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Hue cover art

Hue

Fiddlesticks Games · Curve Games · 2016-08-30

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 30, 2016 (Linux), Aug 30, 2016 (Mac), Jun 06, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 30, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 30, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Aug 30, 2016 (PlayStation Vita)

Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.

12
playing now
93%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (16 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (101 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 3.5h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Hue is a 2016 puzzle-platform game developed by Fiddlesticks and published by Curve Digital. The game was released on 30 August 2016, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One; on 29 November 2016, for the PlayStation Vita; and on 6 June 2019, for Nintendo Switch. There were further releases for iOS on 25 January 2020 and Android on 22 April 2020.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 135 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 284k–681k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,347 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.21-85%
Humble Store$2.99-80%
IndieGala$2.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-80%
GamersGate$3.00-80%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.55 at AllYouPlay (2020-10-26) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 120 of 158 observed days · $1.66 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
434320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2772026-08-06 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 19 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 26 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 19 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 19 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 16 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 14 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.152016-08-242026-08-302016-08-24 — best price $14.992017-07-05 — best price $14.992018-01-08 — best price $3.262018-05-21 — best price $14.482018-09-07 — best price $14.992018-12-28 — best price $14.992019-05-24 — best price $1.492019-11-21 — best price $2.992020-02-05 — best price $14.842020-04-11 — best price $2.452020-06-15 — best price $12.482020-08-17 — best price $1.492020-10-04 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $1.202021-02-05 — best price $2.692021-04-14 — best price $13.392021-06-06 — best price $12.632021-08-18 — best price $1.502021-11-01 — best price $2.242022-01-14 — best price $2.992022-03-25 — best price $1.292022-05-25 — best price $2.992022-08-12 — best price $2.912022-11-14 — best price $2.252023-02-06 — best price $14.992023-04-21 — best price $2.692023-07-15 — best price $14.992023-10-11 — best price $1.342024-01-01 — best price $12.442024-04-01 — best price $2.992024-07-19 — best price $2.992024-11-16 — best price $11.012025-02-21 — best price $2.532025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-30 — best price $2.112026-01-29 — best price $2.992026-04-28 — best price $2.922026-07-30 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.21
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3962026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-01 — 14 pageviews2026-06-04 — 12 pageviews2026-06-07 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 17 pageviews2026-06-13 — 15 pageviews2026-06-16 — 17 pageviews2026-06-19 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 18 pageviews2026-06-25 — 26 pageviews2026-06-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-01 — 18 pageviews2026-07-04 — 19 pageviews2026-07-07 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-13 — 11 pageviews2026-07-16 — 16 pageviews2026-07-19 — 21 pageviews2026-07-22 — 15 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 12 pageviews2026-07-31 — 10 pageviews2026-08-03 — 27 pageviews2026-08-06 — 27 pageviews2026-08-09 — 29 pageviews2026-08-12 — 18 pageviews2026-08-15 — 17 pageviews2026-08-18 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 19 pageviews2026-08-24 — 20 pageviews2026-08-26 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
85.9%
earned "Aquacadabra"
37.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)29,97419%12
Xbox One (Xbox)14,74022%13
Steam (Steam)11,36527%13
Switch (Nintendo)790%0
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieCasualPuzzleColorfulAdventureNarrationPlatformerStory RichMetroidvania

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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