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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
63 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“one of the greatest horror survivor games ever... wasted. First year this was out was PEAK. Fun, fast, addicting amazing textures, smooth fluid gameplay, amazing voice interaction. Fun killer vs survivor voice…”
“This game was really really cool. Until GUN decided to stop development on it. Last I checked, the entire concept of a LIVE service, is its' supposed to stay LIVE. Genuinely sucks they just pulled the plug like that,…”
“PLEASE don't waste your money on this game, devs have abandoned the game as they have done over and over in the past. Which is unfortunate because in it's prime it was super fun even if it was buggy but now it's broken…”
6 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“one of the greatest horror survivor games ever... wasted. First year this was out was PEAK. Fun, fast, addicting amazing textures, smooth fluid gameplay, amazing voice interaction. Fun killer vs survivor voice…”
“Prior to the release of Hands and Sumo's disassociation with the game; The Texas Chain Saw Massacre may have been the best, most scenic, fun, polished horror co-op asym game I've ever touched. Compared to other such…”
“Still a great game despite further content releases stopped. Servers are still up and running and while queue times can be long at times, playing as family or grabbing some friends to queue with you make it much more…”
5 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“This game isn't dead, people still play it. The developers though, have abandoned it. Get it on sale if you think you'd like it, it's still better than DBD even without dev support.”
“EDIT: After playing for about a week with this one I have no idea why people are saying its dead, i have no problem getting lobbys and the player variety is strong. There are a lot of people playing this game on console…”
“★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - if you already own it i would recommend giving this game a second chance, considering there are average of 300 players daily, finding a lobby is not that difficult (average of 5 and 15 mins max from my…”
5 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“EDIT: After playing for about a week with this one I have no idea why people are saying its dead, i have no problem getting lobbys and the player variety is strong. There are a lot of people playing this game on console…”
“★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - if you already own it i would recommend giving this game a second chance, considering there are average of 300 players daily, finding a lobby is not that difficult (average of 5 and 15 mins max from my…”
“people sleep on this game SO much. as long as you have friends to play with that already play this game itll be so easy to escape and have fun. if you wanna know more about the game you can check out jaice tcm on twitch…”
4 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“This game isn't dead, people still play it. The developers though, have abandoned it. Get it on sale if you think you'd like it, it's still better than DBD even without dev support.”
“Still a great game despite further content releases stopped. Servers are still up and running and while queue times can be long at times, playing as family or grabbing some friends to queue with you make it much more…”
34 of the 105 reviews raise this · 18 of them still recommend the game.
“one of the greatest horror survivor games ever... wasted. First year this was out was PEAK. Fun, fast, addicting amazing textures, smooth fluid gameplay, amazing voice interaction. Fun killer vs survivor voice…”
“This game was really really cool. Until GUN decided to stop development on it. Last I checked, the entire concept of a LIVE service, is its' supposed to stay LIVE. Genuinely sucks they just pulled the plug like that,…”
“PLEASE don't waste your money on this game, devs have abandoned the game as they have done over and over in the past. Which is unfortunate because in it's prime it was super fun even if it was buggy but now it's broken…”
20 of the 105 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is unplayable. You either get cheaters or tryharders. When you start playing the game, you will be presented with no tutorial nor any tips on what you need to do. So basically you will find a match (if you…”
“not worth the times and false ban player, letting cheater run free”
“So everything is true about what people are saying the game is pretty much dying due to toxic players and cheaters and the game is not friendly to new players at all . i would say play at your own risk”
19 of the 105 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“This game was so amazing and fun and had a lot of potential when it released, now the game has been abandoned :/ Don't bother getting it the game is fully dead now, yet another game that has been abandoned by GUN.…”
“So everything is true about what people are saying the game is pretty much dying due to toxic players and cheaters and the game is not friendly to new players at all . i would say play at your own risk”
“A fun game to play with friends but unfortunately if you queue without a full team of said friends then you are forced to play with random players who do not know how to use their brains sometimes. Find a few friends to…”
12 of the 105 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“PLEASE don't waste your money on this game, devs have abandoned the game as they have done over and over in the past. Which is unfortunate because in it's prime it was super fun even if it was buggy but now it's broken…”
“This game is unplayable. You either get cheaters or tryharders. When you start playing the game, you will be presented with no tutorial nor any tips on what you need to do. So basically you will find a match (if you…”
“no tutorial, extremely unfriendly for beginnners, boring and annoying to play when you're starting out. i wish i could refund it. i regret spending money on this game”
12 of the 105 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“PLEASE don't waste your money on this game, devs have abandoned the game as they have done over and over in the past. Which is unfortunate because in it's prime it was super fun even if it was buggy but now it's broken…”
“game no longer receives updates, even though it is still riddled with bugs, like victims being able to see where Nancy places her traps, along with unreleased characters like Meadow being fully ready for release, yet…”
“This game is unplayable. You either get cheaters or tryharders. When you start playing the game, you will be presented with no tutorial nor any tips on what you need to do. So basically you will find a match (if you…”
Counted across 105 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 67.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Great game, but the devs cashed in and left us, so this is as good as it gets.”
— a player, Steam review · 49 hrs played“It breaks my heart that all of these great horror survival games based on real IPs get abandoned. I mean Friday The 13th is one of if not the best multiplayer horror games of all time, and Gun was forced to abandon it due to legal issues. This one, I don't even know why they…”
— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played“fine game but stopping support after less than three years on a live service game is insane, especially considering this already happened with friday the 13th. the next franchise they ruin will be Halloween. don't bother buying it, it will just be a waste of money”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:07 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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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.
Community Double XP Challenge Complete
All treats, no tricks... claim the Slaughter Family Bloody Skin Pack and 'Rush Week' Halloween Outfit Pack for free now until November 3rd ! To redeem these pieces of DLC, download them from Steam. P.
Double XP - Extended
Double XP is extended until 11/2. Y'all got 233,173 combined escapes and kills this weekend. If the community can hit over 200,000 combined escapes and kills again, we’ll give away the ‘Rush Week’ Hal
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Horror · Multiplayer · Survival Horror · Gore · Team-Based · PvP · Third Person · Survival · Action · Stealth · Violent · Asynchronous Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 51 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.txchainsawgame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5 6th gen or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 30 GB available space