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ChainStaff

91% positive of 87 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, PlayStation

Made by Mommy's Best Games.

About the game

ChainStaff is a brutal action-platformer with a transforming spear and grappling hook, blazing weapon upgrades, and a rocking soundtrack. Aliens have attached to your head! Swing, shoot, and spear your way through mutating hordes and bone-shaking boss fights, and get this thing off your head!

Tagged by players

  • Metroidvania
  • Psychedelic
  • Side Scroller
  • Shoot 'Em Up
  • 2D Platformer
  • Surreal
  • Hand-drawn
  • Combat
  • Retro
  • Sci-fi
  • Aliens
  • Stylized

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What players say

  • Recommended
    And the award for "most underrated game of 2026" goes to Chainstaff, a very unique run n gun game with a very striking visual style which pays homage to classic prog rock covers and Amiga-era Psygnosis games (incidentally, several prog rock albums and Psygnosis games shared the same cover artist, Roger Dean). The game plays like a cross between the first two Turrican games and Bionic Commando as the hero uses the…

    6.9 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Terrible game, worse community. Just look at the review replies... this is the fourth time I am deleting homophobic, racist, and generally hateful garbage from this wonderful community.

    8 min played when written. 4 found it helpful.

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