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CHAQS

nomorevalid · 2022-11-01

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 01, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

CHAQS is an instructive CTF (Capture The Flag) game that performs the basic functions of an operating system. While it meets your expectations from an operating system to a certain extent with the applications it contains, CHAQS progresses in the direction of more challenges in terms of gameplay.

CHAQS is an Indie, Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $9.90, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (77% of 52 reviews).

77%
positive of 52 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.90
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 49,475 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2024-05-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.90 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420222026Week of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.992022-11-022026-07-272022-11-02 — best price $8.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-04-10 — best price $9.902023-06-21 — best price $4.952023-07-13 — best price $9.902023-10-30 — best price $4.952023-11-28 — best price $9.902023-12-21 — best price $4.952024-01-29 — best price $9.902024-03-14 — best price $4.952024-04-22 — best price $9.902024-06-27 — best price $4.952024-07-22 — best price $9.902024-11-04 — best price $4.952024-12-04 — best price $9.902025-01-06 — best price $4.952025-02-24 — best price $9.902025-03-31 — best price $4.952025-05-19 — best price $9.902025-07-14 — best price $4.952025-09-01 — best price $9.902025-11-17 — best price $4.952026-01-05 — best price $9.902026-02-23 — best price $4.952026-03-26 — best price $9.902026-05-18 — best price $4.952026-07-09 — best price $9.902026-07-27 — best price $9.90
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal

Player tags

2DLogicSci-fiTypingHackingAdventureCyberpunkDetectiveEducationRealistic

Census log

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

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