The Chaos Engine on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Prepare for the dark world of The Chaos Engine, a steampunk Victorian age in which one or two players must fight the hostile creations of the Chaos Engine across four dynamic landscapes and take part in the ultimate battle.Choose from six hard-nailed mercenaries each with their own unique weapons and skills.

The Chaos Engine is a action, retro and co-op game developed by Abstraction Games and The Bitmap Brothers and published by Rebellion.
Released on August 29th 2013 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 7 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil and Russian.

It has received 421 reviews of which 284 were positive and 137 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista/7/8
  • Processor: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 (minimum 2.5 GHz)
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 6200 or ATI Radeon X300
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 400 MB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible, 16-bit
MacOS
  • OS: OS X 10.7 or later
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 6200 or ATI Radeon X300
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 400 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04
  • Processor: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 (minimum 2.5 GHz)
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 6200 or ATI Radeon X300
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 400 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025
This is a great but brutal game, kind of reminds me of a Dark Souls like game where the punishing gameplay can where you down and fully demoralise you. Having said that the game is fair and allows you to progress once you level up your hand-eye coordination skills. Sit back and pour yourself a single malt scotch with ice and bask in it's old school nostalgia !
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Nov. 2024
A game for real MEN. Perfect port.
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May 2024
I don't have any nostalgia from this game like others, though I am a gamer from way back, just not this game. I love it and am glad older games are available like this, where I can support the creators--or at least owners--for a reasonable amount of money and add it to my Steam collection. Other reviews talk about the game play and controls. To me they don't seem off at all, but I cannot compare it to an original system like Amiga or Super Nintendo as "Soldiers of Fortune." (I own an SNES but did not know this game was on it.) I like having a mix of game types so I can decide what to play based on how much time or energy I have. This one will fit that quick-try to make progress niche very nicely.
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May 2024
A old classic. Very nice and surprisingly strategic for a run and gun.
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April 2024
The best game of all time. It was back in the day and still is.
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The Chaos Engine
6.5
284
137
Online players
0
Developer
Abstraction Games, The Bitmap Brothers
Publisher
Rebellion
Release 29 Aug 2013
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