Release tracker
Drawquarium release date: November 13, 2026
Confirmed by the developer’s October 26 announcement and repeated on the Steam store. The game is not released yet. Steam has not published an exact unlock hour, and the price is still blank.
Planned release
Counts to the start of November 13, 2026 in UTC. Steam has not announced an exact unlock hour.
What is confirmed
| Item | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Release date | Nov 13, 2026 | Developer announcement + Steam store |
| Platform | Windows PC / Steam | Steam platform flags |
| Price | Not announced | No amount, pre-order or edition on Steam |
| Demo | Free, available now | Separate Steam app 4331760 |
| Exact unlock time | Not announced | The date is confirmed; the hour is not |
Why this page does not count down to a precise hour
Many release-date pages invent a time by assuming midnight in a convenient timezone. That produces a confident-looking countdown and a wrong answer. Steam unlocks are set by the developer and can vary by region, build readiness and store processing. The official announcement only says November 13, 2026.
The countdown at the top therefore targets 00:00 UTC on November 13 and says so. Treat it as “the date has begun”, not “the game is guaranteed to unlock at this second”. On the day, reload the Steam store page. If the button still says “Coming soon”, the unlock has not happened in your region yet.
Price status: still blank
Steam marks the full game as a paid listing rather than a free one, but no price is displayed. There is no pre-order, no edition picker and no bundle. The demo is the only free download. That means any article quoting a specific dollar amount is either guessing or repeating an unannounced number.
When a price appears, the useful comparison is not “is it cheaper than another cozy game” but “does the demo’s drawing loop justify the asking price for me?” The demo is free, so you can answer that before spending anything.
Platform and language notes
Windows 10 64-bit is the listed minimum. Steam flags do not include macOS or Linux, and no console or mobile version has been announced. The interface is localised into eight languages; full audio and subtitles are not listed. If you plan to use Wallpaper Mode, check the system requirements first — a continuously animated desktop is a different workload from a short drawing session.
How the date was announced
- Release
November 13 release date announced
The developer published a story-driven release-date trailer and confirmed the November 13, 2026 Steam date. The trailer was covered by GameSpot and GameWatcher.
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After release: what this page will track
Once the game is out, this page will change from a countdown to a launch-status record: actual price, confirmed unlock time, whether the demo saves transfer, and the first verified patch notes. Until then, the updates timeline is the place to check what has actually been announced. There are no post-launch patch notes to quote yet.
Sources for this page
Accessed November 1, 2026Listed claims on this page were checked against the records below. If a detail is not in these records, it is labelled as unconfirmed rather than presented as fact.
- 01 Drawquarium is Coming to Steam on November 13! — Kaleb Lechowski (Steam announcement)
Release date announcement published October 26, 2026, with the release-date trailer.
- 02 Drawquarium on Steam — Valve / byKaleb / rokaplay
Store description, release date, languages, features, system requirements, tags and platform list.
- 03 Steam app details API for app 4045480 — Valve
Machine-readable copy of the store record, including platform flags (Windows only), screenshots and supported languages.
- 04 DRAWQUARIUM – Official Release Date Trailer — GameSpot
October 27, 2026 trailer coverage; confirms the November 13, 2026 date.
- 05 Drawquarium Trailer Goes Viral With a Message About Following Creative Dreams — GameWatcher
October 30, 2026 coverage of the trailer response.
- 06 The Demo Is Out Now — Kaleb Lechowski (Steam announcement)
April 18, 2026 demo release announcement.
- 07 The Demo Is Delayed — Kaleb Lechowski (Steam announcement)
April 17, 2026 delay post; says the game had almost 35,000 wishlists at that time.
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