Draw & Guess — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Removal of Ink, Unlockable Characters, and Upcoming Price Change | 2026-03-24 | 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 |
| Update Notes March 2nd | 2026-03-02 | - 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 | 2026-02-17 | 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 f |
| Lunar New Year Update & Launch Party Art Contest Winner | 2026-02-16 | 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 o |
| Update Notes Jan 29th | 2026-02-02 | \ 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 | 2026-01-22 | 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 | 2025-12-15 | 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 |
| Update Notes November 5th | 2025-11-05 | 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 | 2025-10-13 | 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! | 2025-10-10 | 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 |
| Update Notes August 20 | 2025-08-19 | 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! | 2025-06-26 | - Welcome the summer and join the beach party! - Improved SVG export - Improved kicking security - Bugfixes - UI/UX Optimizations |
| Update Notes June 10th | 2025-06-10 | - 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 | 2025-05-22 | - 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 | 2025-05-08 | - 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 |
| Update Notes April 24th | 2025-04-23 | - Lobby list allows for easier filtering by server region and shows a connectivity indicator - Lobby list also shows the turn time for lobbies - Fix multiline eraser not working after hiding the UI in sketchbook - Fix returning to lobby right after the game start showing infinite loading screen - UI Optimizations |
| Update Notes April 1st | 2025-04-01 | - Multi-line eraser now supports removing points - Fix some problems with pressure detection when using a Pen as Input Device - Fix erasers not working after switching between eraser types - UI Optimizations |
| Update Notes March 28 | 2025-03-27 | - The Topic from *Lounge Mode* is now shown in the Lobby Browser - Handled more cases where game could get stuck connecting during startup - Performance Optimizations - Some UI fixes |
| Update Notes Feb. 17th | 2025-02-17 | - Wordlist is now hidden in the lobby list when the lobby is set to Lounge - Fixed player display issues in Stage when players have disconnected - Custom lobby name is now persisted when returning from game to lobby - Fixed an issue with some gravity images being out of bounds in the ending presentation - Add a tooltip for truncated guesses in match history for Whisper mode - various UX improvements |
| Lunar New Year contest winners | 2025-02-12 | Happy lantern festival! The end of the Lunar New Year period also marks the end of our Lunar New Year drawing competition! Thank you everyone for your cool submissions! 💚🐍 Without further ado, here are this competition's winners! -drummroll- First place goes to…. 俊江! Second place goes to….! Bobby And third place goes to…! 舞散桜 Prizes will be awarded in the coming days. Stay tuned for more competitions this year! Team Acureus wishes you all a prosperous year full of happiness! |