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Tag: The Power of Paint
The world is your canvas in this innovative first-person puzzle platformer. Tag walls and other surfaces with different colors of spray paint to reveal new ways to navigate each level, including bouncing off, sliding across, and sticking to the surfaces you paint.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Creative paint puzzle mechanics” (32 of 91 reviews) and “Free game” (8); the most common complaint is “Very short game experience” (22). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
What reviewers agree on
32 of the 91 reviews raise this.
8 of the 91 reviews raise this.
“It's fwee.”
“It's nice to see the origins of the Portal 2 gels. This game also has great music. The adhesion gel can be a little buggy sometimes, but it works. The game is short, but still fun. Plus, it's free! 9.5/10”
6 of the 91 reviews raise this.
“The original Splatoon. It's got unique mechanics, with each color paint having a different power, great music (it makes me feel like I'm in a cyberpunk-esque city), and this general charm that makes it feel like less of…”
“Somewhat challenging times made more determination-filled by sweeter tunes.”
“It's nice to see the origins of the Portal 2 gels. This game also has great music. The adhesion gel can be a little buggy sometimes, but it works. The game is short, but still fun. Plus, it's free! 9.5/10”
5 of the 91 reviews raise this.
“The original Splatoon. It's got unique mechanics, with each color paint having a different power, great music (it makes me feel like I'm in a cyberpunk-esque city), and this general charm that makes it feel like less of…”
22 of the 91 reviews raise this · 21 of them still recommend the game.
6 of the 91 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“It's nice to see the origins of the Portal 2 gels. This game also has great music. The adhesion gel can be a little buggy sometimes, but it works. The game is short, but still fun. Plus, it's free! 9.5/10”
5 of the 91 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“fov suck and you cant change it”
4 of the 91 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
3 of the 91 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“dosnt save your progress. 2/10”
Counted across 91 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.9% positive rating · as of 2026-09-26
“Guys we found The Power of Paint, time to Tag. Short game that inspired the gels in Portal 2, here you get to use one of them that didn't make the cut, adhesion paint!! Very disorienting but super fun to use. If you want a game like this that is actually set in the Portal…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“genuinely WHAT does this have to do with tag”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Honestly pretty fun, nice puzzle game, short and free.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-09 via SteamCharts.
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Free To Play |
| Player tags | 3D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · FPS · Puzzle · Parkour · Action · Free to Play · First-Person · Platformer · 3D · Shooter · Colorful (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/10 Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 260 Series or Better Storage: 80 MB available space