There Will Be Ink

Short description

There Will Be Ink is a tactical action game for 1-8 players. Play solo or with friends in battles between stick figure armies on a paper notepad, just like you used to draw in class instead of paying attention!

Developer: Summit Fever
Publisher: Summit Fever
Release: Fri, Mar 10, 2023
Price: $6.99
Reviews: 29
Positive: 93%
Followers: 496
Owners (estimated): 0 – 20K
Concurrent players: n/a
Genres: Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation
Features: Multi-player, PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Partial Controller Support, Includes level editor, Remote Play Together
Tags: Real Time Tactics Hand-drawn Local Co-Op Spectacle fighter Difficult Shooter 2D Co-op Co-op Campaign Local Multiplayer 4 Player Local Twin Stick Shooter Tactical Combat Simulation Class-Based Multiplayer Singleplayer GameMaker Team-Based

Revenue (estimated, gross)~$9ksomewhere between $4k and $16k · roughly 580–2K copies

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Media

There Will Be Ink – There Will Be Ink - Release Trailer

There Will Be Ink – There Will Be Ink - A Quick Tour (Beta 5.0)

History

Tracking started Sep 4, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.

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Name	Studio	Shared	Tag difference	Price	Reviews	Positive	Released	Revenue (estimated)
DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION	Agafonoff 6 titles	3	− Real Time Tactics − Local Co-Op − Shooter + Action + Cartoon + Rogue-like	$2.99	12,484	95%	Mon, Feb 13, 2023	$798k $710k – $1.4m
Hot Brass	Walk with Kings first game	3	− Hand-drawn − Local Co-Op − Spectacle fighter + Stealth + Crime + Top-Down	$14.99	494	82%	Fri, Feb 26, 2021	$295k $265k – $524k
Reloader: test_subject	Nevertheless Studio 4 titles	3	− Hand-drawn − Local Co-Op − Spectacle fighter + Side Scroller + Shoot 'Em Up + Beat 'em up	~~$0.99~~ $0.74 25% best price ever	292	92%	Fri, Jan 14, 2022	$13k $6k – $97k