*Scriptorium* is now available on Steam! Medieval illustrators, get to work!

Folks, this game has flavor right from the opening! Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts is now on sale on Steam, with the release announcement coming out of London, UK, on April 16, 2026. It doesn’t cast you as a knight charging into battle, nor as a king barking orders—instead, it plants you at a medieval desk, puts a pen in your hand, and tells you to get to work.

Here’s the key point: at its core, this isn’t just about drawing, but “drawing plus management plus commissions.” You’ll be creating medieval-style artwork while also running your own manuscript workshop. And the client requests are wonderfully unhinged—war illustrations, romances, love letters, even ransom notes can all be custom-ordered from you. That range of services? In variety show terms, that’s an all-rounder.

In Story Mode, players can create their own scribe character and take on work from patrons across the land. On the surface, you’re just painting manuscripts, but in reality the kingdom is buzzing with rumors, and there’s royal drama lurking behind it all. I love this setup—you’ve got parchment under your pen and palace gossip in your ears, which makes for maximum entertainment value.

But! If you just want to quietly be an artist, Sandbox Mode has you covered. In this mode, clients and commissions are put aside so you can freely recreate historical masterpieces or dive straight into making original works. The developers have also prepared a huge library of drag-and-drop assets sourced from real medieval manuscripts and marginalia. Illuminated initials, decorative patterns, border details—you can pack them all into your creations.

And it gets even better with workshop customization. Furniture, lighting, tapestries, flowers, windows, columns, carpets—you can arrange it all. You can even summon cats, dogs, and little dragons to keep you company while you work. Somehow, a medieval studio has been turned into a “manuscript-themed cozy nook,” and for atmosphere alone, this gets high marks from me.

The practical features haven’t been neglected either. Your works can be saved to an in-game gallery and exported as PNG files, making them easy to print or share on social media. The developers have also stated that players can use the game to create tabletop RPG maps, props, handouts, and other hobbyist non-commercial projects. Anyone into tabletop campaigns has probably already started rubbing their hands together at this point.

As for pricing, Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts is listed at 55 RMB on Steam China, while overseas pricing is set at £12.99, $14.99, and €14.99. If you buy it before April 30, there’s also an extra 20% launch discount. My advice is simple: if you like creative tools, decorating gameplay, or you’re into the medieval manuscript vibe of Inkulinati, this is worth jumping on while the discount lasts. If all you care about is intense combat feedback, though, you may want to wait and see.

Developer Yaza Games is from Poland, and one of its best-known titles is Inkulinati. So this isn’t some outsider awkwardly trying to cash in on medieval art—it’s a familiar name returning to a field it knows well and showing off again. Publisher Mythwright was founded in 2024 and has signed a string of indie games including Thronefall, Songs of Iron, and Going Medieval. Now it’s just a matter of seeing what the Steam community does with it—I can already picture all kinds of gloriously absurd parchment creations flooding the feed.