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Hue
Developer Fiddlesticks Games
Hue is a 2016 puzzle-platform game developed by Fiddlesticks and published by Curve Digital. The game was released on 30 August 2016, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One; on 29 November 2016, for the PlayStation Vita; and on 6 June 2019, for Nintendo Switch. There were further releases for iOS on 25 January 2020 and Android on 22 April 2020. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
236 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
92
LovedLoved
188 positive · 16 negative
95% range 88–95%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 188 | 16 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 9 | 0 | 23 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
3,441 of 3,796 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
92% recommend · 181 yes, 15 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 196 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (10,542 of 11,400 positive).
Players praise the unique color-changing mechanic and emotional story. [1][2][3] Some find the puzzles become repetitive and the game overstays its welcome. [1][4][5] Collecting all beakers for achievements is tedious due to lack of level select. [4][6][7]
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Representative posts
- [7]
puzzle game with unique mechanics. Pretty intriguing until you go for the collectibles. I collected all the beakers to 100% the game and it does nothing. no lore drop, they're just there for an achievement. You also can't fast travel to levels so if you so dearly want to 100% you have to play the entire game again, which would be okay if this wasn't a puzzle game where the fun lies in the initial intellectual …
- [1]
I had fun playing this game, but I do think that it overstays its welcome. It has a cute little story where a mysterious stranger is leaving Hue messages as he repairs the colour wheel and brings colour back to the world. The puzzle mechanics feel unique at the start, but scale poorly in difficulty. The colour wheel is fun, but the puzzles become stale and repetitive quickly. By the last 2 levels (which, …
- [2]
Hue is a thoughtfully designed puzzle-platformer that builds its entire identity around a single, elegant idea and then explores that idea with patience and creativity. Developed by Fiddlesticks Games and published by Curve Games, the game introduces players to a stark, monochrome world where color itself is the key to progress. You step into the role of a young boy searching for his missing mother, and while the …
- [3]
**🎨 Hue – A Clever Puzzle Wrapped in Color and Emotion** *Hue* is one of those games that quietly stands out—not through spectacle, but through creativity and heart. At first glance, it might look like a simple puzzle-platformer, but the moment you start playing, it reveals a surprisingly deep and thoughtful experience built around a brilliant core idea. The main mechanic is elegantly simple: you change the …
- [5]
Hue is a really creative puzzle game built around a simple but clever idea - changing colours to reshape the world around you. It’s got a cosy, minimal art style and a lovely soundtrack that perfectly fits its calm atmosphere. There’s definitely a charm to it early on, and the first few hours are genuinely fun to figure out. Over time, though, the novelty wears off. Each new area adds a mechanic or twist, but most …
Summarised from 34 of the 218 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Hue sits at 92% positive across 204 opinionated reactions from 2 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Hue received "generally favorable" reviews on Metacritic. Elsewhere, critics have praised Hue for its striking visual art style and colour wheel mechanic, with Nintendo World Report writing “The game commits so fully to its art style with strong, screen-filling colors that pop against each other that I wanted to keep playing to see more". However, one common complaint is the puzzles themselves, with Nintendo Life claiming they "don't really become complex or satisfying until the end of its journey". As well as this, Pocket Gamer criticised the game for its lack of checkpoints.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 236 · most liked firstVictoria, BC — Arc Dream Publishing (Delta Green: The Role-Playing Game, The Black Company Roleplaying Game) is proud to welcome Chris Spivey, founder of Darker Hue Studios (Haunted West, Harlem Unbound), as its new production director. Official press release: arcdream.com/home/2025/08...
neutral · AI labelView post →After a tough afternoon Golf 2/5 fight through to the MACV Compound in Hue. A valiant effort by the NVA and probably a political victory with large US casualties. Hoping to bring this game to Partizan #spreadthelard
neutral · AI labelView post →if you're a real artist who loves colors A tone expert even a color connoisseur if you will A spectrum specialist so to speak A pigment master as it may be Check out the game app "I Love Hue" It will satisfy your color cravings
neutral · AI labelView post →While modern games increasingly copy each other, rely on AI-generated ideas, and cost $50 or more without offering anything new, HUE was a real hidden gem. My library is already full of games like that, most of which end up refunded or collecting dust because of how boring they are. Finding HUE was a refreshing surprise. For just $1, you get the atmosphere of classic 2D games, unique mechanics I personally hadn’t encountered before, a simple story, and plenty of fun, clever puzzles. I’d…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For almost a year the largest project I have been working on is building support for non-Puzzmo games on @puzzmo.com Ribbit was built in 90% of that system, and Hue Complete Me was 100% in it. A month ago I ported the Crossword to it. Got a game? We're exploring opening up bsky.app/profile/stfj...
neutral · AI labelView post →Victoria, BC — Arc Dream Publishing (Delta Green: The Role-Playing Game, The Black Company Roleplaying Game) is proud to welcome Chris Spivey, founder of Darker Hue Studios (Haunted West, Harlem Unbound), as its new production director. Official press release: arcdream.com/home/2025/08...
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been hooked on a game I've had for a long time again. It's called I Love Hue Too and is a gradient sort game. I have the crowns showing least possible moves on quite a few of them so far.
positive · AI labelView post →Sometimes I think about Hue and how cool the color based puzzle solving was. Hue is a good video game.
positive · AI labelView post →Been playing this neat game called HUE. It's a very fun puzzle game that involves changing the color of the background to go through objects of the same color! It's such a super fun game! I feel giggly when I solve a room It's on sale for 2.99 right now! store.steampowered.com/app/383270/H...
positive · AI labelView post →playing a game called I Love Hue Too which is about swapping tiles of different hues to form a gradient, which is teaching me how bad i am at picking colours out of context
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay, clearly y'all love colour games, so with millions of plays on jnd & jnd-hard thought I'd dust off and polish up the _original concept_. Hue shift: www.keithcirkel.co.uk/hue-shift/?r... Drag one colour to match the other, 10 seconds to do it. You know the drill. Make me proud gang.
neutral · AI labelView post →It pleases me to no end that I have been slowly assimilating my friend group into the Fantasy Life i game. Another one added to the group today. Soon all will be as one in their own Fantasy Life. Hue Hue. Here is my character! Cutie Witch~ #fantasylifei #vtuber
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's my entry for the September Monthly Palette hosted by @kiraelric.bsky.social ! I went with Kirby, one of my childhood favorite video game characters!⭐🩷 I used Multiply, Overlay, Screen, Add, Hard Light and Hue!⭐🩷
neutral · AI labelView post →today's the 11th anniversary of Runbow! 🌈 time goes by and some things never change: Hue still skips leg day Runbow's what kickstarted my game dev career and i have no idea where i'd be now if it wasn't for it reimagined the art and characters a bit for this one... Runbow 2 when? 😉@13amgames.com
positive · AI labelView post →You're looking at the Tristrike Tuesdays undefeated champs, didn't drop a single game! Shoutout to the TOs @ammoknights.bsky.social and our honorary sub Vincent Hue the Goat #CompSplatoon #RAHHHH
neutral · AI labelView post →Follow my Curator page, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41363546-Fruit-N-Doggie-Reviews/]Fruit N Doggie Reviews, so you can be updated whenever I post a new review. Overall Rating - Seriously Flawed ★★☆☆☆ First Impressions I tried installing Hue almost ten years ago, but had some quirk with the platform I tried at the time, and never fixed it. Having fairly high expectations that this would be a fun puzzle game, I figured I was long overdue for giving this game a proper try. After…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →couple years ago i peeked over the shoulder of some guy on the Metro who was playing a color-sorting puzzle game called "I Love Hue" that looked really fun and i finally downloaded it and.... it's really fun 🫣 thank you random Metro guy
positive · AI labelView post →It's a great #wishlistwednesday because our game, Hue Factory, is officially OUT! Check it out here > store.steampowered.com/app/4390180/... #SteamGames #IndieGames
neutral · AI labelView post →Pretty Pretty colours!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Premise is fun, the artstyle is good and the gameplay is passable but I feel it drags on for too long with little variation. I was honestly expecting more clever implementations of the colour system. Then there is no save function so the dev expects you to do it all in one run, which would be fine for a 1-hour title but because it dragged on for so long the last level really felt like a chore. Personally I found the story pretty lousy as well but that's totally subjective. Whilst near the end…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Light! In Opal's window! I thought I'd dreamt it." 🎨 HUE HARBOR is a merge puzzle game where you mix paint and bring a grey harbor town back to colour. 💎 Follow development on Patreon: www.patreon.com/machina9000 #indiegame #gamedev #mergegame
neutral · AI labelView post →I had fun playing this game, but I do think that it overstays its welcome. It has a cute little story where a mysterious stranger is leaving Hue messages as he repairs the colour wheel and brings colour back to the world. The puzzle mechanics feel unique at the start, but scale poorly in difficulty. The colour wheel is fun, but the puzzles become stale and repetitive quickly. By the last 2 levels (which, narrative-wise, felt a bit bloaty, honestly; we already got the twist, and they did not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Repurpose your old Pantone swatch books into a tabletop game called "Guess Hue".
neutral · AI labelView post →HUE SHIFT 🏳️🌈 a game made for the GMTK Game Jam 2025 about Loops. Play as Hue, a sassy gunslinger who uses their ever looping color wheel as a weapon! Support the game at itch.io/jam/gmtk-202... #gmtk #gamejam #indie #dev
neutral · AI labelView post →kudos to @puzzmo.com for the unique colorblind mode setting on their game Hue Complete Me. This heavily color dependent game is still hard for me, but it’s a clever accessibility solution that I’ve never seen before in a situation where traditional color vision accessibility solutions would fail
positive · AI labelView post →Hue is an alright, if a bit basic puzzle game where you use a color changing wheel to change the background color in the world and by doing that making things in that same color dissapear (or appear). It's a good mechanic for a puzzle game, but it also doesn't really change that much throughout the game apart from a few things beeing added to later levels like pipes that spew out a specific color that can color object under it and bouncing platforms that change color when you jump on them. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty simple, but fun 2D platforming game about colours and... hues. Change and mix the colours of the world around you to create platforms and solve puzzles in order to progress. It's not very complex and the visuals are very basic, but it's a nice experience for a puzzle platformer game. It's also short, but it has had some great sale prices, so it's worth it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game and I Love Hue play.google.com/store/apps/d...
positive · AI labelView post →A random screenshot from my #visualnovel game, Hue & Me! Who’s this intriguing dwarf wandering through Wistfall, and why does he seem as unsure of his accent as he is of the directions? As can be seen in game, both in monochrome + colored mode! #HueAndMe #vndev #renpy #otome
neutral · AI labelView post →P.S. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can choose how you see it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Perfect ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Okay ☐ Bad ☐ Very stylized ☐ They're what they should be for what the game is ☐ MS Paint could make something better ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Fantastic ☐ Excellent ☑ Perfect ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Meh ☐ Bad, but playable ☐ Just go watch paint dry ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Amazing ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not to bad ☐ Alright ☐ Bad ☐ My ears are bleeding ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Babies ☑ Young kids ☑ Young…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am really mixed on this game. On one hand it has good puzzles but it overstayed its welcome. The first 30min are fun. Then come a bunch of easy similar puzzles for like 2h. Then at the end there are a bunch of new mechanics which makes it interesting again. The story itself has a few interesting thoughts but is largely boring. The worst part (for me) was that you had to go through each region again and find those hidden collectibles metroidvania style for the last achievement. I wouldnt…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice platformer puzzle game that has you use your ability to change colors in order to manipulate the world and dodge objects. Nice balance between dexterity puzzles and brainy puzzles. Completed 100% in around 7 hours. Rating: 7.5/10! Some positive thoughts: - The game keeps feeling fresh by introducing new mechanics and increases difficulty using these every step. - Liked how time slows down while changing color when having to do precision jumps. - It starts off quite slow and initial…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →@cryptiidz.bsky.social: Come play Roblox with us. Me: *struggles with reluctance to play the game* Roblox Game: Guess the Meme The Meme: ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI Me: Hue Hue Hue Hue Hue
neutral · AI labelView post →Interesting gimmick, but it start getting frustrating when you have to change colors on the fly. But the gimmick is unique enough to worth the experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →puzzle game with unique mechanics. Pretty intriguing until you go for the collectibles. I collected all the beakers to 100% the game and it does nothing. no lore drop, they're just there for an achievement. You also can't fast travel to levels so if you so dearly want to 100% you have to play the entire game again, which would be okay if this wasn't a puzzle game where the fun lies in the initial intellectual challenge. Additionally, the levels are pretty slow and dying means restarting.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoyable puzzle game with just enough difficulty to keep you engaged. Bring tissues for this one: the story behind the adventure will touch anyone who has lost there way a time or two.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Gremlin is napping, so I'm outside listening to the post-game show on sports-talk radio, and wow. Monken dusting off old Hue Jackson lines ("I have to check the tape"), and Watson saying how no one else works harder than him, but the Jags scored more and we didn't, wow, brilliant observation. 💩
neutral · AI labelView post →Do you know the game I Love Hue Too available on App Store , probably for Android too? You also have to rearrange colors, it’s free and it works even without internet.
neutral · AI labelView post →Really enjoyed this one! The beautiful art style and emotional atmosphere reminded me a lot of GRIS, which I absolutely loved. A short but charming experience with some fun puzzles. Definitely worth playing!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am bored out of my mind. The game is a chore to play. The puzzles aren't hard, they're just tedious. Push box, swap colour, push another box. The other reviewers seem to have experienced the same.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hue is a well executed, fun little game. You can't really replay it, but the puzzles are pretty good. If you want a chill game especially for portable devices, get it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if u want to get all the achievements, u need to replay all the levels, there are always some ridiculous beakers hidden in unexpected places. XD
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is cute! The puzzles are sufficiently challenging and the art style is beautiful. The story is touching and interesting to move through. I recommend this game to any indie-game enjoyer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hue is a thoughtfully designed puzzle-platformer that builds its entire identity around a single, elegant idea and then explores that idea with patience and creativity. Developed by Fiddlesticks Games and published by Curve Games, the game introduces players to a stark, monochrome world where color itself is the key to progress. You step into the role of a young boy searching for his missing mother, and while the premise is simple, it provides a quiet emotional anchor for a journey that is far…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun puzzle game, highly recommend! Make sure to go and find all the hidden beakersss
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →chill puzzle game thats not too easy - not too hard. concept is quite unique and interesting, must try. the story is alright, it had some nice dialogues that can make you think, though overall it just adds flavour to the game and creates a way to deliver a satisfying ending.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is so nice! The puzzles are fun and become more and more complex over time. The playful usage of colors in combination with the artstyle & those voicelines or better said philosophical impulses makes the whole thing a remarkable experience. A steal on sale :) 08/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →lovely story, cute graphics, some (ocasionally) frustrating puzzles, but all in all, a nice game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don’t know any of those! If you’ve never played I Love Hue I think you’d love it. It’s basically color theory as a puzzle game.
positive · AI labelView post →#DANCE #REVIEW Scottish Dance Theatre: The Game of Life & Rotten Works #ThePlace 'the two pieces created by Edouard Hue and Emilie Leriche have a kind of symbiosis that draws them together' ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ thereviewshub.com/scottish-dan... #London
neutral · AI labelView post →Hue is a colorful 2D platformer featuring engaging puzzles, in which the player must navigate the world, solve puzzles, and find their missing mother
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I remember playing I Love Hue during my tattoo appointment (it’s a colour matching game).
neutral · AI labelView post →I adore this game. The puzzles are fun, the visuals are vibrant, and the sound design and voice acting are great, too. It's really fun for a fairly short game. 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring game that has sections where you need to waste time walking through empty rooms so that the game can force you to listen to the entirety of a poor voice actress's reading of incredibly pretentious dialogue
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting puzzles and really short and sweet story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another soothing game is called I Love Hue. You rearrange color chips to gradually transform from one color to another. As you get into the more complicated arrays, a stylus helps because the color chips get too small for fingers (at least my fingers! 😂)
positive · AI labelView post →An iconic and very underrated game, unlike any other. Its concept is so creative, I loved it so much.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some of the most fun and clever puzzles I have seen in a video game. What an absolute peak.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You "unlock" doors by making the background the same as the doors colour, walk over a bridge by doing the oposite. A new mechanic I hadn't seen before, it was very entertaining. The puzzles are good, intruiging on how to complete them. The story is also nice, you unlock it bit by bit when finding colours.
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