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Chicory: A Colorful Tale cover art

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Wishes Ultd. · Finji · 2021-06-10

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AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 30, 2023 (Xbox One), May 30, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 10, 2021 (Mac), Dec 15, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 10, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

A top-down adventure game in a coloring book world full of vibrant characters. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on anything! From creators on Wandersong + Celeste.

11
playing now
97%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
92/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
9h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Chicory: A Colorful Tale is an adventure video game by indie developer Greg Lobanov and published by Finji. It was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 in June 2021, for Nintendo Switch in December 2021, and for Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S in May 2023. The game features an anthropomorphic dog with a magical paintbrush, which is used to color the game world. Chicory: A Colorful Tale received "universal acclaim" from critics.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 238 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 80k–179k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,985 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Humble Store (2023-06-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32832820212026Week of 2021-06-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1532026-08-07 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992021-06-102026-08-262021-06-10 — best price $19.992021-12-06 — best price $15.992021-12-11 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-04-11 — best price $19.992022-11-18 — best price $13.992022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-01-06 — best price $13.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-06-03 — best price $19.992023-06-16 — best price $19.992023-08-22 — best price $13.992023-10-17 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-03 — best price $19.992024-02-19 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-20 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-13 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $9.992025-02-10 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-12 — best price $9.992025-09-04 — best price $19.992025-10-23 — best price $9.992025-11-17 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-05-28 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

126392026-05-23 — 57 pageviews2026-05-26 — 78 pageviews2026-05-29 — 52 pageviews2026-06-01 — 97 pageviews2026-06-04 — 58 pageviews2026-06-07 — 54 pageviews2026-06-10 — 66 pageviews2026-06-13 — 47 pageviews2026-06-16 — 54 pageviews2026-06-19 — 58 pageviews2026-06-22 — 65 pageviews2026-06-25 — 74 pageviews2026-06-28 — 72 pageviews2026-07-01 — 62 pageviews2026-07-04 — 53 pageviews2026-07-07 — 51 pageviews2026-07-10 — 59 pageviews2026-07-13 — 44 pageviews2026-07-16 — 59 pageviews2026-07-19 — 62 pageviews2026-07-22 — 52 pageviews2026-07-25 — 64 pageviews2026-07-28 — 46 pageviews2026-07-31 — 66 pageviews2026-08-03 — 55 pageviews2026-08-06 — 47 pageviews2026-08-09 — 61 pageviews2026-08-12 — 56 pageviews2026-08-15 — 49 pageviews2026-08-18 — 50 pageviews2026-08-20 — 73 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
91.3%
earned "Helpful"
26.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)5,9368%33
PS4 (PlayStation)4,49119%34
PS5 (PlayStation)4,43228%34
Steam (Steam)3,11015%33
Switch (Nintendo)1520%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGCuteFunnyIndieLGBTQ+PuzzleColorfulRelaxingAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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