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Dumb Ways to Draw

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81%Game Brain Score
humor, gameplay
monetization, stability
81% User Score Based on 6,059 reviews

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Dumb Ways to Draw is a single player casual puzzle game. It was developed by PlaySide Studios Ltd and was released on May 1, 2019. It received positive reviews from players.

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Audience ScoreBased on 6,059 reviews
humor156 positive mentions
monetization535 negative mentions
  • Fun, addictive and challenging puzzle gameplay with creative problem solving.
  • Features cute, colorful graphics and funny animations consistent with Dumb Ways to Die series.
  • Offers free hints after a few failed attempts and has mini-games for variety.
  • Excessive and intrusive ads including unskippable, frequent video ads disrupting gameplay.
  • Buggy gameplay with levels where characters can get stuck and hints sometimes ineffective.
  • Issues with sound muting unexpectedly and glitches causing crashes on some devices.
  • monetization
    571 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization approach is widely criticized for excessive, intrusive, and often unskippable ads that disrupt gameplay and frustrate users, with some reporting ads even after paying for removal. Many players feel the game prioritizes ad revenue over user experience, requiring frequent ad-watching to access rewards or progress, leading to a perception of a greedy cash-grab. Despite understanding the need for ads, the overwhelming volume and aggressive placement significantly diminish enjoyment and playability.

    • “No ads, really excellent :^)”
    • “Good game no ads would recommend ”
    • “No ads, good game”
    • “You spend more time watching ads than you do actually playing.”
    • “You can't actually get rid of ads, even after paying $4 for them, you still are prompted to watch one or two after every level.”
    • “The actual game is 5 stars, but the huge amount of ads really brings it down. Since they are the kind of ads that can't be skipped and are 30 seconds long, it gets kinda frustrating where you have to stop playing. The ads ruined it.”
  • humor
    156 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is widely praised for its humor, featuring funny animations, silly characters, and amusing death scenes that blend humor with a bit of graphic content. Players find it hilariously entertaining and enjoy the mix of silly, witty, and slightly dark comedy throughout the gameplay. Overall, it’s considered a fun, funny experience that keeps players laughing despite some frustration or challenge.

    • “High fun factor and funny win/lose animations.”
    • “Even if you lose a round, it is still pretty funny to see the characters meet their demise.”
    • “Good fun... more for kids but decent variety and funny animations especially when you die.”
  • gameplay
    51 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is generally described as fun, quirky, and visually appealing with simple, easy-to-understand mechanics, though some find it repetitive and lacking originality. However, many users criticize intrusive and frequent ads that disrupt the experience, along with some frustrating and poorly implemented mechanics affecting playability.

    • “Not to mention the infinite amount of possibilities that can simply be drawn into the game to completely alter gameplay instantly and for good.”
    • “The game is pretty fun with easy mechanics.”
    • “This game uses a mechanic that gives you a rating based on how much you had to draw unlike the timer in other such games.”
    • “I get about 5 minutes of ads for every 2 minutes of gameplay.”
    • “Besides the ads, the game mechanics are very poor, even for the first couple levels.”
    • “Plenty of ways to just exploit the system and overall repetitive, non-challenging, and boring gameplay.”
  • graphics
    46 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics are generally praised for being colorful, cute, and fitting the game's playful, 2D art style inspired by the "Dumb Ways to Die" series. While some find the visuals smooth and well-animated, a few mention the graphic content and gore may be inappropriate for young children. Overall, the graphics enhance the fun and addictive gameplay experience, though opinions on style range from amazing to needing improvement.

    • “Excellent graphics and gameplay.”
    • “Amazing game, great graphics and it runs so smoothly on my phone!”
    • “The graphics are really nice and there are the same lovable characters from the "Dumb Ways to Die" YouTube video!”
    • “Very bad graphics and no space to draw a line with finger.”
    • “I found my 6 year old son playing this on his tablet and the graphic and gore in this games makes me so sad, he will grow up and kill himself now!”
    • “I feel like this is just a game inspired by many other draw/survive games with the dumb ways characters and graphics inserted in.”
  • stability
    33 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from frequent freezing, glitches, and crashes, often occurring at loading screens, tutorials, and specific minigames. Many users report excessive ads contributing to lag and instability, making the game frustrating or unplayable for some. While a few note occasional smooth performance, overall stability is poor and needs significant improvement.

    • “Not much ads, challenging levels but not too challenging, no glitches, I like it.”
    • “So good, no glitches!”
    • “The game doesn't load most of the time, and if I can finally get it to load, it just freezes during the tutorial.”
    • “It freezes up at the loading screen and I couldn't play at all.”
    • “I would always play this after school, but now it doesn't even let me play; it just shows a black screen and glitches my phone for 1 minute. I hate it because when I want to play, it does that and I can barely play.”
  • music
    30 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users generally enjoy the original "Dumb Ways to Die" song and find the music fun and nostalgic, but many report frustrating bugs where the music and sound effects randomly mute or fail to turn on properly. There are requests for fixing these audio glitches and for including more iconic music from the original. Some users also note that muting options do not fully silence all sounds, including ads and animations.

    • “I have been a fan since the original song came out.”
    • “The game itself is fun but I would like to see more iconic music from Dumb Ways to Die.”
    • “Dumb Ways to Draw is so fun, really cool—I kept singing the Dumb Ways to Die song and now I still sing that song every day.”
    • “Music would constantly mute for no reason and even when I unmuted it, it would do it again.”
    • “Pretty bad, every time I reset, or sometimes die from something, the sound and music mute automatically.”
    • “The music and sound keep automatically turning off, fix this now.”
  • story
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users feel the story adds a fun extension to the original game, though some believe there are similar games on the Play Store with better narratives. Overall, the story is seen as a positive addition that complements the gameplay experience.

    • “Love the initial game and the story adds up to the original.”
    • “This game is fun and feels like another story to the games of Dumb Ways to Die.”
    • “Similar games with a much better story are available on the Play Store.”
    • “Love the initial game, but the story adds little to the original.”
  • emotional
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users have mixed feelings about the emotional aspect, finding the game generally wholesome and easy to play but occasionally frustrated by glitches and misleading prompts that cause minor emotional discomfort.

    • “Really wholesome and easy to play!”
  • grinding
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users find the grinding aspect tedious and annoying, particularly due to the need to activate flight mode to play, though some interactive ads help mitigate the frustration slightly.

    • “At least some ads are interactive so time isn't totally wasted, but having to activate flight mode to play is quite tedious.”
    • “Tedious.”
  • optimization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game runs smoothly with efficient optimization, providing a seamless experience. Users appreciate the stable performance and enjoy the visual effects without lag.

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Dumb Ways to Draw is a casual puzzle game.

Dumb Ways to Draw is available on Phone, iPad, iPhone, Tablet and others.

On average players spend around 5 hours playing Dumb Ways to Draw.

Dumb Ways to Draw was released on May 1, 2019.

Dumb Ways to Draw was developed by PlaySide Studios Ltd.

Dumb Ways to Draw has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Dumb Ways to Draw for its humor but disliked it for its monetization.

Dumb Ways to Draw is a single player game.

Similar games include Dumb Ways to Die, Dumb Ways to Die 2, Sandwich, Drive and Park, Origame and others.