Our pick of the best PC games that engage your creativity.
The best PC games themselves are great examples of creativity, but what about games that encourage or require you to be creative in-game? And by “creativity,” we mean having to draw or paint or make music, for example. In this guide, we’ll look at some of the best examples of these PC games, and what makes them excellent ways to express your creativity. We would probably be run off the internet if we didn’t add Garry’s Mod to this list. Developed by Facepunch Studios and published by Valve, Gmod is a sandbox game that allows you to manipulate objects and the world around you. There are no objectives, just to create. You can import assets, objects and sources from other games like Team Fortress, make your own games, movies, and bizarre weird disfigured monstrosities whilst getting used to its vast, catalogue of tools and materials. It’s not the most user-friendly, but that’s part of the fun and appeal of Gmod. So, get your copy on Steam. Are you a starving artist? Would you like to be one? Well, Passpartout: The Starving Artist can help. Developed and published by Flamebait Games, you actually do real drawings in an in-game program similar to MS Paint. You play as a French artist carving out their destiny in the art world, by drawing, ahem… masterpieces. Well, since art is subjective, your stick person might just win over the ire or adoration of the art scene you have to impress. And do your best, because you have baguette and wine bills to pay, and they are most definitely not going to pay for themselves. Grab a copy of Passpartout: The Starving Artist on Steam. With Minecraft, it’s not necessarily the actual stand-alone game that wins it creativity points, but the opportunities to be creative. Minecraft is what you make it, literally. You can build breath-taking, jaw-dropping cities and towns, or the “ACTUAL most inefficient staircase ”. You can affect the look of your builds by downloading different mods, or stretch your creative juices by making your own mods, game modes, or creating ambitious mega objects like the fully scaled and detailed Starship Enterprise NCC-1701-A made by a player named Kusanagi.
