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Sagas Studios · Published by Sagas Studios · Official site ↗
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Navigate a mysterious world with painting as your guide. Unlock abilities, grow plants, meet characters, discover new worlds, and confront the mad mage to free yourself.
Action, Adventure, Indie, Casual · More free games
Embark on a unique journey as you navigate through a mysterious landscape guided by your brush. Unlock new powers, cultivate nature, and meet intriguing characters to uncover hidden realms and face off against the malevolent mage in Canvas, an action-adventure game crafted by Sagas Studios.
About this game
Paint the mysterious world to discover its secrets.
Navigate a massive world that reacts to your paint.
Carefully explore a dangerous and decarying world. Discover what you can paint to fill in the world, solve puzzles, and fix what's been broken.
Unlock and upgrade unique abilities.
Discover powerful relics that give you new abilities. Crystals can be channeled to empower greater exploration into new lands.
Learn from citizens in an unknowable world.
Build relationships with hidden characters, help them with quests, trade with them, and learn important information for your journey.
Find and confront the Mad Mage, Vatii.
Explore every corner of the map to unlock the hidden realm of the Mad Mage. If you've gained enough resources, relics, and knowledge of the game world you can defeat him and finally escape this crystalline prison.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7 (64-bit) or newer
- Processor: Intel Core i3 3.20GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 560 / AMD R7-260X
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 970 / AMD Radeon RX 580
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Public Demo Bug Patch #2
The circle part of the fill bar was staying the same size despite paint still being drained Fixed walking on surfaces not being limited a maximum angle, the player can no longer walk up mountains sorry. The Toppled Tree Shrine area now requires half as much area to be filled before the key is spawned, as intended.Read full article on Community Announcements (Cinder)Patch NotesOfficial
Public Demo Feature Add #1
Added a way to lock the camera to free paint (right click while painting) This should create a smooth way to fill in areas without as much view movement Panning painting to the edges of your view will still move the camera in free paint mode After selecting your settings the demo jumps straight to gameplay. Known Issue: Abilities now are a little awkward with the new free paint mode, will be working to refine this experience.Read full article on Community Announcements (Cinder)Patch NotesOfficial
Public Demo Hotfix #4
Removed invert material from first key lock for consistency Doubled the paint regen rate when not painting Exiting the menu default to the upgrade menu rather than maintaining last menu Moved the "Quit Game" to make it harder to accidentally click when closing menu All pause menu pages now maintain all pause menu buttons Respawning via the menu button no longer breaks the player controller when pressing before collecting green paintRead full article on Community Announcements (Cinder)Patch NotesOfficial
Public Demo Bug Patch #1
Fixed tunnel that gets you through the mountain not being paintable. Book stacks now splash instead of play celebration jingle. Flags now splash instead of play celebration jingle. There should be less clipping on environment collision not meant to be traversable. Jumping cannot clip through ceilings any longer. Continue button on initial settings menu can now be clicked on the arrow visual. Known Issue: You can now walk up just about any steepness of a hill including the mountain. Oops.Read full article on Community Announcements (Cinder)Patch NotesOfficial
Public Demo Hotfix #3
A selection of fixes for common issues with loading Loading scene now activates sooner when starting game from main menu Fix issue where load percentage wasn't displaying properly Added a spinning paint drop so you can see the game is working more easily while loading When the player is loaded in, there is now a load percentage displayed and the spinning drop to display progress Swapped load order for levels to speed up initial load Misc Additional Fixes: Fixed the plank to get on the boat at the end being very narrow and at an odd angle Smoothed out blob renderer so that it has less of a performance hit when on screenRead full article on Community Announcements (Cinder)
