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Story Bored
DIRECT, CAST, AND DRAW... THEN PRAY YOUR FRIENDS KNOW HOW TO VOICE IT OVER...

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Features
Online PvP
Online Co-op
Includes level editor
Family Sharing
Steam is learning about this game 
Languages:
Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English ✔ ✔
Content
Includes Interactive Elements

In-game chat, Online interactivity

Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Story Bored is being released in Early Access so we can develop and refine the game alongside the community.

While the core gameplay experience is already playable, there are still features, game modes, interface improvements, and quality-of-life changes we want to explore before considering the game complete.

Story Bored is built around creativity and playing with friends- so player feedback is especially valuable to us. Early Access gives us the opportunity to see how different groups actually play the game, learn which features players enjoy most, identify areas that need improvement, and use that feedback to help guide our future development.

Our goal throughout Early Access is to polish and expand the experience while maintaining the core drawing, writing, and voice-acting gameplay that defines Story Bored.
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Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We hope by the end of the year to early next year, we will have a "ready game"- but honestly, there can always be more to add and update.

That said- the game will be "finished" once everything we know can be added, fixed, and removed is done, which will hopefully be completed by June 2027 at the latest.

There will ALWAYS be more updates after!”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“We plan for the full version of Story Bored to build upon the core experience available in Early Access with additional content, features, and polish.

Throughout Early Access, we plan to expand the game with additional game modes, customization and unlockable content, improvements to the drawing and voice-acting experience, expanded UI and menus, and additional quality-of-life features.

We also plan to use player feedback during Early Access to help determine which areas of the game need the most attention and which features are worth expanding further.

By full release, our goal is for Story Bored to offer a more polished, feature-rich, and customizable experience while keeping the same core focus on creating, voicing, and watching storyboards with friends.
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What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The Early Access version of Story Bored is fully playable and includes the core multiplayer experience of creating, drawing, voicing, and watching storyboards with friends.

Players can create and join online lobbies, choose from the currently available game modes, draw storyboards and comics, write dialogue, record voice lines, and watch their completed creations together.

The game also currently includes customization options, host controls, drawing tools, voice effects, and additional activities and minigames to use during sessions.

While we plan to continue expanding and polishing the game throughout Early Access, the core gameplay loop and multiplayer experience are already implemented and playable.
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Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We currently plan to keep Story Bored at the same price during Early Access and after its full release.

Our goal is to keep the game affordable and accessible to groups of friends, and we do not currently plan to increase the base price when the game leaves Early Access.
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How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Community feedback will be an important part of Story Bored's development throughout Early Access.

We plan to actively collect player feedback, suggestions, and bug reports to help identify what should be improved, expanded, or adjusted. Feedback on game modes, drawing and voice-acting tools, customization, user interface, balancing, and quality-of-life features will help us understand how players actually use and experience the game.

We also want to involve the community creatively, including opportunities to highlight community creations and artwork where appropriate.

While not every suggestion can become part of the game, we plan to use community feedback alongside our own development goals to help shape Story Bored as it grows toward its full release.
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Planned Release Date: Aug 31, 2026

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About This Game

Write it. Draw it. Hand it to your friends. Hope they know what they're doing.

Story Bored is an online multiplayer drawing and voice-acting party game for 2–12 players.

Create a premise, turn it into a storyboard or comic, write dialogue for your characters, and then hand those characters over to your friends to perform.

The catch? The actors don't get the full story...

They receive their lines with limited context, record their performances, and only discover what they were actually voicing when everyone watches the completed storyboard together.

CREATE YOUR STORY

Start with a premise and build your own storyboard panel by panel.

Draw scenes using brushes, shapes, fill tools, colors, and other drawing tools. Add characters, write their dialogue, assign roles, and decide how your story should be performed.

You don't need to be an artist. A terrible drawing with great dialogue works just as well... usually...

VOICE SOMEONE ELSE'S

Once the stories are ready, players become the cast.

You'll receive lines from other players' creations along with directions such as Menacing, Flustered, Weeping, or Movie Trailer Voice.

What you won't receive is the entire story.

Record your interpretation of the line without knowing exactly what happened before it, what happens afterward, or why you're saying it in the first place.

Writers can even apply voice effects such as pitch changes, echo, grit, and reverb without the actor hearing the final result beforehand.

WATCH IT ALL COME TOGETHER

After everyone finishes recording, it's screening time.

Story Bored combines the drawings, dialogue, characters, and recorded performances and plays the completed creations back for the group.

For the first time, the actors get to see the scenes behind their lines, the writers get to hear how their characters were performed, and everyone gets to find out what they collectively created.

FIVE WAYS TO PLAY

  • Classic Mode — Create your own premise and storyboard, then let everyone else provide the voices.

  • Comic Mode — Draw a comic page, place speech and thought bubbles, and have the group perform it one balloon at a time.

  • Swap Premises Mode — Everyone writes a premise before the ideas are swapped. You have to create a storyboard from somebody else's idea.

  • Swap Scripts Mode — Write a complete script without drawing it. Another player has to illustrate what you wrote.

  • Custom Mode — Choose the rules yourself and customize how the session plays.

BUILT FOR FRIEND GROUPS

Story Bored is designed around private online sessions with your friends. Join a lobby using a six-letter room code and create stories together with groups of 2–12 players.

Hosts can control round timers and other session settings, allowing your group to decide how much time players have to write, draw, and record.

While you're waiting for someone who is taking their masterpiece a little too seriously, jump into minigames and other activities until they're finished.

SAVE THE RESULTS

Finished something that's actually worth preserving?

Save completed storyboards and export them as MP4 videos so you can keep the final result after the session ends.

FEATURES

  • Online multiplayer for 2–12 players

  • Private lobbies using six-letter room codes

  • Storyboard and comic drawing tools

  • Character dialogue and casting

  • Microphone voice recording

  • Acting directions and prompts

  • Voice effects including pitch, echo, grit, and reverb

  • Five different game modes

  • Customizable game rules and round timers

  • Minigames to play between rounds

  • Unlockable cosmetic customization

  • Save completed storyboards

  • Export finished creations as MP4 videos

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GOOD AT DRAWING.

You don't have to be good at writing, either.

And you definitely don't have to be a voice actor.

Bring some friends. Make something stupid. Perform it with completely inadequate context. Then watch the disaster together.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit or later
    • Processor: Any dual-core CPU, 2.0 GHz
    • Memory: 2000 MB MB RAM
    • Graphics: Any GPU with hardware acceleration
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    • VR Support: A microphone is required to record voice lines. Multiplayer requires 2–12 players.
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
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