ChromaGun similar games & best alternatives

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ChromaGun

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

Welcome to ChromaTec’s test lab! You’re here to test our state-of-the-art military-grade color-technology: The ChromaGun (patent pending)! Use it to solve our meticulously designed test chambers by painting the walls and droids. Remember how to mix colors from pre-school? Then you qualify!

What works

  • Innovative color-based puzzle mechanics
  • Humorous and well-voiced narration
  • Solid puzzle design with gradual difficulty
  • Good value especially on sale
  • Stable performance and intuitive controls

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Lack of undo or quicksave features
  • Some frustrating timed levels
  • Minimal narrative depth
  • Repetitive environments and loading screens

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • MouseCraft

  • Puzzle Dimension

  • Red Trigger

  • ReThink

  • Lab Rags

  • Colortone

More exploratory

Games that feels like ChromaGun but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Spirits of Xanadu

  • Supraworld

  • Supraland Six Inches Under

  • Grunn

  • Ctrl Alt Ego

  • Tinykin

More fantastical

Games that feels like ChromaGun but with more imaginative fiction

  • Superliminal

  • Skin Deep

  • I Expect You To Die

  • Magrunner: Dark Pulse

  • Suicide Guy

  • Disney•Pixar WALL-E

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with ChromaGun. These titles are not in What to play next.

ChromaGun: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration.

Last update: 21/08/2026