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title: "Chicory: A Colorful Tale Is $9.99 on Switch: Half Price for a 9/10 Painting Adventure"
description: "Chicory is $9.99 on Nintendo's US store, 50% off through November 1. See the Switch edition, 9/10 review basis and local co-op details."
url: "https://wupgames.com/chicory-switch-half-price-october-2026"
published: "2026-10-28T16:00:21Z"
categories: ["Deals"]
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# Chicory: A Colorful Tale Is $9.99 on Switch: Half Price for a 9/10 Painting Adventure

Nintendo's US store lists Chicory at $9.99, 50% off. Check the Switch edition, November 1 deadline and what its 9/10 review actually covers.

![Original Nintendo Switch console in its dock beside red and blue Joy-Con controllers; archival 2017 hardware photograph, not Chicory gameplay.](https://wupgames.com/assets/uploads/d6ab87bac1e5f7b98c88b8f729892222.jpg)

**Summary:**

Chicory: A Colorful Tale is $9.99 on Nintendo's US store through November 1 at 1:59 a.m. CDT. This is the original Switch digital edition, also supported on Switch 2.

**Checked October 28, 2026:** [Nintendo's US store has Chicory: A Colorful Tale for $9.99](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/chicory-a-colorful-tale-switch/), down from $19.99—a 50% discount. The store lists an end time of **November 1, 2026, at 1:59 a.m. CDT**. That is a worthwhile price for players who want an inventive adventure rather than another reflex-heavy action game.

## The offer and edition

- **Store and region:** Nintendo's official US store; price in US dollars.
- **Product:** Nintendo Switch Edition, digital full game—not a free trial or subscription entitlement.
- **Hardware:** Nintendo lists Switch 2 compatibility as supported. This is still the Switch edition, not a separate native Switch 2 upgrade.
- **Players:** One or two on a single system, with local co-op; do not buy it expecting online co-op.

The purchase is a Nintendo digital license rather than a DRM-free PC download. No Nintendo Switch Online membership is shown as a condition of the sale price; the listing separately associates that membership with Save Data Cloud backup. Confirm the price for your US account before paying, especially near the deadline.

## Why this older game remains worth considering

Originally released on Switch in December 2021, Chicory builds its adventure around a paintbrush. According to [publisher Finji's description](https://finji.co/games/chicory/), color has disappeared and the celebrated artist Chicory is missing. A fan takes up the brush, turning a coloring-book world into both a creative canvas and a place to solve problems.

The important distinction is that painting is not merely decoration between conventional levels. Brush abilities connect exploration and environmental puzzles, while optional activities and animal characters give the journey a different rhythm from a straight combat campaign. That makes the discount particularly relevant if creative play is the attraction—not simply a long checklist of discounted games.

## What the high rating does—and does not—mean

[Nintendo Life's North American Switch review](https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/chicory-a-colorful-tale), written by Stuart Gipp and published December 23, 2021, awarded it **9/10**. That is one outlet's editorial score, not a current player-review average or a WUPGames hands-on assessment.

The review praised the creative exploration and emotional substance, while noting that coloring everything can become repetitive. It also discussed the choice of touch and conventional controls. If freely decorating spaces sounds more like work than fun, the score alone should not decide the purchase. For someone drawn to that creative premise, however, half price is a sensible opportunity to investigate a well-regarded Switch adventure.

Image: Evan-Amos, [Nintendo Switch hardware photograph](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nintendo-Switch-Console-Docked-wJoyConRB.jpg), June 2017, unmodified; [released into the public domain by its author](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nintendo-Switch-Console-Docked-wJoyConRB.jpg#Summary). Archival hardware illustration, not Chicory gameplay.