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Press release:
2 MAY 2025.
The Belgian solo indie games developer Thomas Waterzooi are today very happy and excited to announce that his cozy puzzler “Please, Touch The Artwork 2”, is coming to the Nintendo Switch via the Nintendo Eshop on May 23rd, 2025.

“Following last year’s success with over 700,000 downloads across iOS, Android and Steam, and ranked the 13th best-rated game on Steam from 2024, Please, Touch The Artwork 2 is now bringing its cozy artventure to a whole new audience.” – Thomas Waterzooi.

Fans of hidden-object puzzles, quirky storytelling, and the surreal charm of Belgian artist James Ensor can soon enjoy the award-winning experience on Nintendo’s beloved hybrid console. Whether docked for a big-screen couch play escape or played handheld for a quiet moment on the go, the Switch edition offers a way to relax with art, humor, and heart.

Here is a recap of what the press had to say:

“This hour-long exploration of a surrealist painter’s works is a small piece of art in its own right”
- TheGamer.com

“A game that can kickstart a love for traditional art and highlights the beauty of paintings, while remaining entertaining and interactive.”
- PocketGamer.com

“Oddly engaging and patently beautiful. A slow-paced, casual, relaxing, and quite silly hidden object game that’ll also show you the foundations of modern art.”
- PCGamer.com

“A Masterpiece!”
- many of the +7000 positive user reviews

About the game

You are a dandy, suit-wearing, art-loving skeleton, recently risen from the grave, with the ability to travel into and through paintings. Using this ability, you help repair rips in the paintings and find missing items for the people living inside of them.

A slow-paced, relaxing experience filled with humour, surprising characters and beautiful hand-painted art, carefully crafted from works by James Ensor, a Belgian Modern Art pioneer.

Key features

Hidden-object artventure
5 unique worlds
Hints when stuck
Casual point & click gameplay
Zoom in for extra details
Real hand-painted art from the works of James Ensor
Atmospheric relaxing sound
Slow-paced & relaxing
Funny and playful, great for ages 12+

Please, Touch the Artwork 2 was released February 19th 2024 on Steam (Mac/Win/Linux), Apple Appstore and Google Play. Some stats & facts:

Over half a million downloads
Over 7000 overwhelmingly positive reviews
13th best-rated Steam game in 2024 (across all games)
Top 20 best-rated free games on steam LIFETIME (99.3% positive!)
Top 5 best-rated free game on Steam 2024
87% PC Metacritic
Won “Best Applied Game” – Belgian Game Awards 2024
Won “Best Free Game” – DEBUG Indie Game Awards

About Studio Waterzooi

Studio Waterzooi is the one-man company behind Thomas Waterzooi. He worked at AAA studios like Larian Studios (Baldur’s Gate 3) and IO-Interactive (Hitman), and wanted to create his own indie games. He wanted to take a wholesome, casual approach and make accessible playful slices of life, attracting both gamers and non-(frequent)-gamers. Combining art and games turned out to be the best way to achieve this!

https://www.studiowaterzooi.com/

The game was created with the support of the Flemish Government on the occasion of the Belgian EU Presidency 2024.