House Painter – House Paint Game

A satisfying house paint game for your browser

House Painter is a relaxing house paint game where you grab a roller and give fences, garden sheds, bedrooms, barns and whole houses a fresh coat of colour. Drag your finger or mouse across the grey primer and watch thick, textured paint follow you. The coverage meter climbs with every stroke, and each wall you finish pops with a little "Done!". The challenge is to paint the house neatly: leave the windows clean, keep the right colour on the right wall and do it before the clock runs out. There are 12 levels, it works on phones and computers, and it is completely free with no download.

How to play

1. Look at the surfaces. Everything grey still needs paint. A coloured dot on each surface shows which colour it needs.
2. Pick a colour from the paint cans and choose the roller for big areas or the brush for narrow parts.
3. Drag to paint. The timer starts with your first stroke. The percentage at the top shows how much is covered.
4. Avoid the mess. Windows, doors, furniture, sky and grass must stay clean, and walls must get their own colour.
5. Finish. At 99.5% coverage the level ends by itself; from 90% you can press Done whenever you like.

Tips from a tidy painter

• Roll in long, straight lanes. Overlap each lane slightly with the previous one, just like painting a real wall, and you will not leave thin grey stripes.
• Cut in first. Real painters use a brush around windows and edges before they roll. Do the same: brush a border around each window, then roll the open areas fast.
• Follow the boards. On the picket fence, roll up and down each board instead of across the fence so the paint stays off the gaps.
• Mind the paint can. On limited-paint levels, plan your lanes so you do not paint the same strip twice in a different colour, and do not waste paint on the windows.
• Beat the par time. Three stars need a quick finish. Big roller lanes first, details last.

How the score works

Every surface is measured pixel by pixel. Coverage is the share of the surfaces that carry the right colour; a thin 2-pixel strip along each edge is not required, so you never have to hunt for the last pixel in a corner. Mess is paint where it should not be: on glass, doors, furniture, the sky, the lawn or a wall that wanted a different colour. One star needs 90% coverage, two stars need 97% with under 3% mess, and three stars need 99%, under 1.5% mess and a time within par. A job with more than 20% mess is rejected, so a careless zig-zag across the whole screen never wins.

Twelve jobs, from fence to mansion

You start with an easy garden fence in a single colour, then move to a shed with a window, a pink bedroom wall around a door and a picture frame, and a cottage with a red front door. Later jobs ask for more skill: a white picket fence with gaps between the boards, a two-storey house with limited paint, a living room with two wall colours, a red barn with white cross trim on the door, a striped nursery, a town house with green shutters, a three-colour kids room mural and finally a grand mansion with columns and a purple pediment.

Why painting games feel so good

Watching a grey wall turn into clean, even colour is one of the most satisfying things there is, which is why painting and decorating videos are so popular. This paint the house game captures that feeling and adds just enough challenge to keep you coming back for three stars. If you like painting games, try hiding in the scenery in the hide and seek paint game, mix your own colours in thecolor match game or claim the board inPaint.io territory.