Link Steam
indiegame.fan
Painting Werther header art

Painting Werther

Painting Werther is a Paintable Visual Novel where all the visuals are living paintings, all the music are classics (with a twist) and the novel was written by Goethe in 1774.

Steam Page
Developer
Mad Cream Games
Publisher
Mad Cream Games
Release
February 14, 2023
3 years and 170 days ago
Steam Reviews
Positive23 reviews100.0%

Does this feel indie?

Vote based on whether this game feels indie to you. You can change your vote at any time. Results earn an IGF score after 10 accepted votes.
No votes yet
Vote on More Games
Game contextLatest: IGF Team
ContextThe evidence factors used to assess whether this game belongs on IndieGame.Fan.Status
Notes
Latest Contributor: IGF TeamEdit notes
Updated: Jul 12, 2026Developer scaleThe operating scale of the game's developer.
Updated: Jul 12, 2026Publisher scaleThe operating scale of the game's publisher.
Updated: Jul 12, 2026Publisher statusHow the game's publishing relationship is classified.
Search Google: How is Painting Werther and Mad Cream Games funded?FundingThe known source of funding behind the game.
Search Google: Who controls the creative direction and IP for Painting Werther and Mad Cream Games?Creative controlWho appears to retain creative control of the game.
Updated: Jul 12, 2026Release statusWhether and how the game has been released.

Media

9 items

About the Game



Painting Werther is the paintable novel adaptation of The Sorrows of Young Werther, written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1774.
Loved by artists and emperors, it shows the inner struggle of a deeply romantic man.

Before starting this unique experience, prepare yourself to:

  • Bring passion to a colorless world.


  • Paint like the greatest masters of old.


  • Pick flowers to your unrequited love...


Come with us on this Paintable Visual Novel to see another version of this legendary story.
Was young Werther really a romantic? Or was he just a man with a death wish?
How deeply did he really love his friend Wilhelm? Maybe his letters hide some clues...
Did he even love Charlotte? Or did he just love the idea of an unrequited love?



For all these questions and more, Mad Cream Games presents you an overloading artistic experience, full of brush strokes and ink spots, where Chopin play the sax and Mozart the guitar, where love turns into hate, and pity into madness:

Indie Game Fan