw beautifully on mobile games/apps, and im sure people have done so on mobile passpartout. But for those of us who are less acquainted with art, it is almost impossible to get the endings which require excellent painting. For example, we are completely stuck on act 2 of the studio after being complimented by the critic and mastering the art. Im trying our damnest to get into the castle, but the maidens have very high standards and require detail and for us, its impossible to get to the castle tower. We know something like this isnt fixable, but the skill gap between what the npcs want is very relevant and its impossible to move on.
We love the game, its so well thought out that we couldnt wait to play again and again and again… However there is a minor but a little big of a problem in the middle at a random time of the game it just stops and gets us back to the home screen. If u can fixs this problem we would give a new rating of 5 stars but until then 4. Thank You for reading this report and have a lovely day, again thank you.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.32
- Size: 388.73 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Developer: Flamebait AB
Last updated: 12th December 2025 | Genre: Simulation, Family | Developer: Flamebait AB