Generally, the celebrities align and a recreation manages to rack up tens of 1000’s of gamers on Steam, seemingly from out of nowhere. Such is the case with Chained Collectively, a brand new platformer that asks you to climb out of the depths of hell.
Since its launch final Wednesday, Chained Collectively has been rocketing up the Steam charts, and in contrast to definitely-not-a-scam “recreation” Banana, this one does not appear to be providing any form of monetary incentive to its gamers.
As an alternative, it is a physics platformer that is all about climbing out of hell, and it may be tackled both by your self or with as much as three buddies in native multiplayer. For those who ask me, although, it quite looks like Chained Collectively has been constructed round co-op.
It isn’t completely clear what’s behind Chained Collectively‘s meteoric (and completely acceptable, given the subject material) rise, however absent any form of synthetic enhance, quite a lot of elements could possibly be at play right here.
The sport has a reasonably low value level; at time of writing, it is obtainable for $4.49, which is barely a ten% low cost on its ordinary value of $4.99. That is a strong value for any group of buddies seeking to take a punt on a brand new co-op expertise.
It is also a easy, easy recreation within the vein of Human: Fall Flat or Solely Up!, and it does not seem to supply any form of microtransactions or live-service parts, which could be refreshing for these in search of a multiplayer recreation devoid of such issues.
There may be additionally, after all, the truth that Chained Collectively is a reasonably good recreation to stream; it is bought loads of laugh-out-loud emergent moments, and going by its Steam opinions, it is also an effective way to get offended at your mates, which by no means fails to shift a number of copies.
If you would like to attempt Chained Collectively, you’ll be able to seize it proper now on PC through Steam. It is just a few {dollars}, so it is virtually actually price an hour or two of your time on the very least.