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Paint Chips
Paint the ground! Paint your enemies! Paint your enemies ground! The ground is your enemy! Paint it!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
63 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“Finally, Splatoon 4”
“I've decided to write this review while I'm still on the euphoric high from experiencing this game for the first time. It's incredibly simple in gameplay, casual, and has one of the most friendly, welcoming communities…”
“I love this game so much! The pixel artwork and character customization is great. I like that it is free unless you want to make microtransactions to get cosmetics faster. The gameplay is fast paced and very fun. I like…”
29 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“Paint Chips is a really enjoyable game! I really love the cute character customization such as the many awesome hairstyles, hats, accessories, clothes, and pets that are unlockable! You are able to purchase them with…”
“It feels like someone wanted to make a really fun game, and then made this instead. It's not bad. It's not good. It just kinda... is. This game has several gameplay elements. This game has various cosmetics to customize…”
“I've decided to write this review while I'm still on the euphoric high from experiencing this game for the first time. It's incredibly simple in gameplay, casual, and has one of the most friendly, welcoming communities…”
17 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“I love this game so much! The pixel artwork and character customization is great. I like that it is free unless you want to make microtransactions to get cosmetics faster. The gameplay is fast paced and very fun. I like…”
“The game is cute and fun to play with friends and random people! I recommend to play it. I like how you can customize your characters and have pets to accompany you with every battle! I also like the weapons you can get…”
“I'd recommend this game, it's a fun multiplayer top-down shooter. There is the possibility to customize your character with a nice amount of items, either by simply playing or completing the daily tasks, you can also…”
9 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“I've decided to write this review while I'm still on the euphoric high from experiencing this game for the first time. It's incredibly simple in gameplay, casual, and has one of the most friendly, welcoming communities…”
“Never expected to be hooked to this kind of game. It's so much fun! Never had this much fun in a long time really. Art is really nice. The game's really simple and easy to learn. Weapons are cool. The players are very…”
“This game is straight-up delightful. You can tell that the developing team put a LOT of effort into all aspects of the game, and even their discord too. There's small details to observe in the lobby, and before you can…”
7 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“A simplifed top-down territory shooter game, for free. No bugs noticed, no major issues, cute music, so if this looks like your cup of tea, why not give it a try?”
“I was looking for a free online multi-player game and I found this. I couldn't of had found something better.”
“Very fun to play and with a lot of potential to grow into a beautiful community. Try the game, it's free! ;)”
25 of the 97 reviews raise this · 19 of them still recommend the game.
“I was contacted by two members of the community to change or remove my review because it is "no longer relevant" due to a sizable 2.0 update and an invitation to return and try again. Except the game is no longer free…”
“Ever since the game's release they've only ever averaged about 4 players online per day (according to SteamDB.info). For whatever bizarre reason, this October, the dev decided that charging money for a poor man's 2D…”
“Dead game, enough said really. Baffling how the dev tried to charge money for it now, when it was already dead. Lmao. All time peak is 336. 24 hr peak is 7. SEVEN. *Who* is going to pay for your game mate? No one, lol.”
9 of the 97 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I dont understand from going from free to play to $15 for this...”
“I was contacted by two members of the community to change or remove my review because it is "no longer relevant" due to a sizable 2.0 update and an invitation to return and try again. Except the game is no longer free…”
“Ever since the game's release they've only ever averaged about 4 players online per day (according to SteamDB.info). For whatever bizarre reason, this October, the dev decided that charging money for a poor man's 2D…”
9 of the 97 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Ever since the game's release they've only ever averaged about 4 players online per day (according to SteamDB.info). For whatever bizarre reason, this October, the dev decided that charging money for a poor man's 2D…”
“It feels like someone wanted to make a really fun game, and then made this instead. It's not bad. It's not good. It just kinda... is. This game has several gameplay elements. This game has various cosmetics to customize…”
“games dead. id say this is a fine game, not worth 15 dollars though. If this game wasn't free i would have never gotten this game. The game is sorta like 2d splatoon and well... thats kind of it. If there was middle…”
7 of the 97 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“A simplistic but enjoyable game. Like a top down splatoon with cute sprites on pc. The online play isn't very uh... reliable, but I don't think this is the kinda game where you sweat the specifics of competition. I hope…”
“Splatoon clone for PC that runs very well and supports FFA, 8v8 and 2v2v2v2 matches. Shame nobody ever plays it. What would it take to get this game popular?”
“a neat and charming little game that is very similar to splatoon yet manages to do its own thing! highly recommend you pick this up on a sale or something if you have the cash to spend, makes for an amazing night with…”
6 of the 97 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“glitchy buggy. nice at first then i just wanna throw my monitor out the window. honestly, buy this game if you have 100% patience.”
“this game is unplayable without phrog you have to buy and equip the phrog on every single game”
“help It wont let me close the game please help me”
Counted across 97 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“I never thought somebody would be able to pull it off, but they did it. Something akin to Splatoon that has it's own style and game play. I can easily see myself addicted to this- it just needs more players. I hadn't even found out about it until today- but I'm impressed. So…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Paint chips is a fun little game In Paint Chips you paint the ground and shoot your foes with different weapons in currently 9 game modes. The community is very friendly and the social hub a comfy place to talk to people. The whole game is really cute and has great character…”
— a player, Steam review · 67 hrs played“All I have to say is WOW.. this game right here is what i needed, a hard working Indie Studio to start it off, along with the OG 2D top down feel with amazing pixel graphics pared with it! not to mention the peaceful auto-track in the background. there is so much potential here!…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update v2.1.1
New Stuff Added more sliding bookshelves to the Haunted Mansion map Added trap bookshelves to the Haunted Mansion map Added co-op stats to player stat window Changes The respawn timer in Chippinground
Halloween Event
Our Halloween Event is currently available! It's time to celebrate the spooky season with our limited-time Halloween themed map: Haunted Mansion ! It is available to play now through November 30 . Add
Update v2.1.0
New Stuff A new seasonal PvP map has been added: Haunted Mansion A new Mentor role has been added but is not available to all players quite yet Added the latency icon to server buttons The total numbe
Update v2.0.0
This is our first major update since release! Welcome to all of the new players who have joined us over the past month as we transitioned away from the old free-to-play model. We are looking forward t
Playtest for the next update
We're hosting a playtest from September 15th @ 12AM PDT to September 16th @ 11:59PM PDT. We would love for anyone interested to participate in the playtest. We want to have players test the new featur
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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, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Shooter · Arena Shooter · Top-Down Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter · 2D · Pixel Graphics · Top-Down · PvP · Family Friendly · Indie · Character Customization (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 93 |
| Official site | https://paintchipsgame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+) and Windows 10 Processor: SSE2 instruction set support Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1 GB available space