City of Chains overview

Overview

City of Chains comes from Astronomic Games and is published by New Reality Games. It arrived on Steam on Dec 8, 2015, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

City of Chains's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 11 September 2026 - 09:27:40 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1,273. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 72% positive across 339 reviews.

Language and system requirements

City of Chains is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

City of Chains has sold up to 411,000 units and has 160 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $2,200,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

City of Chains overview details

City of Chains combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Holt Allaway is a skilled engineer, specialising in the construction and programming of robots. When the government approached him to sign up for a military programme to create battle machines, Holt declined, not wishing to create weapons of war. He expected this wouldn’t go down well, and he was right. Shortly after, the officials fabricated a story that he was conspiring with underground movements against the government and convicted him of a crime he did not commit. Upon being arrested, Holt is taken to a temporary holding facility where all arrested criminals are brought for an interrogation, as well as a verdict that decides their fate. Some are executed, and their organs are harvested and sold. The others are taken to high-security prisons and used as labourers or test subjects. Shortly after an interrogation, the holding facility is attacked by corrupted machines, and chaos ensues. A scout bot that’s remotely controlled by a mysterious individual calling himself Cai sets Holt free and instructs him to escape. Holt joins forces with a smart scientist Chloe and an assassin Lorelei, both of whom were also imprisoned. Following Cai’s lead, they flee the facility. However, their ordeal has only started. With no allies, few resources, and government police on their heels, they must find any means to survive and escape this condemned city - a City of Chains. GENERAL FEATURES: A dark sci-fi set in a large, dystopian city. 4 leading protagonists, each with their own skillset. No levelling up or experience points. Acquire skill points by making progress and use these to lea…

SteamPulse editorial summary

City of Chains is listed as a game with $8.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 11 September 2026 - 09:27:40 UTC, a tracked peak of 1,273, and 72% positive reviews.

Overview tags

IndieRPGAdventureRPGMakerStrategyCyberpunkDystopianSci-fiMultiple EndingsChoices Matter2DTurn-Based CombatGreat Soundtrack

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