- Update Notes August 13th - 13 August 2026
- Scrolling artbook shelves in Gallery will now be locked to the end of the current list when new shelf is loaded - Added new dialogue to guide when no suitable lobbies were found in lobby list - Fixed an issue that Steam achievements would sometimes not be granted if you already owned the character - Fixed user word input when Twitch was connected - Some optimisations and improvements for reconnection process - Various UI optimisations
- Update Notes August 5th - 5 August 2026
- SUMMER PARTY EVENT! Summer Party skins have returned to the event quest section for summer celebrations! - A new Emote system is added to lobby! Let your characters express a set of emotions while hanging out in lobby - Added new Creator program contents, including new Azrael skin and Creator badges - Badges can now be equipped directly in profile and lobby - Added a section on user-generated content to the publish rules for profile and artbook images - Fixed some situations where unlock conditions for characters / skins did not trigger - The dev-level 6 trust score is removed now, instead the official devs can now be recognised by their Acureus Team badge. - Some network optimisations - Various UI optimisations
- Update Notes July 15th - 15 July 2026
- Fix that Metissa unlock condition was only tracked on the match host - Improve reconnect behaviour - Various UI optimisations
- Update Notes June 10th - 10 June 2026
- Add more detailed feedback during game start up - Artbook Viewer: Improve loading times and reduce download sizes for overview - Artbook Viewer: Add keyboard navigation - Various UI optimisations
- Progression, Social, and Artbooks - LIVE NOW - 11 May 2026
Hey everyone! We have quite a lot of content to share with you today, so BUCKLE IN as we dive into all of the new features we just dropped.Character Unlocks/ProgressionFollowing a public vote from the community, 79% of you told us you don’t want cosmetic microtransactions in Draw & Guess. As of this update, they are GONE FOREVER. We decided not to have an “earnable AND buyable” model, as we want characters/skins to represent the time you put into earning them. If we’re going to do this, we want to do it right, i.e. remove cosmetic microtransactions completely, and not overcomplicate things by also retaining the in-game shop.Note: The shop will be temporarily accessible to players with over 350 Ink for the next 3 months via a dialogue on the main menu. Ink can no longer be purchased; it can only be spent.Unlocking CharactersCharacters are now unlocked by completing in-game challenges. So…
- Removal of Ink, Unlockable Characters, and Upcoming Price Change - 24 March 2026
Last month, we asked you all a simple, but important question: “Should we remove Ink from Draw & Guess?” Ink is a premium currency we introduced during the revamp of Draw & Guess in 2024 for cosmetic-only characters/skins. We did this in an effort to support the long-term health of the game so that we can continue to support new features and game modes.This came at a cost; Draw & Guess was no longer a “buy once” game if you truly wanted to access “everything”, even if it was only cosmetics. To be clear - this poll is not about scaling back development. In fact, the update coming in the next few weeks will be one of our largest feature updates yet (check this post if you haven’t seen the news! https://drawandguess.com/2026-roadmap/ This release marks the start of a new content-focused set of updates for Draw & Guess, where we will shift our attention to the creation of brand new game mod…
- Update Notes March 2nd - 2 March 2026
- Extend Lunar New Year celebrations - Added new unlockable LNY skin for Marina - Fix not being able to leave a match while it is paused - Fix chat not being accessible in matches while someone was disconnected - When timer for the drawer runs out, prevent undo / redo / clear - Fix that we sometimes showed multiple enumerations on subscribed wordlists - Various UI optimisations
- 2026 Roadmap & Community Ink Vote - 17 February 2026
Draw & Guess 2026 Roadmap - Driven By PlayersDraw & Guess has come a long way since its initial release just 5 years ago, with new game modes, a complete visual overhaul, a built-in wordlist browser, match history to review previous games, and the introduction of many beloved characters. 2026 is set to be our most exciting year yet, and to celebrate the start of the Spring Festival, we want to share some of the plans we have for the first half of the year ahead.Characters & SkinsSince the release of the visual update, we’ve seen a huge amount of love and support for the characters we’ve introduced to Draw & Guess (we see you Night Lynx Theo fans), though this does come with a caveat: while characters/skins are occasionally earnable from in-game quests during holiday events, they otherwise require in-game purchases of Ink to obtain. Our plan with this system was to provide long-term sust…
- Lunar New Year Update & Launch Party Art Contest Winner - 16 February 2026
Happy Lunar New Year! We wish you all prosperity, health and good fortune for the entire year of the Horse!To kick off the new year, we’ve dressed the game for the occasion and invited Lunar Princes Gus, Hachi and AL4N over for a visit! Check out the quest list to see how you can add them to your crew for free!We’re once again looking at some exciting new changes coming this year of the Horse, and have created a little roadmap for you. On Desktop, find it in the bottom right of Main Menu. On Mobile find it in the top right corner, where the report button used to be. Don’t worry, we still want to hear from you, so you can still report issues or make suggestions via the game settings!With the beginning of the year of the Horse ends our Launch Party art competition. Thank you everyone for your amazing submissions showing our characters featuring Draw & Guess Mobile in creative ways! It was…
- Update Notes Jan 29th - 2 February 2026
\ Improve reliability of claiming rewards\ Increase time to come up with a guess when using “custom words” from 15 to 45 seconds\ Tweaked what color is stored when using the paint-over-eraser\ Fixed that the multi-line-eraser checked overlap with the draw-position, not the end-positionUI Optimisations
- Update Notes Jan 22nd - 22 January 2026
Removed keyboard shortcuts for unavailable tools when using Invisibility modifierVarious Bugfixes\ Fixed a possible stuck issue in the guess phaseFixed some button states in main menuFixed some animation issues on LyndelUI Optimisations
- Draw & Guess: Mobile + In-Game Event + Creator Program - 15 December 2025
Draw & Guess is now available on Mobile!Hey everyone! We’re excited to share with you all that Draw & Guess has officially launched on Android and iOS! https://drawandguess.com/mobile/We’ve heard many requests over the years that you want to be able to play anytime, anywhere, whether at home, on the train, or with friends.This mobile version brings the full Draw & Guess experience to your fingertips, complete with access to all our current game modes, Whisper, Stage, Robot, and Battle Royale, together with brand-new quality-of-life improvements tailored for mobile play.We’ve also brought a few extra updates along with mobile, including a new referral system that rewards you for getting friends involved. Launch Party: In-Game Event & CompetitionJoin our in-game Launch Party event where you can earn some exclusive prizes just for playing!Gem Gala Mei Skin - Complete 10 rounds of Whisper L…
- Update Notes November 5th - 5 November 2025
Players can now enable the classic background music in the game settingsimprove feedback when trying to join a full lobbyplayers can now re-trigger the AI compatibility check in the game settingssome synchronized changes and preparations along with mobile versionimprove RAM usage for the gameBugfixesUI Optimisations
- Update Notes October 13th - 13 October 2025
Preparation for Halloween: Spooky Skins will return from 17th Oct to 2nd Nov. Remember to check out the shop!Added a sound for voting result in Whisper game modeUpdating a word list now also updates the author’s name if it was changedBugfixesUI Optimisations
- Draw & Guess: Mobile - Pre-Registration Now Available! - 10 October 2025
Draw & Guess: Mobile - Pre-Registration Now Available!Hey everyone! Shortly after our initial release back in 2021, launching on mobile felt like the next natural step for Draw & Guess. As the game continued to grow, we wanted to take some time to rebuild it from the ground up to ensure DG would be here for the next 10 years, rather than the next 10 months, which led us to our revamp project. What we’ve been up toSince the launch of revamp, we’ve added a trust score system to improve the quality of your matches, a dedicated set of tools for content creators with both integrated Twitch support and content moderation, GIF exports for your games, a battle royale robot game mode, and a ton of improvements to the game itself. After a ton of time cooking in the oven, we’re sooo stoked to finally share that Draw & Guess will finally be coming to mobile this year! Pre-Register NOW!You can pre-r…
- Update Notes August 20 - 19 August 2025
Main menu freshened upNew Gu-355 patch with 863 words for Robot and Battle Royal modeImproved Japanese Kana fontThe in-game chat history will now remain in Ending ceremony and lobbyFix an issue where lobby drawing lines could get lost if host is still in ending ceremony before returning from match to lobbyFixed a permission bug regarding deletion of lines in lobby drawingBugfixesUI/UX Optimizations
- Update Notes June 26th: Summer Party is on! - 26 June 2025
- Welcome the summer and join the beach party! - Improved SVG export - Improved kicking security - Bugfixes - UI/UX Optimizations
- Update Notes June 10th - 10 June 2025
- Fixed wordlists not fetching more lists when scrolling down - Fixed issue of drawer in Stage not seeing hidden chat - Improved internal layer logic - For invisible mode, lines now remain for a short time before fading - Fixed saturation selector not listening correctly when color was chosen via palette - Prepared data layout to align with mobile version - UI/UX Optimizations
- Update Notes May 22nd - 22 May 2025
- You can now export animated GIFs from Whisper matches in Sketchbook - New confetti, borrowed from Lucian! - Improved pixel art Undo - Fixed clear undo in Stage mode - UI/UX Optimizations
- Update Notes May 8th - 8 May 2025
- Battle Royal can now be joined directly from lobbies, with everyone in the lobby joining at once! - Game mode settings now open when creating a lobby, facilitating mode selection - Improved Pixel Art drawing performance - Improved Drawing Performance for images with a lot of lines - Drawing Tool fixes - UI/UX Optimizations
