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The Chaos Engine

Abstraction Games · Rebellion · 2013-08-29

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 2000 (Acorn Archimedes), Feb 1993 (Amiga), 1994 (Amiga CD32), 1993 (Atari ST/STE), May 03, 2013 (BlackBerry OS), 1994 (DOS)

Prepare for the dark world of The Chaos Engine, a steampunk Victorian age in which one or two players must fight the hostile creations of the Chaos Engine across four dynamic landscapes and take part in the ultimate battle.Choose from six hard-nailed mercenaries each with their own unique weapons and skills.

The Chaos Engine is a $9.99 Action game released in 2013, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 455 reviews).

1
playing now
69%
positive of 455 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

The setting is a steampunk Victorian era England. A time traveller on a reconnaissance mission from the distant future became stranded in the England of the late 1800s, and his technology came into the hands of the Royal Society, led by Baron Fortesque (based upon Charles Babbage), a grand inventor. Fortesque then retro engineered many of the futuristic contraptions, creating an entirely different, alternate timeline. Baron Fortesque then succeeded in his greatest creation yet: the Chaos Engine, which was able to experiment with matter and the very nature of space and time. Unfortunately for (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 455 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2015-03-30) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 14 of 68 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-01-26 — best price $1.492015-03-16 — best price $8.402015-05-18 — best price $9.992015-06-10 — best price $9.992015-07-07 — best price $9.992015-08-24 — best price $9.322015-10-12 — best price $9.992015-11-15 — best price $9.992015-12-11 — best price $1.322016-07-07 — best price $8.862017-06-07 — best price $0.992019-03-22 — best price $9.092020-03-24 — best price $8.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-10-01 — best price $9.992022-03-02 — best price $8.892022-12-04 — best price $3.392023-07-11 — best price $9.992023-12-13 — best price $9.992024-04-27 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-02-17 — best price $9.992025-09-09 — best price $2.492025-12-31 — best price $9.992026-04-12 — best price $9.992026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-09-06 — best price $9.992026-09-14 — best price $9.992026-09-22 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
64.5%
earned "First One is the Hardest"
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availablePartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,6801%34

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

Player tags

2DCo-opRetro1990'sActionClassicShooterTop-DownSteampunkLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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