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Fight through brutal arenas chained to your friends. Turn chains and hazards against enemies, survive afflictions, unlock beasts, and build your gladiator for each roguelike run.
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Skills: Training Upgrades and Synergies Guide
Chained Beasts skills allow gladiators to customize combat builds through post-match training, surgeon augments, and affliction synergies.
Chained Beasts how to win the crowd: Gladiatorial Combat Guide
Chained Beasts how to win the crowd requires speed, weapon variety, chain tripping, and arena hazard kills to maximize your gold payouts.
Single Player: Mechanics, Builds, and Guide
Chained Beasts features a fully balanced single player mode. See how solo tether mechanics, beast builds, afflictions, and arena bosses operate.
Healing Guide: Potions, Afflictions, and Medicine
Chained Beasts healing forces a choice between recovering health and taking permanent afflictions. Learn how potions, water, and medicine work.
PvP: Is There a Player vs Player Mode?
Chained Beasts pvp is currently not supported. Developer Featherweight Games confirmed their primary focus is on the 1-4 player co-op experience.
Hades Difficulty Guide: Modifiers & Hazards
Chained Beasts Hades difficulty introduces contaminated water and heavy boss support. Here is how its mechanics, afflictions, and boss encounters work.
Multiplayer Co-Op Guide: Modes and Mechanics
Chained Beasts multiplayer supports 1-4 players in online and local co-op. Learn how chain mechanics, friendly fire, and afflictions work.
Xbox Release Date, Game Pass Details, and Features
Chained Beasts hits Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass on October 15, 2026. Check confirmed details on co-op, crossplay, and technical features.
Unable to Move in Multiplayer: How to Fix It
Fix the Chained Beasts unable to move in multiplayer bug with community-tested workarounds for stuck dungeon rooms, potion menus, and controller input locks.
Guide: Arena Combat and Survival Strategies
Our Chained Beasts guide covers character perks, chain combat, crowd favor, weapon throwing, and managing post-round healing afflictions.
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Beginner Combat Guide
This guide outlines the basics of chain physics, weapon durability, crowd excitement, and post-round healing.
Gladiator Roster Overview
Comparing beast archetypes helps you select the ideal passive traits and mobility profiles for solo or team runs.
Healing and Afflictions
Managing restorative potions and permanent bodily injuries ensures your gladiator survives deep arena acts.
Multiplayer Co-Op Setup
Reviewing squad formations, friendly fire risks, and lobby connections prepares your team for chained colosseum battles.
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Guides & References
Beta Dates, Act 2 Features, and Gameplay Guide
Explore the Chained Beasts beta details, including testing dates, Act 2 Germania content, boss fights, weapons, and co-op chain mechanics.
Chained Beasts demo: Content, Platforms, and Gameplay Guide
The Chained Beasts demo offers 1-4 player gladiator arena combat with physics chains and brutal afflictions. Here is everything included in the build.
Chained Beasts release date, launch times, platforms, and pricing
The official Chained Beasts release date is October 15, 2026. Review the full breakdown of launch platforms, unlock times, pricing, and 1.0 game content.
Update: Act 2 Germania, Bosses, and Combat Changes
The Chained Beasts update adds Act 2 Germania, new bosses, the Surgeon, shield reworks, and beasts. Here is everything included in recent patches.
Mac Compatibility, Requirements, and Features
Chained Beasts Mac support is officially confirmed on Steam. Check macOS system requirements, demo access, crossplay details, and controller support.
PC: Release Date, Requirements, and Platforms
Chained Beasts hits PC on Steam and Game Pass on October 15, 2026. Check system specs, controller options, co-op modes, and demo details here.
Chained Beasts ps5: Release Date, Co-Op, and Launch Details
Chained Beasts ps5 launches on October 15, 2026. Check the official console release date, 1-4 player co-op features, and DualSense controller support.
Switch Release Date, Price, and Features
Chained Beasts Switch launch details, pricing, co-op play modes, and console features confirmed by developer Featherweight Games.
Xbox Release Date, Game Pass Details, and Features
Chained Beasts hits Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass on October 15, 2026. Check confirmed details on co-op, crossplay, and technical features.
Crossplay: Platforms and Co-Op Multiplayer Details
Chained Beasts crossplay supports 1-4 players across PC, consoles, and Game Pass. Check platform compatibility and co-op multiplayer features.
Demo Multiplayer: Co-Op Setup & Survival Guide
Chained Beasts demo multiplayer lets up to four gladiators fight together online or locally. Learn how lobby setup, chain physics, and friendly fire work.
Local Co Op Guide: Setup and Arena Tactics
Chained Beasts local co op supports up to four players on one screen. Learn system requirements, chain physics, friendly fire, and gladiatorial combat tips.
Matchmaking: How Co-Op and Lobby Systems Work
Chained Beasts matchmaking is not available in the demo. Here is how invite-only lobbies, local co-op, and public queue requests currently stand.
Multiplayer Co-Op Guide: Modes and Mechanics
Chained Beasts multiplayer supports 1-4 players in online and local co-op. Learn how chain mechanics, friendly fire, and afflictions work.
PvP: Is There a Player vs Player Mode?
Chained Beasts pvp is currently not supported. Developer Featherweight Games confirmed their primary focus is on the 1-4 player co-op experience.
Single Player: Mechanics, Builds, and Guide
Chained Beasts features a fully balanced single player mode. See how solo tether mechanics, beast builds, afflictions, and arena bosses operate.
Afflictions Guide: Mechanics, Penalties, and Cures
Understand Chained Beasts afflictions, how potion healing and training trigger injuries, affliction severity levels, and how to manage or cure them.
Bosses Guide: All Arena Encounters and Fight Tips
Defeat every Chained Beasts boss with this combat guide covering Grandmaster Barka, Goliath, Praefectus, fight phases, and chain mechanics.
Characters Guide: Roster, Traits, and Unlocks
Chained Beasts characters feature distinct combat traits, stats, and chain lengths. Compare all playable beasts, base passives, and variant unlocks.
Guide: Arena Combat and Survival Strategies
Our Chained Beasts guide covers character perks, chain combat, crowd favor, weapon throwing, and managing post-round healing afflictions.
Hades Difficulty Guide: Modifiers & Hazards
Chained Beasts Hades difficulty introduces contaminated water and heavy boss support. Here is how its mechanics, afflictions, and boss encounters work.
Healing Guide: Potions, Afflictions, and Medicine
Chained Beasts healing forces a choice between recovering health and taking permanent afflictions. Learn how potions, water, and medicine work.
Chained Beasts how to win the crowd: Gladiatorial Combat Guide
Chained Beasts how to win the crowd requires speed, weapon variety, chain tripping, and arena hazard kills to maximize your gold payouts.
Skills: Training Upgrades and Synergies Guide
Chained Beasts skills allow gladiators to customize combat builds through post-match training, surgeon augments, and affliction synergies.
Download: Platforms, Free Demo, and Official Links
Get the Chained Beasts download details, including the free Steam demo, official PC system requirements, console launch dates, and verified store links.
Price, Launch Discount, and Platform Breakdown
The base Chained Beasts price is $19.99 USD, reduced to $12.99 with a 35% launch discount for the first two weeks. Here is the full platform breakdown.
Online Play Not Working: Fixes & Lobby Issues
Chained Beasts online play not working? Review reported lobby freezes, Mac crossplay errors, and community-tested fixes for Featherweight Games' co-op title.
Purple Screen: Causes and Fixes
Fix the Chained Beasts purple screen bug. Understand why the blank display occurs with active audio and check hardware workarounds from community reports.
Chained Beasts system requirements: Full PC and Mac Specs
Official Chained Beasts system requirements for PC and macOS. Check minimum CPU, GPU, memory specs, and controller hardware needed to play.
Unable to Move in Multiplayer: How to Fix It
Fix the Chained Beasts unable to move in multiplayer bug with community-tested workarounds for stuck dungeon rooms, potion menus, and controller input locks.
Discord: Official Invite Link and Community Guide
Join the official Chained Beasts Discord server to find co-op teammates, report feedback directly to Featherweight Games, and follow game updates.
Chained Beasts review: Brutal Co-Op Combat and Twisted Healing
Our Chained Beasts review examines Featherweight Games' co-op gladiator roguelike, analyzing its physics, affliction loop, bosses, and solo play.
Trailer Breakdown: Gameplay, Date, and Platforms
The official Chained Beasts trailer reveals 1-4 player gladiator co-op, brutal chain combat, the Rome arena chapter, and an October 15, 2026 launch.
The Game at a Glance
What is Chained Beasts?
Chained Beasts is a one to four player cooperative gladiator roguelike developed and published by Featherweight Games. Players enter brutal arenas tethered together by iron chains, using physical links and environmental hazards to battle enemies and win over the spectators.
A typical run sends gladiators through combat rounds across Carthage, Germania, and Rome. Fighters coordinate movement to trip foes, wield degraded weapons, and drink risk-reward potions between matches that cure wounds while inflicting permanent physical and mental injuries.
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- Featherweight Games
- Platform
- Windows PC / macOS
- Genre
- Action
- Planned Release
- Oct 15, 2026
- Players
- 1–4
- Beasts at Launch
- 8
- Difficulty Levels at Launch
- 10
- Skills at Launch
- 70+
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Beginner Guide
Learn the basics of melee combat, weapon throwing, and using arena hazards against enemies. Coordinate your chain movements with teammates, and keep another weapon available before throwing your current one.
Pick an animal gladiator whose defensive, mobility, or economy traits match your solo or team playstyle.
Coordinate movement to trip charging opponents across your chain without wrapping teammates around pillars.
Rotate attacks, throw weapons, and perform executions to keep spectators wild and earn bonus gold payouts.
More details
Weigh health recovery against permanent affliction penalties when selecting potions between arena days.
Co-op and Crossplay
Fight solo or team up in 1–4 player battles through online co-op, couch co-op, or Steam Remote Play Together. Online crossplay is supported, and same-screen co-op requires at least one gamepad.
Supports one to four players in online co-op as well as local shared or split-screen play.
Online cross-platform multiplayer lets PC and console gladiators join matches together.
At least one connected gamepad is mandatory to enable same-screen co-op on PC.
Demo Download
Try the free Steam demo in Carthage, featuring five battles and a first boss who arrives on a rhino. The demo is scheduled to go offline when the full game launches on October 15, 2026.
A free playable demo featuring Act 1 Carthage content is available directly via Steam on PC and Mac.
The demo includes five arena battles, the prison tutorial, and the mounted war rhino champion boss.
Featherweight Games will take the playable Steam demo offline when the full game launches on October 15, 2026.
Release Date, Platforms and Price
Chained Beasts launches on October 15, 2026, on Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. Game Pass includes Xbox and Windows PC access from day one. The announced Steam launch offer is $12.99 USD for two weeks, down from the regular $19.99 USD.
Chained Beasts launches worldwide on October 15, 2026, unlocking at 10:00 AM PDT / 5:00 PM UTC.
The standard base price is $19.99 USD, discounted by 35% to $12.99 USD for the first two weeks.
Releases day one on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Game Pass.
System Requirements
Check the minimum Windows and macOS specifications before entering the arena. The full game lists 8 GB RAM, Windows 10 with GTX 1050 or RX 460 equivalent graphics, and macOS 11 with Apple M1 or the listed Intel and Radeon hardware.
Requires Windows 10 64-bit, 8 GB RAM, and a GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon RX 460 graphics card.
Requires macOS 11, 8 GB RAM, and an Apple M1 chip or Intel Core i7-6920HQ processor.
Integrated graphics like Intel Iris Xe are unsupported and trigger an unplayable purple screen.
Progression and Unlocks
Develop your fighter with more than 70 skills and over 40 purchasable items. Unlock eight beasts, alongside variants with different stats and abilities, and cosmetic options.
Unlock eight distinct animal gladiators, including the Lion, Bear, Eagle, Rhino, and Wolf.
Levelling up beasts through arena experience unlocks alternate variants with new perks and cosmetics.
Full progression offers over 70 skills, more than 70 afflictions, and over 40 equippable weapons and items.
Injuries and Healing
Limping, eye injuries, and hallucinations can change how you survive a run. Potions may relieve pain while causing side effects, and the Surgeon offers affliction management or skill-granting augmentations between acts.
Healing potions restore large amounts of health but permanently apply skull-tiered physical or mental debuffs.
Drinking clean water avoids negative afflictions but only provides minimal healing and requires at least 20 HP.
Visiting the Surgeon between acts lets gladiators remove crippling afflictions or purchase body modifications.
Chapters and Difficulty Levels
Fight through Carthage, Germania, and Rome across three acts, with nine battles before the final encounter. Ten difficulty levels increase the challenge, and Rome introduces Praefectus and his Praetorian Guard.
Campaign runs traverse Carthage, the frozen arenas of Germania, and the Colosseum in Rome.
The 1.0 release includes ten difficulty levels scaling from Pleb up to Centurion and Hades.
Climactic act bosses include Grandmaster Barka on Big Bertha, Goliath in Germania, and Praefectus in Rome.
Quick Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
When does Chained Beasts officially release?
Chained Beasts releases on October 15, 2026, unlocking worldwide at 10:00 AM PDT / 5:00 PM UTC across PC and consoles.
What platforms is Chained Beasts available on?
Chained Beasts launches on PC via Steam for Windows and macOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and day one on Xbox Game Pass.
Does Chained Beasts support cross-platform multiplayer?
Yes, Chained Beasts features cross-platform multiplayer support, allowing PC and console players to team up in online cooperative matches.
Can you play Chained Beasts in single-player?
Yes, Chained Beasts includes a full single-player mode where lone gladiators are anchored to heavy objects like iron balls or arena pillars instead of human partners.
Does Chained Beasts have a PvP mode?
No, Chained Beasts does not include PvP or player-versus-player duels, as Featherweight Games designed the title strictly around cooperative PvE combat.
How does healing work in Chained Beasts?
Healing between arena rounds requires choosing between clean water for minimal recovery or potent potions that restore health while inflicting permanent physical and mental afflictions.
Where will you start?
Learn the combat basics, set up co-op, or check platform requirements before entering the arena.
Chained Beasts · Platform: Windows PC, macOS, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch · Developer: Featherweight Games
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Unable to Move in Multiplayer: How to Fix It
Fix the Chained Beasts unable to move in multiplayer bug with community-tested workarounds for stuck dungeon rooms, potion menus, and controller input locks.
Characters Guide: Roster, Traits, and Unlocks
Chained Beasts characters feature distinct combat traits, stats, and chain lengths. Compare all playable beasts, base passives, and variant unlocks.
Chained Beasts release date, launch times, platforms, and pricing
The official Chained Beasts release date is October 15, 2026. Review the full breakdown of launch platforms, unlock times, pricing, and 1.0 game content.
Chained Beasts how to win the crowd: Gladiatorial Combat Guide
Chained Beasts how to win the crowd requires speed, weapon variety, chain tripping, and arena hazard kills to maximize your gold payouts.
Bosses Guide: All Arena Encounters and Fight Tips
Defeat every Chained Beasts boss with this combat guide covering Grandmaster Barka, Goliath, Praefectus, fight phases, and chain mechanics.
Demo Multiplayer: Co-Op Setup & Survival Guide
Chained Beasts demo multiplayer lets up to four gladiators fight together online or locally. Learn how lobby setup, chain physics, and friendly fire work.
Crossplay: Platforms and Co-Op Multiplayer Details
Chained Beasts crossplay supports 1-4 players across PC, consoles, and Game Pass. Check platform compatibility and co-op multiplayer features.
Local Co Op Guide: Setup and Arena Tactics
Chained Beasts local co op supports up to four players on one screen. Learn system requirements, chain physics, friendly fire, and gladiatorial combat tips.
Price, Launch Discount, and Platform Breakdown
The base Chained Beasts price is $19.99 USD, reduced to $12.99 with a 35% launch discount for the first two weeks. Here is the full platform breakdown.
Switch Release Date, Price, and Features
Chained Beasts Switch launch details, pricing, co-op play modes, and console features confirmed by developer Featherweight Games.