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Chains of Freedom

Nordcurrent · Nordcurrent Labs · 2025-04-15

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ActionAdventureStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 15, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 15, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Apr 15, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 15, 2025 (PlayStation 4)

Embark on a thrilling journey in a high-stakes, turn-based tactics game. Lead an elite squad in a fictional, dystopian Eastern European country as you unravel a conspiracy threatening the state. Navigate intense strategic battles and adapt to ever-evolving challenges to prevail.

Chains of Freedom is an Action, Adventure, and Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 559 reviews).

10
playing now
81%
positive of 559 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
1
Nexus mods (23 downloads)
4.32★
PlayStation Store rating (359 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (131 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 559 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.49-50%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.99 at GOG (2025-12-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 42 of 86 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10610620252026Week of 2025-04-15: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1602026-09-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 16 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1515Apr 2025Aug 2026Apr 2025 — avg 151 · peak 379May 2025 — avg 32 · peak 88Jun 2025 — avg 26 · peak 66Jul 2025 — avg 21 · peak 52Aug 2025 — avg 12 · peak 31Sep 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Oct 2025 — avg 20 · peak 59Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 24Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 34Jan 2026 — avg 13 · peak 38Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 50Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 28Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 32Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 23Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 39
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$12.492025-04-152026-10-152025-04-15 — best price $24.992025-06-18 — best price $19.992025-07-17 — best price $19.992025-08-26 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-10-20 — best price $17.492025-11-25 — best price $24.992026-01-03 — best price $24.992026-01-23 — best price $14.992026-02-13 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-04-03 — best price $24.992026-04-17 — best price $24.992026-05-14 — best price $14.992026-06-02 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-08-04 — best price $24.992026-08-24 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $24.992026-09-02 — best price $24.992026-09-05 — best price $24.992026-09-08 — best price $24.992026-09-11 — best price $24.992026-09-14 — best price $24.992026-09-17 — best price $24.992026-09-20 — best price $24.992026-09-23 — best price $24.992026-09-26 — best price $14.992026-09-29 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $14.992026-10-05 — best price $14.992026-10-08 — best price $12.492026-10-11 — best price $12.492026-10-14 — best price $12.492026-10-15 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
91.5%
earned "L13 Navigator"
32.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1802%37
PS5 (PlayStation)16712%38
Xbox Series (Xbox)658%37
PS4 (PlayStation)1916%38

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DActionCombatSci-fiStrategyTacticalCinematicIsometricRealisticTeam-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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