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Hue cover art

Hue

Fiddlesticks Games · Curve Games · 2016-08-30

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Hue is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 11347 reviews).

11
playing now
93%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (16 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (101 ratings)
4.29★
PlayStation Store rating (6,202 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 3.5h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Hue trailer thumbnail

Hue - Coming Soon Trailer | PS4, PS Vita

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 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 3% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 285k–683k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,389 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.31-85%
IndieGala$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
WinGameStore$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 145 of 179 observed days · $1.76 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

2952026-09-15 12:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 18 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 29 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 19 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 24 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 23 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5461Aug 2016Aug 2026Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 15Dec 2016 — avg 6 · peak 46Apr 2017 — avg 12 · peak 46Aug 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2017 — avg 7 · peak 21Apr 2018 — avg 3 · peak 14Aug 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2018 — avg 3 · peak 14Apr 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2019 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2020 — avg 10 · peak 24Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2021 — avg 4 · peak 17Dec 2021 — avg 7 · peak 24Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 17Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2023 — avg 107 · peak 368Dec 2023 — avg 87 · peak 360Apr 2024 — avg 34 · peak 77Aug 2024 — avg 31 · peak 61Dec 2024 — avg 27 · peak 57Apr 2025 — avg 22 · peak 44Aug 2025 — avg 21 · peak 47Dec 2025 — avg 17 · peak 35Apr 2026 — avg 14 · peak 38Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 37
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.152016-08-242026-10-112016-08-24 — 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 $2.992026-09-17 — best price $2.992026-10-11 — best price $2.31
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5172026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-02 — 17 pageviews2026-06-06 — 11 pageviews2026-06-10 — 17 pageviews2026-06-14 — 24 pageviews2026-06-18 — 20 pageviews2026-06-22 — 18 pageviews2026-06-26 — 15 pageviews2026-06-30 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 19 pageviews2026-07-08 — 11 pageviews2026-07-12 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 16 pageviews2026-07-20 — 10 pageviews2026-07-24 — 25 pageviews2026-07-28 — 12 pageviews2026-08-01 — 16 pageviews2026-08-05 — 17 pageviews2026-08-09 — 29 pageviews2026-08-13 — 24 pageviews2026-08-17 — 23 pageviews2026-08-21 — 19 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-29 — 17 pageviews2026-09-02 — 20 pageviews2026-09-06 — 15 pageviews2026-09-10 — 16 pageviews2026-09-14 — 23 pageviews2026-09-18 — 14 pageviews2026-09-22 — 14 pageviews2026-09-26 — 31 pageviews2026-09-30 — 21 pageviews2026-10-04 — 20 pageviews2026-10-08 — 24 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-08-30 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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