CHKN on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Behold, the miracle of lifeโ€ฆ packed into cubes! Create fantastic creatures in an open-world sandbox game like no other. Explore, craft, and surviveโ€”all with the help of your very own creations.

CHKN is a sandbox, adventure and open world game developed and published by Katapult.
Released on April 01st 2016 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 1,634 reviews of which 1,302 were positive and 332 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. ๐Ÿ˜Š

The game is free to play on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • 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
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.8+, 64-bit
  • Processor: 2 GHz Equivalent CPU
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3 Compatible GPU
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04+, 64-bit; SteamOS+
  • Processor: 2 GHz Equivalent CPU
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3 Compatible GPU
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 5 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025
The amount of horrified looks I've gotten from the friends I've dragged into playing this with me fills me with great joy. I bought CHKN while it still cost money in Early Access, and I don't regret it even now it's free. For how unsettling the creatures can be, it's charming in it's own way and the creativity with the creature-building is limitless! I would've loved to see this game developed further, but even as it is, especially now that it's free, I'd highly encourage you to give it a go if you enjoy open-world survival games, don't mind not having a strong directive while running around a sandbox-style world, and want to mess around with beautiful abominations of creatures (that you can also pet!) The legacy version is also available to play if you change it in the game's properties within your library; I found this one a lot smoother in terms of gameplay and also features some more animals that didn't make it to the current version such as giraffes! And the best part? It's got great multiplayer support, so you too can drag your friends into surviving in this weird and wonderful world!
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Oct. 2024
---{ Graphics }--- โ˜ You forget what reality is โ˜‘ Beautiful โ˜ Good โ˜ Decent โ˜ Bad โ˜ Donโ€˜t look too long at it โ˜ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- โ˜‘ Very good โ˜ Good โ˜ It's just gameplay โ˜ Mehh โ˜ Watch paint dry instead โ˜ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- โ˜ Amazing โ˜‘ Very good โ˜ Good โ˜ Not too bad โ˜ Bad โ˜ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- โ˜‘ Kids โ˜‘ Teens โ˜‘ Adults โ˜ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- โ˜ Check if you can run paint โ˜ Potato โ˜‘ Decent โ˜ Fast โ˜ Rich boi โ˜ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- โ˜ Floppy Disk โ˜ Old Fashioned โ˜‘ Workable โ˜ Big โ˜ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive โ˜ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it โ˜ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- โ˜ Just press 'W' โ˜ Easy โ˜‘ Easy to learn / Hard to master โ˜ Significant brain usage โ˜ Difficult โ˜ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- โ˜‘ Nothing to grind โ˜ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks โ˜ Isn't necessary to progress โ˜ Average grind level โ˜ Too much grind โ˜ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- โ˜ No Story โ˜‘ Some lore โ˜ Average โ˜ Good โ˜ Lovely โ˜ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- โ˜ Long enough for a cup of coffee โ˜ Short โ˜ Average โ˜‘ Long โ˜ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- โ˜ It's free! โ˜‘ Worth the price โ˜ If it's on sale โ˜ If u have some spare money left โ˜ Not recommended โ˜ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- โ˜‘ Never heard of โ˜ Minor bugs โ˜ Can get annoying โ˜ ARK: Survival Evolved โ˜ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- โ˜ 1 โ˜ 2 โ˜ 3 โ˜ 4 โ˜ 5 โ˜ 6 โ˜ 7 โ˜ 8 โ˜ 9 โ˜‘ 10
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July 2024
I really like CHKN (I call it chicken) the first time i saw this game was from Dantdm. It is fun it just doesn't get many updates, I am sad to see that it is getting less popular, but as of creating this review CHKN is free so I would recommend playing for just a little bit.
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May 2024
it's funny to see people react to your grotesque Abominations that you create with obscure names
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April 2024
I bought this game years ago when it was popular and it was ok for the price. But, now it's free, so I say get it! What do you have to lose? Your sanity? If you took time out of your day to find this game, or you've had it wishlisted for all these years, then you don't have any!
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CHKN
7.7
1,302
332
Online players
14
Developer
Katapult
Publisher
Katapult
Release 01 Apr 2016
Platforms