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The Chant
A single-player, third person horror action-adventure game set on a remote spiritual island retreat. To survive you must craft, fight, and escape the psychedelic horrors set loose when a spiritual ritual goes wrong and awakens a dimension of cosmic terror.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
35 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“It's not that bad as far as the story goes or even the gameplay even if its a bit janky, but there are way better games in the genre, and performance is atrocious, it has one of the worst bugs i've seen that makes the…”
35 of the 79 reviews raise this.
28 of the 79 reviews raise this.
7 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“A fairly fun little horror game, the puzzles are simple enough and the combat is a little on the limited side but the story is pretty fun and the visuals are nice. My biggest gripe was having to play in offline mode so…”
7 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“the fact ive had to open it another way is kind of put offing. after i completed it i noticed all the effort i put into the game with collectables and stuff. no achievements. story 4/10 graphics 10/10 vocals 10/10 the…”
28 of the 79 reviews raise this · 16 of them still recommend the game.
“It's not that bad as far as the story goes or even the gameplay even if its a bit janky, but there are way better games in the genre, and performance is atrocious, it has one of the worst bugs i've seen that makes the…”
“This game stutters every 1 second due to something with network activity. You have to play with network off or as administrator to play the game, otherwise it is unplayable. Can't believe all these people involved in…”
15 of the 79 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Recommended for players who loves survival and fighting horror games. Even in the story mode this game contains much fight. The graphic is really cute and the ideas behind the plot are nice, but since the begin you have…”
“A glimpse into Epstein Island. Figuratively and, could very well be, literally. Excellent horror game with multiple endings. Not too scary, but a whole lot of creepy. Man, is it creepy. It does remind me a little of…”
“Not for me. Even when playing offline to get rid of the stutters, the combat/evasive maneuvers just feels too janky for me to sink my time into trying to get to work. I keep dying and not in a way that feels like I need…”
14 of the 79 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“It's not that bad as far as the story goes or even the gameplay even if its a bit janky, but there are way better games in the genre, and performance is atrocious, it has one of the worst bugs i've seen that makes the…”
“This game stutters every 1 second due to something with network activity. You have to play with network off or as administrator to play the game, otherwise it is unplayable. Can't believe all these people involved in…”
“If you're thinking about trying this game, save your money and look for something better. The experience started off rough with constant stuttering. I looked up a workaround and ended up launching the game directly from…”
8 of the 79 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This game stutters every 1 second due to something with network activity. You have to play with network off or as administrator to play the game, otherwise it is unplayable. Can't believe all these people involved in…”
“Not for me. Even when playing offline to get rid of the stutters, the combat/evasive maneuvers just feels too janky for me to sink my time into trying to get to work. I keep dying and not in a way that feels like I need…”
“A short interesting story with somewhat awkward combat. Recommended.”
8 of the 79 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“the fact ive had to open it another way is kind of put offing. after i completed it i noticed all the effort i put into the game with collectables and stuff. no achievements. story 4/10 graphics 10/10 vocals 10/10 the…”
“The Chant: Though all more believable story of my shown playtime would be "He got bored of this bizarre game".. but the truth is I had to turn my internet off so the game wasnt choppy, does that mean I put 7 hours into…”
“This game is flawed but still interesting. It mixes elements of a walking simulator with survival elements and horror that is adjacent to Lovecraftian themes. The controls are a bit wonky and the combat is awkward. The…”
Counted across 79 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 75.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Realistic depiction of what it's like to be a member of church of scientology. Right of the bat I want to address the stuttering, not sure why it keeps happening every time I launch the game and then after 10 minutes it goes away, no need for any workarounds as other people may…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“I had to put steam in offline mode in order to play the game without stuttering. Not sure why that was a thing, but it was. As an experienced psychonaut, I was intrigued with the psychedelic element, but I wasn't expecting to enjoy the game as much as I did. I sat and played the…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Look, it was fine. Story was cool, game looks good, combat was creative, and all the characters were distinct and interesting enough in a cult setting. However, the game not only has serious performance issues, manifested in my steam deck as stuttering every two seconds, and…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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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.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Horror · Action-Adventure · Supernatural · Third Person · Female Protagonist · 3D · Mystery · Atmospheric · Realistic · Drama (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish * , Russian * , Spanish - Latin America * , Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 42 |
| Official site | http://www.thechant.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i3-9100F @ 3.60GHz / AMD Ryzen 3 4300G Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / Radeon RX 580 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 40 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD recommended