CHKN
Skip · Narrative · 2016 · Early Access
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 80% of 1,764 positive
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Behold, the miracle of life… packed into cubes! Create fantastic creatures in an open-world sandbox game like no other. Explore, craft, and survive—all with the help of your very own creations.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DirectX 10.1 Compatible GPU, 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Against its own genre it lands in the top 23 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 68 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Aloft ($24.99, scores 55) beats it on value, while it beats Survisland / 实境求生 ($14.99, scores 9).
It is still busy. 3 players were online when we last checked, on Oct 13, 06:49 UTC, across 14 days of weekly checks.
More about CHKN
Inside the two-hour refund window, 58 percent of the 170 reviews written there were positive, against 80 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
70% start to 2% 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
No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat), critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
CHKN scores 49/100 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/420930/chknReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.