Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (23%); after 10h it's 1 in 125 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 29% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Helpful” (Pick up Chicory's brush) and “Meet Your Hero” (Met Chicory!): from 100% to 66% of starters.
- 91% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 4,038 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 17.1h for positive, 4.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (91.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Helpful Pick up Chicory's brush 100%
- Meet Your Hero Met Chicory! Most players quit here 66% −34
- Phone Call Had a conversation with Chicory on the phone! 49% −16
- Muse Chicory painted you 44% −5
- Ancient Beast of the Darkness Met Queen Drosera 36% −8
- Apprenticeship Started the Wielder Trials 35% −1
- More Than Myself Painted your wielder self-portrait 32% −3
- Standing on the Mountain Top Sang with Chicory 31% −1
- Respect Shook Chicory's hand 31%
- Honored History Planted the Brushflowers 31%
- Something New Grew a brush 29% −2
- End of an Era Destroyed the Brush. 29%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (33)
story milestone ending side
- Helpful Pick up Chicory's brush 100%
- Meet Your Hero Met Chicory! 66%
- Kitten Caboodle Return Beans' kids to her 59%
- Phone Call Had a conversation with Chicory on the phone! 49%
- Muse Chicory painted you 44%
- Clothing Curious Collect 25% of clothing items 40%
- Explorer Reveal 50% of the map 38%
- Ancient Beast of the Darkness Met Queen Drosera 36%
- Trash Mammal Pick up 25% of litter 36%
- Apprenticeship Started the Wielder Trials 35%
- Stylist Discover 50% of Brush Styles 33%
- More Than Myself Painted your wielder self-portrait 32%
- Standing on the Mountain Top Sang with Chicory 31%
- Respect Shook Chicory's hand 31%
- Casual Decorator Collect 25% of decor 31%
- Honored History Planted the Brushflowers 31%
- Good Samaritan Pick up 50% of litter 29%
- Something New Grew a brush 29%
- Clothing Collector Collect 50% of clothing items 29%
- End of an Era Destroyed the Brush. 29%
- Turnabout Squeeze Solve the mystery of stolen furniture 24%
- Serious Decorator Collect 50% of decor 21%
- Lost and Found Find all lost kids 18%
- Postal Service Deliver mail for Artichoke 18%
- Such Great Heights Delivered all of Artichoke's mail 16%
- Cartographer Reveal 100% of the map 16%
- Passion for Fashion Solve all of Oats' outfit riddles 14%
- Picture Perfect Fill in Gelato's photo gallery 14%
- Graduate Complete all art classes 12%
- Style Pro Discover all Brush Styles 10%
- Ultimate Samaritan Pick up all litter 9.2%
- Clothing Hunter Collect all clothing items 8.8%
- Master Decorator Collect all decor 7.9%