Steam Community :: Rejected Draft

Store Page

Rejected Draft

All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews

Rejected Draft

Store Page

0 in Group Chat

View Stats:

Global Achievements

1,637 In-Game | 0 in Group Chat |

View Stats

Global Achievements

Climb out of the trash and fight your way back to the artist who rejected you. Defeat sketches, steal their strengths, and begin a months-long incremental journey through an ever-growing web of stats, upgrades, prestige layers, automation, and absurd numbers. Easy to start, hard to master.

-24%

$12.99

$9.87

Visit the Store Page

Early Access Game

Get instant access and start playing; get involved with this game as it develops. Learn more.

Most popular community and official content for the past week. (?)

One Week Until Launch: Reincarnation, Brushes, Cards & More!

Nov 4

Only ONE WEEK until Rejected Draft launches into Early Access on November 11!

With the release getting so close, I wanted to give you a proper look at some of the big additions coming to the full game.

If you've played the demo, you've already experienced the beginning of the journey. But there's a whole lot more waiting beyond it!

Multiversal Reincarnation

Defeating the Artist is only the beginning!

Reincarnation introduces a massive new prestige layer, allowing you to start over in alternate universes, each with its own challenges, difficulties, and rewards.

Conquer universes, earn permanent bonuses, and grow increasingly powerful as you work your way through this new layer of progression.

Artists' Brushes

The full game introduces Brushes, powerful equippable items that provide significant bonuses to your progression.

Each time you defeat The Artist, you get their Brush. Collect different Brushes, experiment with their effects, and find the ones that skyrocket your progress.

Cards Collection

Another new addition is Cards, passive collectibles that permanently increase both the stat and currency rewards earned from their corresponding sketches. Completing universes grants a number of cards that scales with difficulty.

Steam Achievements & Leaderboards

Yes, both Steam achievements and leaderboards are coming at launch!

Whether you're an achievement hunter or someone who enjoys a little friendly competition, there will be plenty to work toward.

A Note About Saves: Web vs. Steam

This is important, especially for those who have been playing Rejected Draft for a long time.

The web version and Steam version are completely separate games. Web saves are not compatible with Steam.

However, Steam demo progress will seamlessly carry over into the full game! The previously announced carryover cap of 1e51 Quintessence still applies.

And here's the exciting part: there is still time to reach the end of the demo before November 11!

If you get there before launch, you'll be ready to jump straight into the new content and compete on a level playing field when the Steam leaderboards go live.

If you've been thinking about trying the demo, now is a great time to start!

Secret Codes!

The game will also feature secret codes. All codes will be given out in public announcements - never hidden private distributions. Here's the second one ever revealed:

[c]IJUSTWANTADECENTBRUSH[/c]

You can redeem this code to receive a special Brush granting:

20x Graphite rewards
20x Quintessence gain

You won't be able to use this one immediately, but it'll be worth remembering when you get there! The prerequisite for using the code is having cleared 3 universes (which might take a few weeks).

See You in One Week!

Rejected Draft launches on November 11 at 6:00 AM PST.

It's hard to believe we're finally this close. I've been looking forward to sharing all of these systems with everyone, and I can't wait to see what you do with them.

Thank you for being part of this journey.
- Kuzzi

Rejected Draft

Don't explain a 5 second minigame while it is running

You made a bunch of minigames with very short time (<5 seconds). What made you think explaining the goal while it is running could ever be a good idea? At least the first time, give me a popup that explains the rules with a "I confirm I had time to read and understand it." Because I cannot even read the text as fast as it runs....

zgrssd

38 minutes ago

General Discussions

High CPU usage

My game is lagging and freezes a little bit every time when I kill an enemy. I checked my task manager and this game uses a lot of CPU making my whole computer go nuts. Please find what is causing this and add option to disable whatever is causing this.

ily

9 hours ago

General Discussions

Rejected Draft Launches November 11!

Oct 28

After a year in development, countless updates, and an incredible amount of community support, I’m beyond excited to announce that Rejected Draft is officially launching into Steam Early Access on November 11, 2026!

And this time, our little rejected doodle will finally get its revenge on the Artist.

Release Pricing

Rejected Draft will launch at a base price of $12.99 USD, with a 24% launch discount running through November 24! Regional pricing will also be available, with prices adjusted for different regions around the world.

The Adventure Is Just Beginning

If you’ve played the demo or web version, you’ve only experienced a fraction of what Rejected Draft has become. The full game brings a massive expansion of progression, entirely new systems, new challenges, and plenty of surprises. Some of these additions fundamentally change how you approach the game, and I can’t wait for you to discover them!

I’ll be sharing a much more detailed look at what’s coming in another Steam announcement next week, including some exciting new features and a few surprises for those of you who enjoy a little friendly competition.

I Can’t Wait to Play Alongside You!

One of the things I’m most excited about is finally getting to experience the full game alongside all of you.

After spending so much time building, testing, and balancing everything, I can’t wait to see the strategies you come up with, the challenges you overcome, and just how far you manage to push the game.

To everyone who’s played, tested, submitted artwork, shared feedback, or simply followed development: thank you. You’ve helped turn this project into something far bigger than I ever imagined.

Just two more weeks!

If you haven’t already, please consider wishlisting Rejected Draft on Steam. And if you’re new here, the free demo is still available with over 100 hours of content to keep you busy until launch!

See you on November 11!

- Kuzzi

Rejected Draft

19 people found this review helpful

Recommended

39.7 hrs on record

Posted: November 11

Early Access Review

6.5/10 Would still recommend it's a fun little idle game. Would be 9/10 but Demo gave you permanent 2x speed and the game felt better at that speed which it then promptly removes when going to live version and instead offers you 1 minute of speedup every hour or something ridiculous.

Bring back 2x as the base speed of the game and offer improvements from there.

Syraniss

619 products in account

12 people found this review helpful
5 people found this review funny

Recommended

36.7 hrs on record

Posted: November 11

Early Access Review

You will become addicted, some may become obsessed... in a really fun way

**WARNING: EXTREME LEVELS OF ENJOYMENT MAY OCCUR.**

For optimal gameplay experience, it is strongly recommended that players use two monitors, allowing the game to run continuously on one screen while they enjoy the benefits of having a second screen for literally anything else.

Prolonged exposure may result in excessive dopamine production, uncontrollable satisfaction from watching numbers go up, and an overwhelming desire to make just one more upgrade. Common side effects include checking the game every 30 seconds, celebrating seemingly insignificant numerical milestones, developing an unhealthy appreciation for exponential growth, and saying "I'm almost done" despite having absolutely no intention of stopping.

Players may experience time distortion, where a quick five-minute check-in mysteriously becomes three hours of optimized production, resource management, and increasingly ambitious automation. Some users report repeatedly checking their progress while away from the computer, mentally calculating upgrade costs during unrelated conversations, and experiencing genuine excitement over numbers that would otherwise mean absolutely nothing.

Increased productivity within the game may lead to dangerously high expectations for productivity in real life. This is a known phenomenon and should not be confused with actual productivity.

There is currently no recommended maximum dosage. The game may be left running overnight, during meals, and while performing other activities. In fact, this is strongly encouraged.

If you begin dreaming about upgrades, prestige bonuses, multipliers, or unlocking the next research tier, this is a sign that the treatment is working.

**Warning: May cause permanent attachment to watching numbers get bigger. Side effects are generally considered awesome.**

**No refunds on lost free time. No regrets anticipated.**

Mom Clancy

6 people found this review helpful

Recommended

28.6 hrs on record

Posted: November 11

Early Access Review

An excellent game, crafted with passion and a great community. I loved the demo (I played over 200 hours). Looking forward to the future of this project.

EXTREMO

330 products in account

Screenshot

Award

ウイングバット。落書きみたいのやふざけた敵が多い。進行はかなり牛歩

zalemu

View screenshots

Rejected Draft Has Grown — Development Update

Oct 15

Hey everyone! Kuzzi here, the solo developer of Rejected Draft. This is my first Steam announcement, and it’s long overdue!

About the release date

First, I want to acknowledge that Rejected Draft was originally planned for an August release, and that date has obviously come and gone. I should have communicated that sooner, so apologies to anyone who’s been waiting for news! The good news is that development is very much alive, and the game has grown far beyond what I originally planned!

Scope Creep

Rejected Draft was always designed around deep, interconnected progression systems, with a lot of math and careful balancing to make everything fit together. But as development continued, the scope expanded to a whole new level. Features like equipment, collectibles, and challenges weren’t even part of the original plan!

Combined with continued improvements to all existing systems, UI, and balancing, the full game is shaping up to be something much more substantial than I initially envisioned.

Over 1 MILLION hours played?!

I recently took a closer look at the statistics across the web versions and Steam demo, and discovered something that genuinely blew me away. Players have collectively spent well over 1 MILLION hours playing Rejected Draft! As a solo developer, that’s incredibly humbling.

With everything that's been added, the full game is now on track to offer 5,000 hours of progression for the most dedicated players. It's wild to think that, if even a fraction of the people who've wishlisted the game eventually experience all that content, we could someday surpass 10 MILLION total hours played.

Honestly, the biggest reward for me is knowing that something I created, this little labor of love, has brought people so many hours of enjoyment.

Thank you!

To everyone who’s played, contributed artwork, shared feedback, reported bugs, or just followed along, a sincere thank you! The free Steam demo already offers 100+ hours of content and some players have squeezed it for way more than it was meant to offer. I can’t wait for you to experience everything the full game has in store.

Thank you for being part of this journey.

Kuzzi

Rejected Draft

Auto-Fight-Next is dumb

Hello, automatically fighting the NEXT enemy does not fight ne NEXT one but the "smallest ID non maxed out" enemy. So it's currently for me unusable because it always jumps back to an upgraded enemy I can't beat yet. Also the fight next should go on a switch "If can't beat enemy, try next enemy" until the whole list is done. The current one is okayish for normal enemies but as soon as strong enemies come in play its the most useless feature so far. Would be great if that could be fixed....

kannakamui.de

Nov 11 @ 4:14pm

General Discussions

Yo how do you import web progress to the full version?

700+ hours and I have the save file kept, but I couldn't find the settings

862530589

Nov 11 @ 7:16am

General Discussions

Issue on Linux launcher

On Linux, the default launcher is "Steam Linux Runtime 3.0", but this option doesn't actually open the game. Switching to latest stable proton works. So I guess the Linux build is broken?