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Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids cover art

Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids

Snapshot Games Inc. · Arc Games · 2025-08-26

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ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Aug 26, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 26, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Aug 26, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

Build bases, lead an army of robots, and squash brains in this radical hybrid between RTS and third-person shooter. Join a duo of quirky heroes on a mission to save Earth, smash an evil alien corporation, and complete their comic book collection.

88%
positive of 144 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
75/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

The alien Brainioids have invaded Earth and stolen all our precious Brainium crystals in their Grav Spheres. Only Chip ‘n Clawz, a young inventor and his robo-cat, can thwart their evil plans by taking control of each sphere, all the way up to the Mothership itself!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (30 reviews).
  • · Top 62% of 11,568 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.9k6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 144 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620252026Week of 2025-08-26: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform Multiplayer2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Census log

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

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