CHKN

CHKN

Steam Deck Playable

Katapult · Sandbox · Apr 1, 2016

Worth it for the right player.

It's free to play.

80%
Mostly Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Multiplayer: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
25% of themes are praise38% are divided37% are caveats
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Multiplayer also enhances the experience by allowing friends to collaborate on creature construction, share discoveries, and survive together, making the unpredictable nature of the game's systems even more entertaining when experienced as a group.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The ability to explore CHKN without conflict, and to combine the tools and lifeBlocks without narrative, is a distinctly pleasant meditation for all ages.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love2 themes
Multiplayer15 reviews
Story and characters13 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics22 reviews
68%
Gameplay21 reviews
67%
Interface6 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs13 reviews
85%
Combat7 reviews
57%
Performance6 reviews
83%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
80%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
21
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.