Coloring Pixels

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 97%Very Positive · 97%2018

Free to play

US Steam price, checked 1 h ago

The verdict

A free, relaxing color-by-numbers game that's ideal alongside podcasts or videos. Skip it if you hunt achievements, since nearly all of them sit behind a constant stream of paid DLC.

Great for

Players who want a brain-off, relaxing activity to do while listening to podcasts, music or videos

Main risk

Achievement hunters get trapped by endless paid DLC that keeps adding new achievements

What players love

Relaxing, calming brain-off activity

Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews

“This simplest of game has been my haven in time when my rain cells were creating havoc.”
Steam review · 2807 h played ↗

“This is the ultimate brain turn off game for me that I just love to play while listening to music.”
Steam review · 878.6 h played ↗

“Your head rests, your hands are busy, and at the end you get a pleasant feeling from a fully colored picture.”
Steam review · translated · 26.5 h played ↗

Perfect to play alongside podcasts or videos

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“It's great if you want something to do with your hands while listening to audiobooks or podcasts.”
Steam review · 167.3 h played ↗

“I have two monitors so I will usually put on a show and listen/watch it while I'm on Coloring Pixels.”
Steam review · 1006.2 h played ↗

“The game is perfect for clicking around while watching YouTube.”
Steam review · translated · 48.1 h played ↗

Cheap DLC packs released regularly

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“with the monthly release of new packs that are only a dollar is just the perfect recipe for this kind of game.”
Steam review · 846.5 h played ↗

“DLC's are 99 cents and are totally worth it!”
Steam review · 21.1 h played ↗

Huge amount of free content

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“the game is free, and the free content is still hundreds of hours worth.”
Steam review · 100.7 h played ↗

“It's a game that starts with a ton of free pictures to fill in”
Steam review · 281.5 h played ↗

Huge achievement count and satisfying replay

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“So much fun to play in your free time with more than 2000 possible achievements!”
Steam review · 25.5 h played ↗

“I also really like the video feature that shows you your coloring process after you finish a piece.”
Steam review · 167.3 h played ↗

Flexible difficulty and accessibility options

Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews

“there are options in the settings for things like making pixels stay the right color after you color them correctly”
Steam review · 167.3 h played ↗

“Also has lots of settings to make it as easy or as hard as you'd like.”
Steam review · 72.5 h played ↗

What players complain about

Achievements locked behind paid DLC

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“the achievements can’t be completed without owning all the DLC.”
Steam review · 2443.8 h played ↗

“If you care about fully completing the games you play, do not touch this game. You will never escape the endless parade of dlc.”
Steam review · 181.1 h played ↗

“The game is cool, but you have to buy DLC to get all the achievements.”
Steam review · translated · 4.7 h played ↗

Too much expensive DLC, cash-grab feel

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“the price to 100% has gone from £40 to £100.”
Steam review · 9 h played ↗

“It was a good game when I first got it but now it is basically pay to win with it's 50+ dlcs.”
Steam review · 63.9 h played ↗

Bugs, crashes and lost saves

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“I briefly lost power while the game was running, and lost my save file which I'd put hundreds of hours into.”
Steam review · 320.6 h played ↗

“Cloud saves keep vanishing on their own. Progress gets lost.”
Steam review · translated · 37.5 h played ↗

Repetitive, tedious and huge pictures

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“The first few levels are good, but after that the levels get insanely big and can have around 50 colors in them”
Steam review · 6.9 h played ↗

“so much of these scenes had unnecessary large single-color backgrounds that felt like they only existed to pad the amount of time you have to color each scene.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗

No fill tool, highlight or other QoL features

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“This game is missing a very crucial part of these color by number games and that's just having a highlight feature for the color you have picked.”
Steam review · 155.5 h played ↗

“still doesn't have a bucket tool to color multiple pixels at once”
Steam review · 98.1 h played ↗

Eye strain from small numbers and hard UI

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews

“My eyes hurt trying to relax by painting pictures that have no reason to be so massive”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗

“With so many numbers my eyes swim and I can no longer tell where the number I need is.”
Steam review · translated · 4.4 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSWindows 8.1

ProcessorIntel i5

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GTX960

Storage500 MB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10

ProcessorIntel i7 7700k

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GTX970

Storage500 MB available space

OSWindows 8.1

ProcessorIntel i5

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GTX960

Storage500 MB available space

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