ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard
Released Feb 2026
Shoot paint, mix colors, and solve puzzles in this adventure about friendship and redemption. Just don't enter that portal to another universe, and ᴇᴠᴇʀʏTʜɪɴɢ will 𝐛𝐞 ᴘEʀ𝐅𝓔ᴄᴛʟʏ 𝒇 𝔦 𝓃 ҽ . • °
92% positive · 143 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
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Evaluation
ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard launched on February 12, 2026, after roughly four years of development by Pixel Maniacs. The developer announced the release date in November 2025, noting the game would also come to PS5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch 2 in both digital and physical formats. On February 26, 2026, the team posted a launch recap describing their release day stream, their work addressing bugs, and thanking players for positive reviews — but made no mention of planned DLC, expansions, or any future content updates.
There are no unreleased DLC entries on the store, no announced post-launch roadmap, and no developer statements about additional content. The game's news posts are entirely focused on the lead-up to launch and immediate post-launch maintenance, with no signals pointing to a continuing content plan.
The game is now six months past launch, and the developer has remained silent since February 26, 2026, with no new posts of any kind. Given the lack of any post-launch content pattern, any outstanding commitments, or any developer communication suggesting more is planned, this appears to be a complete, standalone release that shipped as a finished product.
Evidence
Developer announces the game launches February 12, 2026 after four years of work — no mention of post-launch content plans
Post-launch update focused on bug fixes and player feedback; no DLC, roadmap, or future content mentioned
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Details
Developer
Publisher
PM Studios, Inc.
Achievements
36
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
Welcome to ChromaLabs↤’•ᵂᵉˡᶜome BACKᵗᵒ ᶜʰʳᵒᵐᵃᵀᵉᶜ░𝐻𝑜𝓌𝒹𝓎!░You wondrous little creature. Don't 𝓦𝓞ℛℛႸ!░ ░ Everything ↤░↤\𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 ░•Ɨ𝓉'ˢ absolutely↤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕝𝕪•░░░ SAFE ↤ ░░🅻🅸🅴🆂!░ 𝔫ｏŤ 𝐬ⒶＦε is normal. The uni░IT⅃UM↤verse ░is░𝔂Ø𝔲尺 ˢάғ𝔢𝓣𝐘↤ NOT AT RISK ░ᴚƎ⅁N∀ᗡ NI ↤.
*WorkerDroids may be less non-murderous than previously implied.
Use your refined painting- and color-mixing skills to voluntarily solve intricate puzzles on the ChromaTec Testing Track for ChromaGun Research Purposes, Mark II — aka ChromaGun 2. Please note the following are NOT valid reasons for non-participation:
ChromaTec wants you to know that there is a compulsory awareness of the following informative disclaimer:
Not solving tests as instructed is not advised.
Breaking the ChromaGun is not ADv↤ised.
Activating a 𝕡ⓞRTal to a parallel ALTERNATEʀᴇᴀʟ_ɪᴛʏUNI°VERSE ·.·IS NoT adv░𝓘𝓢𝓔𝓓↤..•
We hope you enjoy your (░𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙘•α∂νєηтυяє】 brief 𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝒶𝓃𝓉 participation in the 𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕪 Testing Track.
See you on the other side.
░▒▓█ ᗪOᑎ'T GO TᕼᖇOᑌGᕼ TᕼE ᑭOᖇTᗩᒪ █▓▒░
Welcome to ChromaTec
Here at ChromaTec, colors are magnets! Well, not exactly. Magnetoid Chromatism — a physical property of the pandimensional realm — is a bit more complex than that. In layperson’s terms: Walls attract objects of the same color. All kinds of objects! Like large boxes. Or small boxes. Or large crates. Or super-safe, friendly, decidedly non-murderous WorkerDroids*. (list not exhaustive)*WorkerDroids may be less non-murderous than previously implied.
Use your refined painting- and color-mixing skills to voluntarily solve intricate puzzles on the ChromaTec Testing Track for ChromaGun Research Purposes, Mark II — aka ChromaGun 2. Please note the following are NOT valid reasons for non-participation:
- Not having participated in the Testing Track Mark 1
(i.e. ChromaGun 1; No prior knowledge necessary) - Color-blindness
(A color blind accessibility mode is available at no extra charge) - Fear of birds (except chickens)
- Fear of magnets (They’re colors, not magnets)
- Fear of being involuntarily forced to perform tests on an experimental color-based firearm (this will never happen)
ChromaTec wants you to know that there is a compulsory awareness of the following informative disclaimer:
Not solving tests as instructed is not advised.
Breaking the ChromaGun is not ADv↤ised.
Activating a 𝕡ⓞRTal to a parallel ALTERNATEʀᴇᴀʟ_ɪᴛʏUNI°VERSE ·.·IS NoT adv░𝓘𝓢𝓔𝓓↤..•
Welcome to ChromaLabs
ChromaLabs is the universe’s foremost, and ONLY manufacturer of the patented ChromaGun. Our world-class engineers are all █████████████ free ███████████████ and █████████████████ motivated ███████████ to ████████████████████████ ensure that our testing grounds meet the following criteria:- Tests are unbreakable: No constant restarting of test chambers necessary
- Removable paint: Painting and mixing is fine, but undoing it is even better.
- Three dimensions: Where other test chambers are merely 2D in nature, ours are not.
- Advanced puzzles: Physics puzzles, advanced paint ↤mechanics, ¤and_even •░ᵗŴⓄ 𝔲𝐍𝐈𝔳𝔢Ř𝓢ｅ𝓈░pɐɥ ǝuO░𝐼 𝓬𝐚ภｎ𝐨t Ⓔ𝓍ι𝔰t𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 un⅁ɐɯoɹɥƆ ░𝒶 𝒷𝒶𝒹 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉¿¿sıɥʇ Į𝐧 𝐓ｈＥ Ş𝐀๓𝒆 𝕣𝑒𝓪𝕝ᎥţЎ ɟo ░ǝuou
We hope you enjoy your (░𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙘•α∂νєηтυяє】 brief 𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝒶𝓃𝓉 participation in the 𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕪 Testing Track.
See you on the other side.
░▒▓█ ᗪOᑎ'T GO TᕼᖇOᑌGᕼ TᕼE ᑭOᖇTᗩᒪ █▓▒░
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Last evaluated Aug 13, 2026
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