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Discolored cover art

Discolored

Jason Godbey · 2019-11-11

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 18, 2021 (Xbox One), Jul 01, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 01, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Nov 11, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 08, 2019 (iOS), Nov 08, 2019 (Mac)

Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.

78%
positive of 700 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
1h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

A lonely roadside diner in the middle of the desert. The locals say it’s lost all its color. You are sent to investigate. Discolored​ is a strange and surreal puzzle adventure, taking place over two-or-so hours in a single desolate location. Your mission: restore the color to this once-vibrant world. What caused the colors to disappear? How can they be brought back? As you explore, you'll solve an array of inventive puzzles and uncover a selection of clues - leading you to discover the deeper secrets of this strange place at the end of an abandoned highway.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 16,321 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 700 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2023-04-24) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 20 of 39 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620192026Week of 2019-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$1.992019-11-112026-09-142019-11-11 — best price $5.992020-01-20 — best price $7.992020-04-20 — best price $4.392020-07-09 — best price $7.992020-10-29 — best price $3.992020-12-01 — best price $7.992021-02-11 — best price $3.992021-05-12 — best price $7.992021-09-10 — best price $3.992021-11-20 — best price $7.992022-01-13 — best price $3.992022-06-24 — best price $3.992022-09-08 — best price $7.992022-12-05 — best price $3.192023-02-01 — best price $7.992023-04-11 — best price $7.992023-06-29 — best price $2.392023-09-21 — best price $7.992023-12-05 — best price $1.992024-02-01 — best price $7.992024-04-22 — best price $1.992024-07-11 — best price $7.992024-10-02 — best price $2.792024-12-04 — best price $7.992025-02-22 — best price $3.192025-04-08 — best price $7.992025-07-11 — best price $2.392025-09-07 — best price $7.992025-10-27 — best price $2.392025-12-11 — best price $4.792026-01-18 — best price $2.792026-03-17 — best price $7.992026-04-16 — best price $2.792026-06-13 — best price $7.992026-07-27 — best price $7.992026-09-14 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
75.5%
earned "Green"
65.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-11-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)1,39491%13
Steam (Steam)1,16448%16
PS4 (PlayStation)5777%18
PS5 (PlayStation)2483%18
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

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

Player tags

HorrorLinearPuzzleSurrealColorfulRelaxingDetectiveStory RichEscape RoomExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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