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Chronicon
Use the magical device known as the Chronicon to travel into the souls and memories of fallen heroes to re-live their grand tales! Epic adventures full of loot and monsters await!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Deep builds and satisfying combat” (40 of 81 reviews) and “Many builds and experimentation options” (15); the most common complaint is “Repetitive or shallow combat” (6). What reviewers agree on ↓
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 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
40 of the 81 reviews raise this.
15 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“dont even bother trying a build guide. ts is peak and you can do whatever build”
“A fun ARPG that can be played anywhere. Quick to jump in for short play sessions or long grinds. Its a nice mindless grindy game I like to play while watching/ listening to something else. gives off diablo vibes.”
11 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“It gives me the permanent progression dopamine that PoE never will”
9 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“Great ARPG with lots of content that runs on everything. Lots of build options, you can't go wrong with it.”
“TLDR: Deep build variety, excellent QoL features, and a satisfying endgame that shames titles with far bigger budgets, this ARPG punches well above its weight. PROS: ➕Impressive game options - loot filter(!), GUI…”
“Good value to money, a lot of builds to explore. Endgame is a bit lackluster atm but the dev are working on an endgame DLC.”
5 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“Good value to money, a lot of builds to explore. Endgame is a bit lackluster atm but the dev are working on an endgame DLC.”
6 of the 81 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“press lmb untill everything is dead, move, press lmb untill everything is dead, move...”
“TLDR: Deep build variety, excellent QoL features, and a satisfying endgame that shames titles with far bigger budgets, this ARPG punches well above its weight. PROS: ➕Impressive game options - loot filter(!), GUI…”
“Good value to money, a lot of builds to explore. Endgame is a bit lackluster atm but the dev are working on an endgame DLC.”
6 of the 81 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
5 of the 81 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Was a good experience both playthroughs. it can be challenging at first, all the items everywhere, but once you discover the "sell all of "quality" or below, it will get easier. also, kind of unintuitive, but on your…”
3 of the 81 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 81 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“For me this was a solid snack-sized ARPG. It’s noticeably an indie game: controls and UI are a bit janky, and moment-to-moment combat can get visually noisy. If you try to play it like a traditional “stop and evaluate every drop” ARPG, it doesn’t feel great because there's too…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“TLDR: If you like ARPGs, crafting, build diversity, endgame, LOOT, zoomy bullet hell combat, endless progression -- BUY THIS GAME! As a veteran player of ARPGs, dating back to the OG Diablo 1 -- I gotta say that Chronicon should be on every ARPG enjoyers list. It's a top 5 for…”
— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played“Great ARPG with a lot of content, interesting loot and set items. Each class got 5 skill trees with always respec option. Cheap and no Microtransactions.”
— a player, Steam review · 78 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Linux & Steam Deck now uses Proton
Hey Everyone! If you're on Linux or Steam Deck, you are probably aware that we haven't been able to maintain the native build for a long time, and the state of it has been in limbo. After working on i
Update 1.61.0 - Plunder Rewards Scaling & Fixes
Hey Everyone! Another update for you, this time with more than just fixes. Since the DLC release, we've been collecting loads of feedback on many things, and this is the first update to react to that
Update 1.60.4 - fixes
Hey Everyone! Thanks for your continued reports! We should now have covered all issues found during the weekend. I will be looking a bit at reward scaling from Plunders next, as something appears to b
Update 1.60.3 - More fixes
Hey Everyone! This update takes care of all known issues. I am expecting more things to pop up over the weekend as more players get on the game, so another little fix will likely appear on Monday or T
Update 1.60.2
Hey Everyone! This is a small update to react to some immediate concerns with the most recent update & DLC release - expect a couple more of these tiny fixes as feedback rolls in! Thanks for the feedb
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Loot · Action RPG · Hack and Slash · Dungeon Crawler · RPG · Pixel Graphics · Crafting · Indie · Procedural Generation · 4 Player Local · Local Co-Op · Action-Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, French, German * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 152 |
| Official site | http://www.subworldgames.com/chronicon/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Quad Core 3 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 11 and Shader Model 3.0 Compatible Dedicated Video Card, 1 GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1500 MB available space Additional Notes: Intel (integrated) graphics poorly supported. Dedicated GPU required!