The Perfect Pencil

Help John on his journey of personal growth. Unravel the nuances of human reactions to fear. Surprising exploration, fast paced combat, complex choices and allegorical characters, all intertwined with a…

29 January 2026

Adventure Indie Platform Puzzle Action

The Perfect Pencil is an adventure, released 29 January 2026 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 25 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What The Perfect Pencil is

The Perfect Pencil was released in 2026. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Help John on his journey of personal growth. Unravel the nuances of human reactions to fear. Surprising exploration, fast paced combat, complex choices and allegorical characters, all intertwined with a psychological narrative in this hand-drawn 2D action-platformer.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Perfect Pencil launched on 29 January 2026, within three weeks of Reanimal, Hytale, Cairn and Mewgenics. It arrived 9 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Reanimal, Hytale, Cairn, Mewgenics.