Sloppy Forgeries painting archive: where your art is stored
Quick answer
The Painting Archive is a single-player feature that collects every forgery you make in-game, and those forgeries are stored locally on your computer. The official Sloppy Forgeries Steam page describes it under Single Player Mode: "View a collection of every forgery you make in-game (stored locally)." So there is no separate cloud gallery to manage — your butchered Mona Lisas live on your own machine.
| Painting Archive | View a collection of every forgery you make in-game (stored locally)Sloppy Forgeries on Steam |
|---|---|
| Platform | Windows only at launch (Nov 13, 2026)Sloppy Forgeries on Steam |
| Masterpiece Catalog | Track forgery scores and stats across 50 masterpiecesSloppy Forgeries on Steam |
The Sloppy Forgeries painting archive stores every forgery you make locally on your PC. Here is what it does and what players should know before launch.
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The Painting Archive is a single-player feature that collects every forgery you make in-game, and those forgeries are stored locally on your computer. The official Sloppy Forgeries Steam page describes it under Single Player Mode: "View a collection of every forgery you make in-game (stored locally)." So there is no separate cloud gallery to manage — your butchered Mona Lisas live on your own machine.
What the Painting Archive does
Every time you finish a painting, the game keeps the result and files it in the Archive, building a personal gallery of your work. It sits alongside two related single-player systems the Steam page lists:
- Masterpiece Catalog — tracks your forgery scores and stats across a catalog of 50 masterpieces.
- Time-Lapse Replays — lets you relive each stroke of a painting, and download and share replays as animated GIFs.
The developer also announced an archive-style gallery in the June 16, 2026 update on Steam ("Check out collections, modifiers, archives, replays"), and the June 2026 PlayNYC announcement notes that printing is officially in the game, so a finished forgery can be printed as well as archived. The developer's own site lists the Painting Archive with the same local-storage note.
Where forgeries are stored and what that means
Because the Archive is stored locally, your gallery is tied to the computer you painted on. The Steam page lists Steam Cloud among the game's features (checked 2026-11-09), but it does not state that the Painting Archive itself syncs, so treat your forgery collection as local data. Sloppy Forgeries launches on Windows on November 13, 2026, per the official Steam page, and the Archive is described as part of the full game's single-player mode rather than the demo.
Next steps
- Before you start forging, check the full painting list to see all 50 masterpieces across the collections.
- If you want a concrete target, the Starry Night painting guide covers one of the game's most recognizable subjects.
- To improve the results your Archive collects, see our tips for higher accuracy scores.
FAQ
Does the Sloppy Forgeries painting archive save my bad paintings too?
Yes. The official Steam page says it shows a collection of every forgery you make in-game, so each finished attempt is added, not just your best scores.
Can I share a forgery from the Archive?
The sharing feature the Steam page describes is for Time-Lapse Replays, which can be downloaded and shared as animated GIFs. Printing a finished forgery is also in the game per the developer's August 2026 Steam announcement.
Is the Painting Archive in the free demo?
The demo lets you forge a starter set of paintings, but the full Archive is listed among the full game's single-player features. The complete catalog of 50 masterpieces arrives with the November 13, 2026 launch.
Checked on 2026-11-09 against the official Steam store page and the developer's site. The Archive's exact in-game menu location is not shown in the official material, so that detail remains unconfirmed until launch.
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