What is Chained Together? Only Up Meets Humans Fall Flat in a Viral Co-op

Frustration is fun when you get to share it with friends. Isn’t It? Luckily, developer Anegar Games has released Chained Together, a fun co-op game for you and your best friends who always bait you in every game you play. After releasing on June 19, 2024, on Steam, it has already become a viral sensation among gamers and streamers on Twitch. But, why is Chained Together getting so much attention and what is the game about? Let’s find out.

What is Chained Together? Explained

If we start from the beginning, the game was announced in 2023 and people already compared it with games like Only UP and Getting Over It. Although the concept is similar to a 3D platformer, there is a reason why the game is blowing up.

The goal of the game is simple. As the player, you need to reach heaven after starting from hell. It sounds easy, right? What’s the catch, you ask?

The major reason behind the difficulty in Chained Together is the co-op gameplay. Yes, just like games like Human Fall Flat, you need to co-ordinate to progress in this game as well. Aha, doesn’t sound so easy now. There is a twist in this game that makes the game difficult even if you and your friends are BFFs.

In Chained Together on PC, you will be connected to your friends through a chain, limiting movements for all of you. The aim of the game is to cross hurdles across various locations, obstacles, and whatnot while navigating from hell to heaven. This requires patience and a lot of coordination.

While these still seem fine, what if you select the Lava mode? Yes, in that case, surviving is the only option, and I am sure you will not be pleased if your friends get you killed.

There is also a local multiplayer option, which will be handy if you want to take the frustrations further with friends visiting you or just with your siblings. Moreover, you can play Chained Together solo and complete the game alone, but it is more fun when you share that frustration of falling with friends.

In short, you can call this Only Up meets Humans Fall Flat while you are chained together. Are you up for the challenge? Well, the internet is already up for it, especially if we look at the SteamDB and Twitch numbers.

Chained Together is Trending on Twitch and Steam

If we take a look at the SteamDB history, the game has already surpassed a peak player count of nearly 20,000 at the time of writing. Moreover, the Twitch viewership for the game keeps going upward, thanks to the streamers going co-op with their friends and raging at each other. The game has a viewership of close to 25,000 at the time of writing. This is a clear sign of massive success at launch, and we will only see the count go upwards in the coming days.

Co-op games always do great on Twitch. Be it the Among Us wave or the recent blowup of Content Warning, streamers love sharing the chaotic and entertaining aspects of these games with viewers. So, it is natural that a more challenging game where coordination is a must will catch the eye of all streamers and viewers.

Whether you want to frustrate yourself with the challenge of being Chained Together or you just want to see others suffer on Twitch streams, the game is worth the attention. Which one do you select? Tell us in the comments below.