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ChainStaff

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ChainStaff is a brutal action-platformer with a transforming spear and grappling hook, blazing weapon upgrades, and a rocking soundtrack. Aliens have attached to your head! Swing, shoot, and spear your way through mutating hordes and bone-shaking boss fights, and get this thing off your head!

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SPECIAL NOTE: The art is all hand-drawn and uses no AI generated baloney! Art made by real people rules.

Our planet is under attack from the Star Spores, and they've warped life on Earth into ferocious uber-bugs.
Even worse, a nasty alien has made its new home directly attached to your head.

But it's not all bad news - your new best friend has provided both the strength to fight back against the mutated horde, and control over a weapon that can tip the balance of the battle in humanity's favor: the ChainStaff.

As you traverse the surreal landscape, you'll encounter your fellow soldiers, stranded in harsh environments. Do you rescue your comrades, or listen to the alien voice in your head and harvest them for upgrades?

If you can persevere and defeat the Star Spores, perhaps you can save everyone…including yourself.

Hurl it as a spear and slice aliens in half. Throw it to the ground as a shield to stop incoming attacks. Grapple and swing on just about anything. The transforming ChainStaff does all this and more, and all with one button, it’s all up to you.

Pounded to mush, stabbed through the heart, sheared in two. Prepare to meet your doom in a myriad of disgusting ways. All deaths are avoidable, but some dangers may require special strategies.

The creatures of Earth have been mutated by aliens: you’ll come across dozens of unusual creatures, and once you get past those, you’ll have to fight against screen-filling monstrosities.

Stranded soldiers dot the landscape of ChainStaff. You have to choose whether to rescue them or devour their organs; each option has unique benefits and will lead to different endings.

Mist trails around rocky crags.

Wind blows over icy, moon-lit hills.

Water streams down mossy cliffs.

Fully hand-drawn art immerses you in a living world inspired by album covers of the 70s and 80s.

Scorching riffs and peals of thunder. Pumping beats drive you ever forward.

Rock out to the classic metal soundtrack by the award-winning composer Deon van Heerden of Broforce and Warhammer 40k: Shootas Blood & Teef soundtrack fame. There’s some lighter interludes with 70s synth, catchy melodies, and even some cowbell. Now it’s back to the heavy tracks, where it’s time to bang your head while smashing skulls.

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  1. ChainStaffSteam announcement

    Time Trials DLC out now!

    There is no "blue scent trail" here. ːsteammockingː No hand-holding. No upgrade trees, loot boxes, or crafting tables. It's just You, Your brass balls, And the ChainStaff!…

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    ChainStaff DLC Reveal

    I have awesome news! We are putting the finishing touches on some big DLC for ChainStaff. It's called the "ChainStaff Time Trials". Fifty super-fast challenge levels complete…

  3. ChainStaffSteam announcement

    Free Hard Mode Update!

    Ready to kick some alien butt? The Hard mode update is here! Already beaten Normal mode? Start a New Game+ and pick Hard mode! You'll take all your gun and shield upgrades into…

  4. ChainStaffSteam patch notes

    Patch 2

    Patch 2 fixes -fixed camera in level 2 cave. -level 10 balance for easy, more shields. -properly clears soldiers killed (soldiers don't attack you on new-game+ now) made…

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    Accolades, a Thank You, and Heavy Metal

    Thank You! We made it to 50 Steam reviews! Let's keep going! Thank you for leaving your thoughts on the game. Every review helps, good or bad, big or small. If you've not already…

  7. ChainStaffSteam patch notes

    Patch 1

    Version 1.0.49, Updated to Steam, consoles to follow. -New music track for level 5 mid-boss Jellymander -Added cheat "change difficulty" to modify game difficulty mid-game.…

  8. ChainStaffSteam announcement

    ChainStaff is Out Now on All Platforms

    ChainStaff is out now on Steam! And Switch and Playstation and Xbox. But you should play it here. Then probably buy a copy on a console too. Just for safe keeping. If you enjoyed…

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