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Tag Team · 2022 · Windows

Steam: 96 % positive of 1,029 reviews, as of Oct 28

The world is your canvas in this innovative first-person puzzle platformer. Tag walls and other surfaces with different colors of spray paint to reveal new ways to navigate each level, including bouncing off, sliding across, and sticking to the surfaces you paint.

24 games that play like Tag: The Power of Paint and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Portal, Youropa and Rooftops & Alleys: The Parkour Game.

Player tags

  • 3D Platformer
  • Puzzle-Platformer
  • FPS
  • Puzzle
  • Parkour
  • Action
  • Free to Play
  • First-Person
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Steam reviews

What players say

Short, inventive paint-based puzzle platformer that players enjoy for its mechanics and nostalgia, though many wish it were longer.

Most players recommend Tag, and many praise its paint mechanics: green jump paint, red speed paint, blue and stick paint each change how you move, and some reviewers see clear roots in the gel mechanics of Portal 2. Players like the puzzles, the minimalist art style and the soundtrack. The most common complaint is length: the campaign takes well under an hour, and many reviewers say they wanted more levels. Some report a disorienting camera when looking down or using blue paint, occasional bugs, a lack of controller support, and progress that is lost when the game is closed. A few players find the visuals basic or the game dull. Recent reviews are similar to the older helpful ones, with a larger share of nostalgic comments from players who first met the game through Portal 2.

Praised

  • Inventive paint mechanics

    Each paint color changes movement, such as jumping off walls, speed boosts or sticking to surfaces, and players find this clever.

    Many players
  • Link to Portal 2 gels

    Reviewers enjoy seeing where the gel mechanics of Portal 2 came from and recognise the same physics here.

    Many players
  • Puzzles and free price

    Players call the puzzles clever and intuitive, and many point out that the game is free on Steam.

    Some players
  • Art style and music

    The minimalist visuals and the soundtrack are singled out as charming and memorable.

    Some players

Criticised

  • Very short campaign

    Reviewers say the game can be finished in well under an hour and they wanted more levels.

    Many players
  • Disorienting camera

    Looking straight down and some blue paint effects make the view confusing, and players report a camera bug with blue paint.

    Some players
  • Bugs and missing progress

    Players report crashes, buggy adhesion paint and progress that is lost when the game is closed.

    Some players
  • Basic visuals and limited depth

    Players find the graphics simple and the mechanics less fun than the Portal games.

    A few players
Who it suits
Players who like puzzle platformers, enjoy the Portal 2 gel mechanics or want a short free game to try.
Who should skip it
Players who want a long campaign or are sensitive to disorienting camera views and visual simplicity.

Short vs. long playtime: Players with the most hours mention returning for the ending credits and the short puzzles, while newcomers focus on the novelty of the paint mechanics.

Summarised by AI from 46 Steam reviews (English, helpful and recent), as of Oct 28, 2026.

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At a glance

What games like Tag: The Power of Paint have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Tag: The Power of Paint: 3D Platformer (19 of 24), Parkour (13) and Puzzle-Platformer (11).
  • They came out between 2007 and 2025, 3 of them after Tag: The Power of Paint (2022).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Perspective (98 % positive of 1,458).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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