Fit check
Is ColorBlend FX: Desaturation worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Puzzle-platformer fans who want color and physics challenges
- Metroidvania players who want exploration across varied environments
- Players seeking difficult hazards, bosses, and achievement goals
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a low-risk platformer may find the hazards, fall damage, and challenging bosses demanding
- Players wanting a short, linear experience may not suit the exploration, upgrades, and achievement-oriented structure
- Players looking for a climbing-focused game may prefer a title centered on climbing rather than color and physics puzzles
Our take on ColorBlend FX: Desaturation
The game’s blend of color interaction, physics puzzles, exploration, and combat comes with a demanding failure cycle: hazards, fall damage, and bosses can interrupt progress. The color-label mode adds accessibility, but it does not remove the platforming and combat challenges.
What is ColorBlend FX: Desaturation?
Restore color to the world of the Splatians while opposing Lord Ashen in a 2.
5D puzzle-platformer metroidvania. Exploration spans an overworld, university, physics research facility, railway tunnels, and mines. Players swim through paint, change their color, activate devices that react to their appearance, fight enemies, drive trains, mine ore, collect upgrades, and use Crystals of Essence in the main mission. Puzzles draw on color and physics, while hazards include spikes, moving platforms, slime enemies, gas canisters, fall damage, and challenging bosses. The game includes 69 achievements, with some requiring repeated effort. A color-label mode is available for colorblind players.
How ColorBlend FX: Desaturation plays
- 01Color-Based Puzzles
- The character’s appearance affects interactions with devices and supports puzzles built around color.
- 02Physics Challenges
- Environmental puzzles use physical interactions alongside hazards such as springs, platforms, and falling objects.
- 03Multi-Area Exploration
- The world includes an overworld, university, research facility, railway tunnels, and mines.
- 04Upgrade Collection
- Exploration provides different upgrades and Crystals of Essence for the main mission.
- 05Color Labels
- A mode adds labels to colors for colorblind players.
- 06Achievement Challenges
- There are 69 achievements, including some tied to progression and others requiring repeated effort.
ColorBlend FX: Desaturation compared to similar games
ColorBlend FX: Desaturation combines metroidvania exploration with color-based and physics puzzles, combat, upgrades, and platforming hazards. Sundered: Eldritch Edition is also a metroidvania, while Jusant focuses on climbing, stamina management, exploration, and uncovering the history of a tower.
ColorBlend FX: Desaturation: platforms & release
Is ColorBlend FX: Desaturation worth it?
It is worth it if: puzzle-platformer fans who want color and physics challenges. Skip it if: players seeking a low-risk platformer may find the hazards, fall damage, and challenging bosses demanding.
Where can I download ColorBlend FX: Desaturation?
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What platforms is ColorBlend FX: Desaturation on?
Windows only.
