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Love Colors: Paint with Friends vs Colorizing

Love Colors: Paint with Friends and Colorizing both land in Indie, Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Casual on Steam. Love Colors: Paint with Friends (2021) is 3 years older than Colorizing (2024). Colorizing scores higher on Steam reviews (91.7% positive) than Love Colors: Paint with Friends (80% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.

Which should you pick?

Choose Love Colors: Paint with Friends

Choose Love Colors: Paint with Friends if you want the Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Shared/Split Screen Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Love Colors: Paint with Friends launched in 2021.

Choose Colorizing

Choose Colorizing if it's the newer release (2024) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Colorizing launched in 2024.

Both Love Colors: Paint with Friends and Colorizing sit in Indie and Casual on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.

Side-by-side comparison

Love Colors: Paint with Friends vs Colorizing — Steam metadata comparison
Love Colors: Paint with Friends — Steam game coverLove Colors: Paint with FriendsColorizing — Steam game coverColorizing
Released20212024
GenresIndie, CasualIndie, Casual
PlatformsWindowsWindows, macOS, Linux
Steam DeckUnratedUnrated
PriceFree to play2.99 USD
Steam reviews80% positive (55 reviews)91.7% positive (12 reviews)
MultiplayerMulti-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-opSingle-player only
DevelopersVixa GamesAndrei Ivashentsev

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Love Colors: Paint with Friends vs Colorizing — FAQ

Should I play Love Colors: Paint with Friends or Colorizing first?
If you want chronology, Love Colors: Paint with Friends (2021) came out before Colorizing (2024). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
Are Love Colors: Paint with Friends and Colorizing similar?
They overlap on Indie, Casual on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
Does Colorizing have multiplayer like Love Colors: Paint with Friends?
No. Love Colors: Paint with Friends supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op), while Colorizing is listed as single-player only.
Is Love Colors: Paint with Friends free?
Yes — Love Colors: Paint with Friends is a free-to-play Steam title. Colorizing is paid (2.99 USD).
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