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Monochroma
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“I played this a long time ago and just realized I haven't made a proper review after mentioning to a friend after seeing a similar game. Monochroma is a short but fun game. Personally I didn't like the ending, but the journey and puzzles were pretty good. Also the soundtrack…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:10 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
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10th Year Anniversary
Today is the 10th year anniversary of Monochroma. It's still like yesterday. A big congrats to its team who developed Monochroma against all odds during hard times. And a million thanks to everyone wh
Circadian City Reached 10,000 Wishlist
Hello everyone, You played Monochroma and hopefully you liked it. We're working on a new game that might be of your interest. Would you like to help us for our new game? We are working on a different
The biggest and hopefully the last update for Monochroma
Good news, We recently released the console version of Monochroma. We have been working on this version for more than a year and we had to optimize the game a lot to make it run smoothly. We had to re
The biggest and hopefully the last update for Monochroma
Good news, We recently released the console version of Monochroma. We have been working on this version for more than a year and we had to optimize the game a lot to make it run smoothly. We had to re
August 14, 2014 Updates and the release of Collector's Edition
We're working constantly to improve the quality of your experience. This time we're bringing you the Collector's Edition of the game along with bug fixes and a new feature. Collector's edition package
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Adventure · Platformer · Puzzle · Atmospheric · Puzzle-Platformer · Dystopian · 2.5D · Side Scroller · Singleplayer · Horror · Mystery (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, T… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 5 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.nowherestudios.com/#!monochroma/cghg |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: XP or later Processor: 2GHz or better Memory: 2 GB RAM DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 5 GB available space Sound Card: Direct X 9 Competible