I don't like the fact that it uses AI to create paintings, but gameplay-wise it is a very enjoyable game. I am either a broke artist, a sick artist, a crazy artist, or all of the above. The stats are highly random and you might get frustrated at some point where you put in 1-16 worth of inspiration and get 1 worth in return. Very true to the irl artists, and the ending feels rather sarcastic too. 9/10 with one off for AI usage.

Let’s be honest - I clicked on Artist Life Simulator because of Van Gogh.

Turns out, it’s an amazingly creative card-based simulator all about how you’re an artist moving to the big city to make it as a painter and get rich, change the world - realistic as it is, though, it took me less than an hour to die as a result of crippling poverty and severe alcohol addiction.

In my second game, I was doing a lot better. I stayed away from alcohol, had two friends (unrealistic, ugh), enough money to live lavishly, but then the year 1920 hit and the demo ended.

But there are a few quality of life issues like cards not returning to their place, tooltips taking up a lot of space as well as some bugs like duplicate buttons, that made this an increasingly frustrating experience. I thought I could get used to it or that the buttons jumping around every time they were pressed would settle down after a while, but it only got worse.

Very sad about this, because this could be a great game, it’s just unpolished and unsupported, with a few super annoying bugs that make it frustrating and thus unplayable (for me). This is, in my opinion, too buggy for a full release. I requested a refund for this reason.

Great premise and lots of fun content-wise, BUT frustrating, annoying bugs make it unplayable.