Chroma Zero
Worth it · Narrative · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99, a BANGER if it drops to $5.51.
- Length
- 6.1h 10.2h to 100%
- Value
- $1.64/hr
- Reviews
- 96% of 364 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $5.51 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 7 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GTX 1650, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 17 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 30 percent, about 6 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $5.51. No recorded sale has reached it yet.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 4 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 96 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Escape From Mystwood Mansion ($8.49, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats Manifold Garden ($19.99, scores 64).
More about Chroma Zero
1 of the 309 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2024 to August 2026.
The drop-off
96% start to 7% 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
What players say
A truly fantastic Metroibrainia. If you have played Outerwilds and want another experience similar to that I HIGHLY recommend you play this game.
2 more reviews
Peak, as anything somewhat similar to outer wilds is by default. I beat the game without using the built in 3-hint system (which I didn't even realize existed until after I beat the game). No puzzle was overly simple, yet I never felt completely stuck. My only real complaint is that when using the core mechanic of the game, it creates white objects with a grid pattern, It reminded me of the default unity texture...
(Time played does not reflect completion, as I played on another platform first) I had a delightful time with this colourful little puzzle box of a game. I would consider it one of the purest metroidbrainias in the genre. It was just the right level of challenge, with satisfying epiphanies and a great sense of reward after hours spent working out a solution (sometimes in my sleep) and then successfully executing it...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Chroma Zero scores 74/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3121470/chroma-zeroReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.