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CHKN

CHKN

Behold, the miracle of life… packed into cubes! Create fantastic creatures in an open-world sandbox game like no other. Explore, craft, and survive—all with the help of your very own creations.

Released Apr 1, 2016 Developer Katapult Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux SandboxAdventureOpen WorldSurvivalMultiplayer
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-08-12)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

79.6%positive1,764 reviews
Recommended · 157 found this helpful

“This game was an emotional journey. The fact that you can create life just as fast as you can take it really made me realise how short life is. Because of this game I have decided that I will occasionally partake in the Purge and venture round my town slaughtering innocents and…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Recommended · 76 found this helpful

“Look, I loaded the game, built myself a chicken out of nowhere and I was like alright, that's weird. Until I noticed the option to pet it and I ♥♥♥♥ you not the little creature squint her little eyes and smiled at me. 10/10 I feed her blueberries and she helps me smash down…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Not recommended · 149 found this helpful

“So i was someone who purchased the game almost 3 years ago when it came out, and it was a really interesting concept. Being able to make your own hybrid monstrosities is neat. Then the comment came out in 2020 saying they were struggling which made me pause but still was playing…”

— a player, Steam review · 77 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

278all-time peak
0 50 100 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period 50 avg · Sep 2019

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-23.

21achievements
23.4%median completion
2.0%rarest: Sniper
69.5% of players 65.0% of players 63.4% of players 60.6% of players 60.3% of players 54.8% of players 35.0% of players 33.5% of players 30.1% of players 23.6% of players 23.4% of players 20.3% of players 16.4% of players 12.3% of players 9.5% of players 9.4% of players 8.3% of players 7.4% of players 6.0% of players 3.1% of players 2.0% of players 69.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
69.5%It's Alive! — Created a creature
65.0%Fed yourself! — You know how to eat.
63.4%Lumberjack — Cut down a tree
Rarest badges of honor
2.0%Sniper — Kill 10 Creatures with a Slingshot
3.1%Creature Breeder — 3 Creatures Bred
6.0%Deforestation — 50 Trees Cut Down

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-08-12 07:53 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 17, 2023
CHKN is FREE

Hey again, everyone. It's official: CHKN is now free! If you've ever wanted to create your own lovely abominations and survive wild creature attacks with your friends, now's your chance. Please enjoy!

Mar 10, 2023
An Update

Hi, friends. We have a sort-of-update for you, which has definitely been a long time coming. We're incredibly sorry (and embarrassed, frankly) that it's taken this long but we'll get to that. If you r

Oct 29, 2020
Happy Halloween!

Since it's officially SPOOKY SEASON, we wanted to share some special community creations to help celebrate. (It's really just an excuse to look at more of your creatures because we love seeing what yo

Aug 14, 2020
Developer Update

“What is happening with progress on the game?” There are some fair questions over on the Discord. We firstly want to say that we love you guys and CHKN! And we're still committed to the game. We're a

Aug 09, 2020
CHKN Arena + Genvid at PlayNYC (Aug 10 - 16)!

CHKN’s Interactive Arena Featured at PlayNYC We've partnered with Genvid to supercharge the Arena mode for streamers and their audiences. Combined with the Arena mode, the Genvid technology will let y

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, Early Access
Player tagsSandbox · Adventure · Open World · Survival · Multiplayer · Building · Simulation · Open World Survival Craft · Creature Collector · Crafting · Funny · Casual (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements21
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+, 64-bit Processor: 2 GHz+ Quad Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 10.1 Compatible GPU DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 5 GB available space