Huebound

Huebound

Dan Hicks · May 16, 2026 · Casual, Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Idler

Buy Huebound from Steam at $2.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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6 user reviews83% · 6
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$2.99
lowest tracked $2.09
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Huebound price by region

Huebound costs £2.49 in the United Kingdom, $2.99 in the United States, €2.99 in Europe (EUR), $2.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$3.89 in Canada, NZ$4.49 in New Zealand, A$4.50 in Australia, R$10.49 in Brazil and zł13.49 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Huebound offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £2.49 £2.49 — 1
United Statesyour region $2.99 $2.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €2.99 €2.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $2.99 $2.99 — 1
Canada CA$3.89 CA$3.89 — 1
New Zealand NZ$4.49 NZ$4.49 — 1
Australia A$4.50 A$4.50 — 1
Brazil R$10.49 R$10.49 — 1
Poland zł13.49 zł13.49 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Huebound

Huebound is an abstract idle factory game about mixing colors.Place geometric nodes on an infinite canvas, wire them together, and watch colored orbs flow through your network. Blue, Red, and Yellow sources generate primary orbs. Combiners mix them using subtractive color rules — just like real paint. Sellers convert orbs into Light, your currency. Spend Light to expand your factory, unlock new node types, and chase rarer colors.256 named colors hide in the palette. Some are easy — Blue + Red = Purple. Others require layered mixing chains and careful planning. Every color has a name, a tier, and a value. The rarest hues — those furthest from the primaries — are worth the most.

Features
  • Subtractive color mixing — Blue + Yellow = Green, Red + Blue = Purple, just like paint
  • 256 curated colors across 6 tiers — from Crimson to Nebula to Tiger Eye
  • Recipe-driven combiners — every color has a specific recipe visible in the Collection
  • Strategic node placement — orb travel time depends on connection length
  • Escalating costs — each node gets more expensive the more you place
  • Prestige system — reset your factory for permanent bonuses and new prestige source nodes
  • Node templates — save and replay factory layouts, unlocking more slots as you prestige
  • Shop upgrades — boost production speed, transfer speed, buffer size, and more
  • Collection gallery — browse all 256 colors, see recipes, plan your next discovery
  • Colorblind mode — accessibility option for color vision deficiency
  • Procedural audio — every sound generated from pure waveforms, no samples
  • Procedural visuals — no art assets, everything is geometric shapes and glowing particles
  • Auto-save — your factory persists between sessions
The GoalDiscover all 256 colors. Experiment with different mixing chains. Browse the Collection to see which recipes you can build with what you've already found. Rare colors are worth exponentially more Light — finding them is how you scale.

Huebound — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended May 16, 2026
Put together hundreds of combinations for no reward. You can fully experience the game in about 5 minutes, the rest of it is just mixing colors until you're done. It has a neat premise, but the very limited upgrades and lack of actual prestige upgrades limit this to being a mere shadow of what it could be. 1/5 - Plug in RGB numbers into MS Paint for hours for the same enjoyment.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 4, 2026
Very cool and interesting game! Combining colors is satisfying, and being able to make templates of past patterns is very useful.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 2, 2026
At first, I wasn't sure what I was doing... 70+ hours in, I'm still sorting things out. I find Huebound to be amazing relaxing to play. It may seem simple at first, but building out the combinations can be quite puzzling. I plan on getting it for my kids as well. I highly recommend this game for sheer amount of chill.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 29, 2026
This game is cheap and alot of fun. I like that you can just let it go in the background and still discover new colors!!
1 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 24, 2026
fun little inde game
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