The Game Census
Polychromatic cover art

Polychromatic

Brushfire Games · 2015-10-02

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 02, 2015 (Xbox One), Oct 02, 2015 (Linux), Oct 02, 2015 (Mac), Oct 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Polychromatic is a physics-based arcade shooter with a pop of color.

95%
positive of 57 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 20,820 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2018-06-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 2 of 2 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320152026Week of 2015-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-10-022026-09-252015-10-02 — best price $9.992015-11-26 — best price $2.492015-12-22 — best price $2.492016-07-04 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $1.992017-01-26 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $2.992017-11-01 — best price $2.992017-11-28 — best price $2.992018-02-15 — best price $1.492018-07-05 — best price $2.992018-11-21 — best price $1.012019-01-04 — best price $2.992019-06-25 — best price $1.012019-11-01 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $1.042020-11-02 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $0.742021-07-08 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $0.742022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-06-23 — best price $1.192022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $1.492023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $1.492024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-04-06 — best price $0.002026-09-25 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-10-13 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieActionArcadeColorfulFree to PlayArena ShooterGreat SoundtrackTwin Stick Shooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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