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The Chant

Brass Token · Prime Matter · 2022-11-03

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 03, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Nov 03, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 03, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

A single-player, third person horror action-adventure game set on a remote spiritual island retreat. To survive you must craft, fight, and escape the psychedelic horrors set loose when a spiritual ritual goes wrong and awakens a dimension of cosmic terror.

The Chant is an Action, Adventure game released in 2022, priced at $2.49, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 1265 reviews).

1
playing now
75%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (670 downloads)
3.85★
PlayStation Store rating (1,352 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 5h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

While exploring a remote island’s twisted past, you must fight and escape the psychedelic terrors awakened by a spiritual retreat gone wrong.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 100 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,265 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$2.49-90%
GOG$2.49-90%
Humble Store$2.49-90%
Steam$2.49-90%
GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Fanatical (2025-07-01) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 98 of 129 observed days · $22.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
777720222026Week of 2022-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
252Nov 2022Jul 2026Nov 2022 — avg 25 · peak 119Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 28Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2023 — avg 8 · peak 31Sep 2023 — avg 6 · peak 22Nov 2023 — avg 6 · peak 20Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 34Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Jul 2024 — avg 16 · peak 78Sep 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 14Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 16Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$2.492022-09-162026-10-142022-09-16 — best price $39.992023-01-17 — best price $39.992023-03-24 — best price $27.992023-07-18 — best price $15.992023-09-18 — best price $12.392023-11-03 — best price $11.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-02-08 — best price $7.492024-04-18 — best price $24.992024-06-09 — best price $3.742024-07-18 — best price $4.992024-08-28 — best price $4.992024-10-10 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $4.992025-01-05 — best price $3.742025-02-25 — best price $24.992025-04-14 — best price $3.742025-06-03 — best price $3.742025-07-28 — best price $4.992025-09-17 — best price $4.992025-11-16 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $2.492026-02-24 — best price $2.492026-04-03 — best price $24.992026-05-14 — best price $24.992026-06-17 — best price $2.492026-08-12 — best price $2.492026-08-22 — best price $2.492026-09-01 — best price $2.492026-09-11 — best price $2.492026-09-21 — best price $24.992026-10-01 — best price $2.492026-10-11 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
79.3%
earned "Resourceful"
20.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing5 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish…

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2022-11-03, latest 2023-09-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)2,50811%42
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,6024%42
Steam (Steam)1,1155%42

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

Player tags

3DDramaActionHorrorMysteryAdventureEmotionalRealisticAtmosphericSupernatural

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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