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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“A good Detective/Noir/Indie ( whatever you want to call it ) game. I started to play Detective Games with animals, because I played "Blacksad: Under The Skin" before, but don`t Imagine I`M A PRO at such games... I do what I can. Part 1: "Chicken Police: Paint it Red!" was just…”
— a player, Steam review · 160 hrs played“It's really hard to dislike this game since it's visuals and style are as stunning as in the prequel. Voice acting is superb, world building chefs kiss....the only issue I have, is that the plot is not as strong and I absolutely hated a very specific part about the ending. I…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“[b]Not perfect, but I still recommend it.[/b] The shooting mechanic is a missed opportunity. It was introduced in the shooting range but never actually used in the main game. I was honestly expecting some kind of fight, maybe in the church or the factory, but it just never…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:48 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Moses & Plato - Last Train to Clawville Coming on April 14, 2026!
Moses & Plato - Last Train to Clawville will launch on April 14, 2026! 🚂 Developed by The Wild Gentlemen, the creators of the Wilderness universe, including the Chicken Police series, Moses & Plato -
Our first discount is here, cluckers!
Our first discount is here, cluckers! Now is your chance to peck the hottest animal-noir-adventure at a glowing 20% discount! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2362090/Chicken_Police_Into_the_HIVE/ W
Antonblast Release
https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/42990367/9d3568d4c479ef6da9104f71bc4279613e228cb4.png The wait is finally over. After a very successful Kickstarter in 2022 and 100,000 wishlists later, Anto
Into the HIVE! - Hotfix #3
Hey, you beautiful cluckers! The third hotfix pack is here with some eggcelent goodies: Fixed a bug where the wrong character spoke in the wrong voice in a specific dialogue. Fixed several typos, we w
Into the HIVE! - Hotfix #2
The second hotfix pack is here, cluckers! Fixed the dialogue where Sonny and Marty weirdly merged together (no it wasn't an intentional 3-headed monkey reference from Monkey Island...) The same dialog
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Simulation |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Story Rich · Stylized · Visual Novel · Point & Click · Detective · First-Person · Surreal · Noir · Action · Investigation · Mystery (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Subtitle Options |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://chickenpolice.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-Bit Processor: Multi-core 2.5GHz or faster Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 760 or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space