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Soul Chained
Fight through Purgatory in a janky adventure where you and your friends are ethereally chained together. Wield chain magic, bully enemies with chain physics, and make terrible decisions in this game full of gratuitous amounts of jiggle physics. Built by a solo dev when mom wasn't home.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“It’s a fun indie game you play with your friends. Don’t play it if you want serious boss fights and gameplay.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“I actually played and beat the full game on hard unlike people with .2 hours leaving negative reviews. Is it a masterpiece? No, its a $5 friendslop souls game that is exactly as advertised. There's even a demo so you know what you are getting at no cost. The game has bugs/quirks…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Game was ass straight poop from the butt”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-19.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-28. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-19). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Create your own wacky Steam Achievement!
Now's the time to become immortalized. A few weeks ago, as part of celebrating having reached 200 Steam Reviews - I promised to let you all suggest a new Steam achievement on Discord. Unfortunately, I
Small post launch update v1.1.12 - Bigger changes coming soon
v1.1.12 Increased xp from killing Grundle - players should all mostly level up now after killing Grundle Steam Deck 30fps cap set by default - should lead to smoother overall frame pacing and better f
Update Day 3! v1.1.6 more crash fixes
Skipping to v1.1.6 as I made and tested several builds internally before rolling all the changes into this build. Fixed a crash caused by Chinese localisation - similar to the issue cuasing crashes wh
Ask Me Anything! - Reddit AMA @ r/gaming
Ask Me Anything! Hey there, Bound Souls! While I've almost always had the time to answer questions on Discord, particularly in the general chat channel, I've never had a public AMA. Now that Soul Chai
Patch v1.1.1 major crash bug fix and removal of Gen AI assisted assets.
Fixed a bug with Japanese localisation causing crashes. Removed Generative AI-assisted 3D model for mummy enemy - replaced with a decent looking asset. Removed Generative AI-assisted 3D model for wend
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Co-op · Funny · Platformer · Online Co-Op · Physics · Comedy · Souls-like · Multiplayer · Action · 3D Platformer · Dark Fantasy · Combat (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Adjustable Difficulty |
| Languages | English * , Japanese, Simplified Chinese * |
| Achievements | 8 |
| Official site | https://www.kyroware.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 and above Processor: Intel Core i5 4690 Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 4GB or AMD Equivalent DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 15 GB available space Additional Notes: Local CO-OP mode is more demanding and may need more powerful hardware than the minimum requirements. Local CO-OP also requires 2 controllers. A high-speed internet connection and a good connection between players are required to play online. Havoc modes (3/4 player) are additional modes and will require