Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Worth it · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99, a BANGER if it drops to $12.76.
- Length
- 9.2h
- Value
- $2.17/hr
- Reviews
- 97% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Pretty good, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
A top-down adventure game in a coloring book world full of vibrant characters. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on anything! From creators on Wandersong + Celeste.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
June 2023 is where it bottomed out, at $9.99. It has been discounted 28 times in the 5 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 8 weeks between sales. Past sales have already crossed the $12.76 BANGER line 16 times.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 3 percent on value. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Outcore: Desktop Adventure (free, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Underhero ($14.99, scores 65).
3 of the 389 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 75 percent of the 146 reviews written there were positive, against 97 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 9.2 hours; clearing it takes 21, which is 2.2 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 9.2 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
91% start to 8% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
10 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 21:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
If you're an artist or just love to doodle, try this game out. I highly recommend it for its gameplay, story, and overall charm. It's not hard, so don't stress about it, just enjoy the ride and exploration."
Morale of the story: You don't need to be choosen by the gods, you can just draw cats holding cookies if you want
Man what a great game. I was blown away by the amount of variety and the clever level design that the game has. Its got a nice and simple but well written story, although one part near the end I think was a bit too cheesy and kind of came out of the blue (heh, literally). Fortunately I don't hate fun so it doesn't really bother me. I'm sure a lot of people are here because of Lena Raine's work on the soundtrack and...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Chicory: A Colorful Tale scores 76/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1123450/chicory-a-colorful-taleReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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