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Chains of Reality

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Chains of Reality

Chains of Reality is a survival horror game focused on a story-driven single-player narrative, where you traverse a multitude of liminal environments and alternate dimensions in search of fulfilling your end of a deal, a deal made with someone you never should have trusted.

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Come forth and embark on a journey unlike any other, a test of survival, sanity, and ultimately, trust. Traverse strange, liminal realities with nobody to save you but yourself, scavenge what's left, and fight to make it one more day in a dimension that's not quite real... and never quite safe.

A DEAL YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE

You were desperate. Life in the real world had become unlivable, humanity has wiped itself from its own greed, until they offered you a way out. A dealmaker, someone not quite human, someone who promised to fix everything. Your task? Traverse alternate realities, fulfill their request, and return alive.

If you return without completing the deal, you'll experience a fate worse than death, something wicked.
And if you succeed? Well... they promised to keep their end of the deal.

KEY FEATURES:

UNIQUE SURVIVAL GAMEPLAY

Scavenge for food, water, and supplies in unstable, ever-shifting realities. Each environment has its own dangers, limited resources, and secrets to uncover. Survive long enough to escape, or end up struggling to sustain yourself within each reality with its non-replenishable resources. Earn currency as you play along to shop, trade, and purchase anything you may need along your journey.

DON'T LOSE YOUR MIND

Sanity is a vital thing, and losing too much of it draws unwanted effects, and attention. Chains of Reality boasts a unique sanity system that you have to learn to upkeep by staying in the light, being in less intimidating environments, taking medication, etc. to upkeep your sanity, otherwise losing too much of it will cause hallucinations (visual and auditory), strange inventory interactions, environment shifts, and much, much more..

CRAFT, BUILD, ADAPT

Use what little you find to craft tools, build shelter, and sustain yourself. Establish bases using whatever you can find lying around in environments that suit your desired interests and needs, but don’t get too comfortable..

Chains of Reality is unique in the sense where you simply don't open your inventory and place some blueprints, instead you have to manually scavenge and pick up specific parts and pieces in each reality that you'd assemble into what you will call home. Almost EVERYTHING in Chains of Reality can be picked up and moved around, assembled into something beautiful, or all out chaos. Player freedom is the #1 value of this game.

EMOTIONAL, ATMOSPHERIC STORY
Piece together the mystery of why you’re here, what your meaning truly is, and what happens to those who fail. Dive into themes of desperation, survival, and what it means to cling to hope when all seems lost.

IMMERSIVE GRAPHICS
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, Chains of Reality delivers hyper-realistic, uncanny environments that evoke feelings of unsettling nature, nostalgia, and amazement. From endless office corridors to dreamlike forests and vintage hotels, every reality is both familiar yet unknown at the same time.

EVOKE THE LIMINAL FEELING WITHIN YOUR MIND

Inspired by liminal horror and the Backrooms lore, Chains Of Reality is designed to spark that liminal feeling within your mind, and truly form something deeply unsettling, yet you can’t get enough of it. Decide where to stay, but beware, not all places are as safe as they make it out to be. It’s up to you to figure out what's a trap, and what isn't.

ONLINE MULTIPLAYER; IMMINENT.

You heard it here. While the Chains of Reality main storyline is entirely made for a desolate, single-player experience to truly evoke the feeling of existential dread and fear between you and the Dealmaker, Chains of Reality will offer an online co-op mode in the distant future. As of early access launch, it is in development. Any seasonal events will have the ability to be played with a large team of people, and there will be future permanent excavation events where you extract key realities as a simulated team. Grow your character, customize it, and meet others. Slated for Mid 2027.

Will you survive the journey, piece together the truth, and claim your reward?
Or will you become just another soul bound within the Chains of Reality?

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System requirements Windows

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS: Windows 10 / 11 - 64 bit
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X or Intel Core i5-10400F
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Requirements may vary/change overtime

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 10 / 11 - 64 bit
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X or Intel Core i5-12600K
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Requirements may vary/change overtime
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
The Files of Reality
Brazilian rating
16
Steam Germany rating
16
Content warning
Chains of Reality is a psychological survival horror game featuring frightening environments, disturbing imagery, and mature themes. The demo contains strong profanity, unsettling and frightening scenes, disturbing fleshy imagery, and some depictions of violence and bodily injury. The game's sanity system can depict the player character injuring themselves during moments of extreme insanity.
Features
Single-player, Camera Comfort, Adjustable Difficulty, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, Stereo Sound, Subtitle Options, Surround Sound, Family Sharing
Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Chains of Reality free to play?
Yes, Chains of Reality is free to play on Steam.
What genre is Chains of Reality?
Chains of Reality is a Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Early Access game.
Who developed Chains of Reality?
Chains of Reality was developed by The Files of Reality and published by The Files of Reality.
What platforms does Chains of Reality support?
Available on Steam for Windows.