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A chill falling-sand pixel physics sandbox. Paint with 19 interactive materials — water, lava, acid, crystals, plants, and more — and watch them react in real time. No goals. No pressure. Just pixels.
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Pixel Rain
SteamAbout Pixel Rain
Paint pixels. Watch chaos unfold.
Pixel Rain is a relaxing falling-sand physics sandbox where every cell on a giant grid obeys its own rules. Pour water, drop sand, ignite lava, grow crystals — then sit back and watch it all interact.
There's no campaign, no fail state, no pressure. Just you, a canvas full of physics-driven pixels, and a lot of satisfying emergent behaviour.
19 Materials to Paint With
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Sand — piles and settles naturally
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Water — flows, pools, and reacts with almost everything
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Lava — turns water into steam, melts ice, ignites everything nearby
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Acid — slowly corrodes stone, metal, and crystal
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Oil — floats on water, highly flammable
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Crystal — grows from water and ice into spreading formations
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Plant — feeds on water and spreads organically
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Plasma — decays into sparks over time
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Void — silently erases everything it touches
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Magnet — pulls nearby metal cells toward it
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Plus: Paint, Slime, Foam, Snow, Ice, Smoke, Spark, Stone, Metal
Features
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60 FPS physics simulation on a dynamic grid up to ~620×480 cells
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30+ brush presets with scatter, sparkle, and jitter tuning
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6 customizable quick-slot brushes
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Adjustable gravity, flow speed, brush size, and zoom
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3 procedurally synthesized music modes: Rain, Magma, and Aurora
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Procedural sound effects keyed to each material — no audio files, all generated in real time
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One-button MP4 clip export (R to record, R to save)
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Showcase cinematic mode (T) — the camera finds the most active region of your canvas and records it automatically
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Save and load your canvas locally
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30 local achievements with progress bars and in-game toasts
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Custom color palette and lobby theming
Early Access
Pixel Rain is in Early Access. The core simulation is fully playable and stable. Expect new materials, brush tools, and quality-of-life improvements as development continues. Feedback welcome.
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