The Chaos Engine
Skip · Shooter · 2013
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 20, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 4h
- Value
- $2.50/hr
- Reviews
- 69% of 455 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, GeForce 6200 or ATI Radeon X300, 399 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 54 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 9 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is less well reviewed than 75 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Jamestown ($9.99, scores 78) beats it on value, while it beats METAL SLUG XX ($19.99, scores 0).
More about The Chaos Engine
Critics scored it 40. Players sit 29 points higher at 69 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Inside the two-hour refund window, 66 percent of the 140 reviews written there were positive, against 69 percent overall, and those are 51 percent of everything written about it.
At 4 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
64% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Challenging and fun, just like the good ol' days 😆 Take it slow and enjoy every level. It'll def take you a few tries to get through. Worth the price.
2 more reviews
Its always been one of my fav games on the amiga the only thing missing is the final boss music but apart from that its just as fun as the original game
I love the Chaos Engine. Intense action, a thumping 90s soundtrack, a unique design aesthetic and voice clips that will go with me to my grave. The only thing wrong with it is that I find the difficulty curve outpaces player progression by world 3, and it becomes crushingly hard well before the end. I'd love to see a remake someday, with twin stick aiming and a save function rather than level codes. Like a lot of...
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Cite this score
The Chaos Engine scores 20/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/242530/the-chaos-engineReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.