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title: "Chicory: A Colorful Tale"
summary: "A top-down adventure in a coloring-book world where you paint on everything — BAFTA Family award winner, music by Lena Raine."
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url: https://cozywiki.com/wiki/chicory-a-colorful-tale
updated: 2026-07-09T12:53:40.034Z
sources_last_checked: 2026-07-09
citations: 10
license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
attribution: CozyWiki contributors — https://cozywiki.com/wiki/chicory-a-colorful-tale
---

# Chicory: A Colorful Tale
**Chicory: A Colorful Tale** is a top-down adventure set in a coloring-book world whose color has vanished after Chicory — superstar artist and wielder of the Brush — goes missing. As the new Brush-wielder, the player can paint on almost anything to explore, solve puzzles and help the land's animal inhabitants.[^1] Directed by Greg Lobanov and published by Finji, it released on 10 June 2021 for PC and PlayStation.[^1][^2]

## Gameplay

Painting is the verb for everything: navigation, puzzle-solving, decorating, and expression. The game supports solo play and two-player local co-op.[^1]

## Development and release

The credited team includes director Greg Lobanov, artist and animator Alexis Dean-Jones, environment artist Madeline Berger, sound designer Em Halberstadt, and composer Lena Raine, known for Celeste.[^3] The game was made in GameMaker, whose official showcase features it.[^4]

After the June 2021 launch, Chicory came to Nintendo Switch on 15 December 2021[^5] and to Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S — including Xbox Game Pass — on 30 May 2023.[^6][^7]

## Awards

Chicory won the **Family** category at the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards.[^8] At the 2021 Independent Games Festival it was a finalist for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and received Honorable Mentions in Excellence in Audio, Design and Visual Art.[^9] It was also nominated for Games for Impact at The Game Awards 2021.[^10]

## External links

- [Official website](http://chicorygame.com)
- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1123450/Chicory_A_Colorful_Tale/)

[^1]: Valve. ["Chicory: A Colorful Tale"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1123450/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^2]: Sony. ["Chicory: A Colorful Tale — PS4 & PS5 Games"](https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/chicory-a-colorful-tale/) — PlayStation.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^3]: Wishes Ultd. ["Chicory: A Colorful Tale — official website"](http://chicorygame.com) — chicorygame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^4]: GameMaker. ["Chicory: A Colorful Tale — GameMaker Showcase"](https://gamemaker.io/en/showcase/chicory-a-colorful-tale) — gamemaker.io. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^5]: Nintendo. ["Chicory: A Colorful Tale for Nintendo Switch"](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/chicory-a-colorful-tale-switch/) — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^6]: Microsoft. ["Buy Chicory: A Colorful Tale — Xbox"](https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/chicory-a-colorful-tale/9PFGQGC0XWLV) — Xbox Store. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^7]: God is a Geek. ["Chicory: A Colorful Tale is coming to Xbox Game Pass on May 30th"](https://godisageek.com/2023/05/chicory-a-colorful-tale-is-coming-to-xbox-game-pass-on-may-30th/) — God is a Geek, May 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^8]: Shacknews. ["BAFTA Games Awards 2022 winners"](https://www.shacknews.com/article/129728/bafta-games-awards-2022-winners) — Shacknews, April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^9]: Independent Games Festival. ["2021 Finalists & Winners"](https://igf.com/archive-2021/) — igf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^10]: The Hollywood Reporter. ["The Game Awards: 2021 Nominations"](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/the-game-awards-2021-nominations-1235047268/) — The Hollywood Reporter, 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.