Underplayed Gems

Pigment (2025)

Pigment cover
Developer
David Stears
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
Rating
4.8 of 5, 114 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 19 minutes
Where to get it
Steam

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The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A brief, energetic platformer where you restore color to hand-drawn levels through acrobatic air dashes and jumps.

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What players say

Players love the premise of painting life back into a colorless world, but split on the controls, some find them snappy and responsive, while others call them unresponsive and rage-inducing, especially the downslash jump. It is very short, around 15 minutes, with no save, meant to be played in one sitting.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.