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ChromaGun cover art

ChromaGun

Pixel Maniacs · 2016-02-16

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 22, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jan 22, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 16, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 23, 2017 (Xbox One), Feb 16, 2016 (Mac), Feb 16, 2016 (Linux)

Welcome to ChromaTec’s test lab! You’re here to test our state-of-the-art military-grade color-technology: The ChromaGun (patent pending)! Use it to solve our meticulously designed test chambers by painting the walls and droids. Remember how to mix colors from pre-school? Then you qualify!

1
playing now
84%
positive of 652 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
5.3h
to beat · rushed 1.7h · completionist 6.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

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

ChromaGun is a first-person shooter puzzle video game developed by Pixel Maniacs, an independent game studio from Germany.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 41% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 652 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.58-11%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.29 at IndieGala Store (2022-07-12) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 31 of 38 observed days · $13.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.292016-02-162026-08-272016-02-16 — best price $12.742017-01-12 — best price $9.092017-11-28 — best price $12.992019-02-11 — best price $12.992019-11-26 — best price $3.892020-08-21 — best price $9.092020-10-09 — best price $12.992020-11-07 — best price $11.582020-12-09 — best price $11.582021-01-21 — best price $12.992021-02-21 — best price $11.582021-03-23 — best price $11.582021-04-23 — best price $11.582021-05-23 — best price $11.582021-07-25 — best price $11.582021-11-17 — best price $2.202022-01-17 — best price $11.692022-06-19 — best price $12.992022-08-16 — best price $2.042022-12-27 — best price $11.582023-02-27 — best price $12.992023-05-04 — best price $1.292023-07-01 — best price $11.582023-08-15 — best price $11.582023-10-10 — best price $2.592023-12-11 — best price $2.142024-02-11 — best price $8.992024-04-16 — best price $11.582024-06-27 — best price $2.592024-09-02 — best price $12.992024-11-27 — best price $2.592025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-11-29 — best price $11.582026-06-04 — best price $12.992026-08-27 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1512026-05-29 — 3 pageviews2026-06-01 — 4 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5 pageviews2026-06-16 — 5 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 4 pageviews2026-07-01 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 8 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4 pageviews2026-07-10 — 1 pageviews2026-07-13 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 13 pageviews2026-07-25 — 5 pageviews2026-07-28 — 3 pageviews2026-07-31 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 4 pageviews2026-08-06 — 12 pageviews2026-08-09 — 5 pageviews2026-08-12 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2 pageviews2026-08-18 — 2 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
81%
earned "Right in the Head!"
33.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,57017%22
PS4 (PlayStation)84779%21
Xbox One (Xbox)69362%20
PS4 (PlayStation)43280%21
PS4 (PlayStation)12949%19
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)8455%19
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

FunnyLogicActionComedyPuzzleSci-fiScienceColorfulStrategyDark Humor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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