Games like ChainStaff
If ChainStaff is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cold Lazarus, SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance and Ghost Song — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and intense. 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 ChainStaff: 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!
Players who liked ChainStaff also play
Steam players who put hours into ChainStaff 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.
Cold Lazarus
WHY THIS
Top pick for ChainStaff fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Embark on a thrilling odyssey with Lazarus amidst Nimbranumbra's asteroid islands. Encounter charismatic characters, explore ancient ruins, quaint villages, and brave the eerie 'Frameworks.' Battle foes, complete quests, and solve puzzles in this captivating hand-drawn fantasy epic!
SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
WHY THIS
Shares combo based combat, boss fights, retro and an atmospheric mood with ChainStaff.
Second-strongest match for ChainStaff fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
Ghost Song
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ChainStaff.
Third-strongest match for ChainStaff fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Ultros
WHY THIS
Shares metroidvania exploration, combo based combat, indie and an atmospheric mood with ChainStaff.
Ranked #4 for ChainStaff fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...
RUBATO
WHY THIS
Shares upgrade system and an atmospheric mood with ChainStaff.
Ranked #5 for ChainStaff fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
RUBATO, an experimental, 2D physics-based take on the collect-a-thon genre!
Curse of the Sea Rats
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ChainStaff.
Ranked #6 for ChainStaff fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Embark on an epic, hand-animated, ‘ratoidvania’ adventure, where your crew has been turned into rats by a pirate witch! Explore a rich non-linear world, enjoy fun action platforming, face challenging bosses, and unlock unique abilities - either alone or in local co-op!
Papetura
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ChainStaff.
Ranked #7 for ChainStaff fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
Guns of Fury
WHY THIS
Shares metroidvania exploration, checkpoint system, action adventure and an atmospheric mood with ChainStaff.
Ranked #8 for ChainStaff fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Reviewers mention these as similar to ChainStaff
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Pig Eat Ball
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with ChainStaff.
Reviewers of ChainStaff cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Pig Eat Ball is a top-down, action-adventure about eating, getting fat, and barfing on things to solve levels. Explore 20 giant space stations to find different Disguises, and using their Pros and Cons, fight and solve your way through over 200 action-puzzle levels using new, arcade-style mechanics.
Rayman® Legends
WHY THIS
Shares boss fights and a nostalgic mood with ChainStaff.
Reviewers of ChainStaff cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Michel Ancel, the celebrated creator of Rayman®, Beyond Good & Evil®, and the Raving Rabbids®, returns to unleash his innovative creativity on this new entry into the Rayman® franchise.When Rayman, Globox, and the Teensies discover a mysterious tent filled with captivating paintings, they are suddenly transported to a series of...
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with ChainStaff.
Reviewers of ChainStaff cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter.Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal.Co-op play supported.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Shares boss fights and a challenging mood with ChainStaff.
Reviewers of ChainStaff cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Shadows of the past
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ChainStaff cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Shadows of the past is a visual novel for adults only. In a small town, private detective Josh Wilson leads a quiet and measured life, solving small problems for the locals. But everything changes when Ellie shows up on his office doorstep....
Contrast
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ChainStaff.
Reviewers of ChainStaff cross-mention this title as a similar play.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with ChainStaff.
Reviewers of ChainStaff cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ChainStaff at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~67% under ChainStaff on Steam right now. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under ChainStaff on Steam right now. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under ChainStaff on Steam right now. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under ChainStaff on Steam right now. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under ChainStaff on Steam right now. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~93% under ChainStaff on Steam right now. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under ChainStaff on Steam right now. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under ChainStaff on Steam right now. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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More from Mommy's Best Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Mommy's Best Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Serious Sam Double D XXL
WHY THIS
Shares metroidvania progression with ChainStaff.
Another title from Mommy's Best Games, the studio behind ChainStaff. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Pile on the firepower with the revolutionary Gunstacker and fire all your weapons at once in a symphony of destruction!
Shoot 1UP DX
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with ChainStaff.
Another title from Mommy's Best Games, the studio behind ChainStaff. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
Pig Eat Ball
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with ChainStaff.
Another title from Mommy's Best Games, the studio behind ChainStaff.
Pig Eat Ball is a top-down, action-adventure about eating, getting fat, and barfing on things to solve levels. Explore 20 giant space stations to find different Disguises, and using their Pros and Cons, fight and solve your way through over 200 action-puzzle levels using new, arcade-style mechanics.
Weapon of Choice DX
WHY THIS
Another title from Mommy's Best Games, the studio behind ChainStaff. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths!
Explosionade DX
WHY THIS
Another title from Mommy's Best Games, the studio behind ChainStaff. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Pilot an experimental mech and shoot giant grenades to blow up sneaky aliens. Stomp their guts, destroy their base, and save the day!
Game Type DX
WHY THIS
Another title from Mommy's Best Games, the studio behind ChainStaff. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Help Hoodie Girl fight the evil MediaBall's inane advertisements! It's a looping shooter in which each loop increases the speed and difficulty!
Bumpy Grumpy
WHY THIS
Another title from Mommy's Best Games, the studio behind ChainStaff. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Discover the lost 1980s arcade classic, with new enhancements! Race through packed streets at break-neck speeds, zip by wacky drivers, and boost your way to a new high score!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
WHY THIS
Shares combo based combat, boss fights, retro and an atmospheric mood with ChainStaff.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
Ghost Song
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ChainStaff.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Ultros
WHY THIS
Shares metroidvania exploration, combo based combat, indie and an atmospheric mood with ChainStaff.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...
Papetura
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ChainStaff.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
Guns of Fury
WHY THIS
Shares metroidvania exploration, checkpoint system, action adventure and an atmospheric mood with ChainStaff.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with ChainStaff.
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Frequently asked about ChainStaff
- Is ChainStaff verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — ChainStaff is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does ChainStaff cost?
- ChainStaff is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to ChainStaff?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ChainStaff are Cold Lazarus, SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance, Ghost Song.
- Who developed ChainStaff?
- ChainStaff was developed by Mommy's Best Games.
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