Adventure · June 10, 2021

Chicory: A Colorful Tale (2021)

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Chicory: A Colorful Tale is a top-down adventure game in a coloring book world where you can draw on anything. Use your painting powers to explore new places, solve puzzles, help your friends, and change the world! Something terrible happened. Chicory, superstar artist and wielder of the Brush , is missing, and all the color in the land vanished with her. It’s up to you, Chicory’s number one fan, to pick up the Brush and fill in for her. It’s a big job… but you’re ready for it! Probably! Explore the Picnic Province, and paint on anything! Solve puzzles and manipulate the environment with paint. Unlock new paint abilities and use them to reach new places. Dress up how you want with collectible clothes, plants, and furniture. Discover a world full of 100+ animal characters. Experience 10+ hours of gameplay and dozens of side quests including mail delivery, art classes, photo taking, and more. Play with your friends and paint together in local co-op! Featuring audio design by Em Halberstadt and A Shell in the Pit (Untitled Goose Game, Night in the Woods) And an original soundtrack by Lena Raine ! (Celeste, Minecraft)

Adventure releases from 2021

87 Adventure titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Peer Adventure titles

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Indie · 202
  • Adventure · 179
  • RPG · 151
  • Cute · 76
  • Great Soundtrack · 74
  • Colorful · 70
  • Emotional · 69
  • Story Rich · 64
  • Puzzle · 55
  • Relaxing · 41
  • Local Co-Op · 40
  • Funny · 39
  • Singleplayer · 31
  • 2D · 29
  • LGBTQ+ · 24

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.4k Steam reviewsTop 63% in Adventure
Positive rating98% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 8%
Metacritic90/100Genre average 77 — top 4% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours10 h averageTop 34% for session depth among Adventure

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

98%Overwhelmingly Positive · 3.4k reviews

3.4k positive · 68 negative

Metacritic

90/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.5/10

Curator recommendations

3.2k

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play Together

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“A must-play. Don’t sleep on this clear GOTY contender.” Recommended – Polygon “A pristine little adventure with fun puzzles, a surprisingly rich paint mechanic, and a story that's disarmingly real, difficult, and heartfelt.” 9/10 – IGN “Not only is Chicory a fun game, and not only did it speak to me on a profound level, it also made me want to be a better me.” 95/100 – Destructoid

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

10h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

8h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Achievements

33

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateJun 10, 2021
DeveloperWishes Ultd., Greg Lobanov, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine, Madeline Berger, A Shell in the Pit
PublisherFinji
Base price$9.99 -50%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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