Substance 3D Painter 2025

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Substance 3D Painter 2025 is a single player action game. It was developed by Adobe and was released on March 11, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Substance 3D Painter 2025 is a powerful texturing tool designed for 3D artists of all skill levels, offering smart materials and advanced particle effects for realistic weathering. It supports complex assets with multiple texture sets and seamlessly exports textures optimized for various game engines and renderers. This software combines speed, flexibility, and high visual quality to bring 3D creations to life.

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Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 117 reviews

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Substance Painter is a powerful tool for 3D texturing, offering a wide range of features and an intuitive UI that makes it easy to create high-quality textures.
The perpetual license option is appreciated, allowing users to avoid subscription fees while still accessing a robust set of tools.
Many users find the software to be beginner-friendly and capable of producing impressive results, especially for game asset creation.

The software is plagued by bugs and stability issues, with frequent crashes and performance problems reported, particularly on macOS and Linux.
Users have criticized the high price point, making it less accessible for hobbyists and indie developers, especially compared to other alternatives.
Recent updates have introduced new issues, such as broken features and a lack of backward compatibility, leading to frustration among long-time users.

optimization
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Users report that the 2022 version of the software offers better performance, both at idle and during use, compared to the 2025 version, which experiences noticeable performance drops even on higher-end hardware. While the 2025 version includes new features, it is criticized for being overpriced and not optimized for medium hardware setups.
- “Seems to generally have better performance and has a lot of new features.”
- “I run with a 5060ti and 32GB of RAM with this program on an SSD, and there are issues with performance drops and other hiccups.”
- “The 2022 version of Substance runs much better at idle and in action than the 2025 version.”
- “I run with a 5060 Ti and 32GB of RAM with this program on an SSD, and there are issues with performance drops and other hiccups.”
- “It is good at what it does, but it's overpriced and certainly not optimized to work on medium hardware.”
stability
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The stability of the software is highly inconsistent, with some users reporting severe glitches and bugs that hinder functionality, while others have experienced no notable issues. Overall, the feedback suggests a divide in user experience, with significant room for improvement in stability.
- “The viewport glitches so much it could probably give you a seizure.”
- “This piece of software is buggy, and coming from the Creative Cloud version directly to this, I can say that it is not as functional as that version.”
- “Unstable and buggy.”
graphics
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The graphics in the game have received mixed feedback, with some users experiencing issues such as frequent crashes at higher resolutions like 4K, potentially linked to their graphics card's VRAM. While there are concerns about stability, others have noted that the graphics may require some initial adjustments to function properly.
- “Graphic design is my prison.”
- “I also noticed frequent crashing if my working resolution was 4K instead of 2K or lower, but maybe that's just due to my graphics card's VRAM.”
- “I've tried reinstalling my graphics driver; it didn't really work, but after a few pushes, it started working fine. It felt like it needed a warm-up or whatever, really weird.”