Games like Chained
If Chained is your kind of game, the closest matches are SYSCALL: RING ZERO, Monster Logic and SOLAS 128 — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Chained: Help Cole take revenge on the AI program named "Scout" and the company that put him out of a job. Solve puzzles, hack accounts, and stop the field of cybersecurity from being taken over by an evolving AI system.
Players who liked Chained also play
Steam players who put hours into Chained also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
SYSCALL: RING ZERO
WHY THIS
Top pick for Chained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chained.
Reverse-engineer a private 1990s BBS. Read disassembly, patch broken checks, optimize a nine-core rack, and write assembly firmware that locks onto live scope traces. With 200+ puzzles, full controller support and offline play, you can refine your assembly skills on all your devices!
Monster Logic
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Chained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Chained.
Enter the world of "Monster Logic", the monstrous programming game! In this hand-drawn puzzle game, you'll have to use each monster's unique ability to progress through the 40+ levels and the multiple biomes!
SOLAS 128
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Chained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chained.
Explore SOLAS 128, a game of interconnected puzzles where you redirect and reconfigure rhythmic pulses of light to breathe life back into an ancient machine. BAFTA Scotland Game Winner.
Hope
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Chained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chained.
Mistakes are not an impediment, but an opportunity to grow. Play and learn from your mistakes. Come and recharge your hopes.
Cyber Warrior
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Chained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chained.
Cyber Warrior is a hacking simulator where you play as an ex retired bureau agent recruited back to take on a powerful criminal organization. Explore dozens of interactive desktops, navigate 200+ in-game websites, solve puzzles, customize your setup and make decisions that will shape a new cyber age
Rope Bowling
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Chained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chained.
Ready to mix physics with gravity? We are glad to present you Rope Bowling...
Spacious Snake
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Chained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chained.
Spacious Snake is a short but well-crafted puzzle game where the objective is to occupy the entire floor of the level. But for that you'll have to solve 20 levels with 2 different mechanics. So you think you can.
DiegoTC Toolbox
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Chained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chained.
A Puzzle-Platformer with tons of unique puzzles and mechanics.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Chained at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Chained on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chained.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Chained on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chained.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Chained on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chained.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Chained on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Chained.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Chained on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Chained.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Chained on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Chained.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Chained on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chained.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Chained on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chained.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chained.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chained.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chained.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chained.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chained.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chained.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Frequently asked about Chained
- How much does Chained cost?
- Chained is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Chained?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chained are SYSCALL: RING ZERO, Monster Logic, SOLAS 128.
- Who developed Chained?
- Chained was developed by Studio Digital Caffeine.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Chained.
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