Drawing Contest — Play Free Online

Puzzle & Brain

Drawing Contest is a free online sketching game: draw the prompt, get votes from other players and climb the leaderboard, right in your browser.

Drawing Contest is an online sketching game: you get a prompt, you draw your own take on it, and other players vote on the results. It is built by The Good Guys, and Poki lists it under simulation games. There is no combat, so it sits at the opposite end of the catalogue from the platform climbers Doodle Jump is known for.

A round is short. The game hands everyone the same subject, you sketch it with the mouse or your finger, and your picture goes up against drawings from other people. Votes turn into points, and points move you up the leaderboard. What matters is not drawing skill so much as picking an idea that people recognise quickly and find funny or clever.

It suits a Doodle Jump player who wants a break from dodging and bouncing. The doodle look of the original fits naturally with a game where rough sketches are the whole point.

How to play

The controls are simple: click to draw with a mouse, or tap and drag on a touchscreen. The generic arrow-key and WASD line that appears in some listings does not apply here, because the game is all about the pointer.

Read the prompt, draw, and submit when you are happy with it. Then the game shows how your picture does against the other entries, and the points you earn from votes count toward your place on the leaderboard.

Tips

Go for the most obvious feature of the prompt first. A recognisable silhouette beats a detailed drawing nobody can read.
Keep your lines bold and few. Voters see a small image and decide fast.
A mouse or a drawing tablet is steadier than a finger, so use one if you care about a clean line.
A small joke or twist on the subject can win votes over a plain, careful copy.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want something where speed matters, Helix Jump has you guide a ball down a tower, and Doodle Jump itself is the endless-climb original. For another puzzle with a partner, Fireboy and Watergirl asks two players to coordinate through temple levels. Drawing Contest is the calm, creative option among these.

It runs in the browser with nothing to install, on desktop or phone, and a round is quick enough to fit between longer sessions.