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Game
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Chasm
Developer Bit Kid, Inc.
Chasm is a Metroidvania video game developed and published by Bit Kid, Inc. for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in July 2018, the Nintendo Switch in October 2018, and the Xbox One in November 2018. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
251 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
70
Fresh
133 positive · 57 negative
95% range 63–76%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
2,025 of 2,744 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 251 · most liked firstHere’s a comm I got from @4brandonjs4.bsky.social of Erma watching Warrior Unicorm Princess with Lonely Girl from the game Escaped Chasm by @tuyoki.bsky.social! Really love how it turned out, thank you Brandon! #Erma #Escapedcham #Art #CommissionedArt
unlabelledView post →I was responsible for lighting Chasm, a multiplayer map released with Halo Infinite Season 3. Designated as a "quick-map"-an idea to utilize existing campaign assets to speed up the release of Dev-made maps in the game. Usually it takes ~6 months to light a map depending on size, Chasm was done in 1
unlabelledView post →Hey. Every future Marvel video game? Stop using Chasm for Spider-Man costume variants. Thank you. Bye bye.
unlabelledView post →👁work in progress 👁 Just doing some tests for #Val'tyFPS (Not an actual level) I want to know how my fav animated "skybox" work for some future interesting flesh areas. If you don't know yet, Val'ty's game is a short FPS inspired by games like MDK, ParanoiaScape and Chasm The Rift. #WIP #retrofps
unlabelledView post →Vanilluxe - The Snowstorm Pokémon These bad boys are made of water, 0 calories. Eating a Vanilluxe is just for the love of the game. If there's some weird Pokémon biology at play, I'll estimate 68,000 calories. (If it were literally ice cream, ~240,000 calories.) Free @ The Giant Chasm, Unova
unlabelledView post →What is the game about? 🦎Val'ty What is the hook? 🦎Val'ty Why does the world need another simple FPS? 🦎Val'ty is in it. Who's the target audience? 🦎Val'ties #Val'tyFPS is our short game about a silly reptilian family. Inspired by games like MDK, Chasm the Rift and Turok.
unlabelledView post →Pouring positivity into the universe and manifesting some of my dream roles! 🎙️🐺 - Poison (Street Fighter/Capcom) - Any Pokémon Character (Game or Series) - Ben Reilly/Scarlet Spider/Chasm (Marvel/Spider-Man) - More Indie Games & Indie Animation! (LET ME VOICE FOR YOU, MY BELOVED INDIE CREATORS!)
unlabelledView post →Chasm-developer's new sci-fi WWII metroidvania game 'WOLFHOUND' gets a new gameplay trailer. Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/1205660 #indiegames #indiegame #steam #metroidvania
unlabelledView post →One hour in, and apparently I've got plans for the weekend now 😂 In my opinion, Chasm is a brutal but fair pixelated platformer that rewards skill and punishes carelessness. Every death felt deserved, and every win felt earned. The game’s core hook is exploration. Procedurally generated rooms keep each run feeling fresh, loot drops can completely change your approach, and rescuing NPCs add shops and side content to the hub town. Boss fights are a standout: tough, smartly designed, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You will love our indie game if you enjoyed: - Turok - MDK (1 & 2) - Chasm: The Rift - Dance Dance Revolution - Creepypasta, Arg, Easter Eggs Wishlist here store.steampowered.com/app/3860970/...
unlabelledView post →I decided to showcase my game Val'ty and 3 games that inspired it (like in the previous trend), but this time all in action. 👽VAL'TY 👽MDK 👽Chasm: The Rift 👽Turok
unlabelledView post →The game is honestly fine. I really like this type of combat and I dont mind the procedurally generated levels, but I cant recommend this game due to 1 reason, backtracking. The only weakness of procedural generation is how forgettable the levels are, and that's fine, but this game for some reason forces the player to go back and find 1 random room in a location that I dont care about. What makes backtracking in this game especially annoying is how the defence scales, because you're literally…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm working on #Val'tyFPS (very early in development). It's a simple FPS game inspired by ParanoiaScape, MDK, Akuji, Chasm: The Rift, and Quake II. It follows a quirky alien and her daughter as they invade a living spaceship. Featuring maggots to eat, plushies to collect, and walls of rotten flesh.
unlabelledView post →The inspiration behind Val'ty game: Jump Pads > Rise of The Triad Teleportation sphere > Turok 3 Secret keys (not in demo) > Turok 2 Sniper Mode > MDK Level Design > Turok and Chasm the Rift Sidekick > Daikatana Machine Gun > MDK and Kiss Psycho Circus Main Menu > Playstation demo discs
unlabelledView post →Like Retro FPS's? How about sharing VAL'TY? A game where you play as an "evil" 46 years old alien mother accompanied by her tiny and fierce daughter. Inspired by MDK, Turok, Chasm the Rift and my own previous titles. Demo soon. Wishlist to get Val'ted! store.steampowered.com/app/3860970/...
unlabelledView post →[rts appreciated] wip of the EVENT STAGE for my game Sacred Chasm : Silent Utopia ! this is gonna be playable throughout the winter (nov~feb) and unlock special achievements... i plan on doing more of these! store.steampowered.com/app/2840640/... #bullethell #indiegame #indiedev #schmup #STG
unlabelledView post →The guy across from me watched me run away with the game thanks to Glacial Chasm, so he went up front and bought one for himself. MY IMPACT
unlabelledView post →Today I bring to you a new little feature: photo mode 📸 It's pretty neat to take in the game from a different angle or to show off your decorated base ✨ ⭐ Wishlist Super Chasm Hunter on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4431230/... #indiegame #gamedev
unlabelledView post →I thought I would never find a 2D Metroidvania I didn't like. But then I played Chasm. In the most basic level, a Metroidvania has to do two things well: combat and exploration. Chasm draws a lot from the SNES Castlevania titles for combat and movement, with long wind-up times, stance locks during attacks, stun locks during jumps, and different attack reach and arcs based on the weapon. Also the "magic" system is copy paste from Castlevania, particularly Castlevania X and Super Castlevania IV.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Four story quests, a boat load of World Quests, two Interludes, all of the Chasm, all of Mondstat and Dragonspine explored, and several new game modes unlocked, I am officially in an area I’ve never been in before: Sumeru! When I started back, thought it was gonna be closer than 100 hours later lol
unlabelledView post →A classic metroidvania done right. Instead of reinventing the genre, it focuses on doing the fundamentals exceptionally well. That strength is also what holds it back, since its safe execution can make the whole adventure feel a little muted.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When this game got announced years ago the market was flush with metroidvanias and I was incredibly excited. I can only imagine I was put off at the time by "procedurally generated" and felt like that would lend an unenjoyable experience for the genre. I finally picked it up and tried it out and couldn't get enough! Enough so that I played through 3 times in order to 100% the achievements and never felt tired of it. There's a bit of nuance to control timing for attacks that feels really…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game would've been much better as a fully hand-crafted Metroidvania or a fully run-based roguelite. Right now, it falls somewhere in between and, as a result, lacks the best qualities of either genre. The game isn't terrible, per se, but it plays mostly as a poor imitation of a Castlevania game with an awfully boring map. The best use case for Chasm is as a palette cleanser—a light way to end a gaming session, or something to do for 15-20 minutes before you start up whatever game you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Correction, this is not from the Chasm metroidvania game dev, in my defence Chasm dev next game is Wolfhound a 2D Metal Gear/Contra looking metroidvania as well lol youtu.be/KIw7bsewjKk?... store.steampowered.com/app/1205660/... #indiegames #metroidvania #blutoid
unlabelledView post →"What were your biggest inspirations for creating Val'ty's game?" - D&D, UFO conspiracy theories. And games: MDK, Turok, Chasm the Rift, Kiss: Psycho Circus #ama
unlabelledView post →I WOULD recommend Chasm, but with one very harsh condition: Do NOT play it if you have ever played a Metroidvania before. Especially Castlevania: Symphony of the Night or any of the other Castlevanias after it which drew from it's formula. Unfortunately, Chasm draws many inspirations from these games, but it does so in only the most boring ways possible. Chasm feels like the bare-bones skeleton of a much more interesting Metroidvania. It has the basics down, but does nothing to embellish on…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is like those white labeled products in Repo Man, if there was a container that was just labeled "Metroidvania." Every aspect of it feels bland at best, packed with samey rooms full of spongy enemies that just give you plenty of time to soak in how underwhelming the experience is. The procedural generation, its main conceit, is pretty pointless when it isn't fun enough to want to even finish the game the first time. A Robot Named Fight captured the idea of an endlessly replayable MV…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh, you just beat a boss? Congrats. Hope you didn’t enjoy that too much because the game doesn’t save. Die once and you’re right back to doing it again. Chasm seems determined to confuse frustration with difficulty. Enemies outrange you, your weapon feels like a toothpick, and the game throws in spikes and janky platforming just to make sure you’re never actually having fun. Instead of rewarding progress, it wastes your time. By the time you’ve replayed the same areas for the third time,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →9.9/10 - I can't recommend this game enough. I had an awesome time with Chasm. If you’re a fan of Symphony of the Night and metroidvania-style games, this one is definitely worth your time. The pixel art is gorgeous and really nails that classic vibe without feeling dated. Movement and combat feel tight and responsive, which is huge for a game like this. Exploring the procedurally generated world kept things fresh on multiple runs, and I liked how the layout changes while still feeling…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chasm is a charming Metroidvania with great pixel art, responsive controls, and a solid sense of exploration. The procedural level generation adds replayability, and while it doesn’t break new ground for the genre, it delivers a consistently enjoyable adventure that’s both nostalgic and satisfying. Definitely worth checking out for fans of classic side-scrollers.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My favourite game on each of my retro systems. Part 6. System: MB Vectrex (1982) Best game: Cosmic Chasm (Cinematronics 1982) Action packed shooter with a superbly stressful against the clock dynamic. #retrogames #retrogamer #retrocomputing #vectrex
unlabelledView post →POST COMPLETION EDIT: - im FINALLY done with this BS!!! (YAY), the ONLY "cool" thing in the whole game is the entrance of the big bad boss (not by much and NOTHING more), including the ENDING which has some generic and short NPC bland statement and then goes straight to a short medal ceremony in which your playthrough is graded... no payoff for ANYTHING . all things above and bellow considered, I see NO REASON to pay 3USD for this game, much less 10. ::::::::: SUMMARY EDIT: TL; DR: DONT DO…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good afternoon and happy Saturday cutie patooties!! What’s in yall gaming rotation? ~ PS5 Ghost of Yotei 🐺 🪕 PS Portal (at work) Unicorn Overlord 🦄 👑 PS Vita Chasm ⚔️
unlabelledView post →Whatever. I just go and do something else in this game. Depraved Chasm? Probs not as bad as the name.
unlabelledView post →KAMGUSTA'S MINI REVIEW It's an old school metroidvania that did its homework but nothing more (it's not the next "Symphony of the Night", to be clear). Nice pixel-art graphics, quite good (but not perfect) controls, good sense of exploration (but with some backtracking), challenging difficulty. Levels are procedurally generated, which may seem interesting, but translates into a lack of cohesion and an uninspiring level design. A honest game. Best played with joypad Recommended buy price: 5$…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Escaped Chasm is a 25-minute dark fantasy adventure game created by Temmie Chang, the lead artist for Deltarune. This atmospheric horror story (with a happy ending) pushes the boundaries of the medium to create a palpable sense of liminality and joyful escape. digitalfantasydiary.com/2025/06/21/e...
unlabelledView post →Chasm starts off on the wrong foot and, unfortunately, never quite recovers. The game has one of the most tedious intros I’ve experienced in recent memory. You’re greeted with boring, uninspired dialogue that serves as a flimsy excuse to send you across the starting castle to speak to the captain. Once you’ve done that, you’re sent to the other side of the castle to pick up a weapon, only to trudge back to the middle and endure an unskippable cutscene of the main character traveling to the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very pretty but totally meh. It was totally fine until I went through an entire area and apparently I was supposed to be looking for clues in the background according to a journal page in order to progress. I wasnt really enjoying the game so decided to call it quits
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chasm is a very fun dungeon crawler with excellent gameplay, a solid story, good music, and enjoyable visuals (there are alternate visual styles available in the settings! I've tried both Pixel and Smooth, and enjoyed both.) I quite like how many different weapons there are to collect in the game, and I love backtracking so I enjoyed going back to previous areas whenever I got a new ability. The characters are fun and while this is weirdly specific, I love games where you can rescue (or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A procedurally generated world goes completely against the core of what makes Metroidvanias fun
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boggled by CHASM Software (1994 - MS-DOS) is a Boggle alternative game, in which there are 16 dices with letters in which we must make the most words as possible in a determinate lapse of time. #gaming #retrogaming youtu.be/SGez_87LOA4
unlabelledView post →Just bought the game today, can't even play it. Game crashes every few minutes. Just like the google reviews say. Game looks cool, unfortunate. They won't even refund you, I tried. Would rather have the game work than my $2.99 back but not having either one is wack.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[ #ffxi ] Completed the "jumping puzzle" for Attohwa Chasm... Definitely an experience in a game where you can't actually jump!
unlabelledView post →This is a pretty fun MetroidVania with the twist of randomized levels thru a seed system. While this adds a challenge and makes getting stuck harder, as every seed is different and thus, a proper walkthrough is not straightforward, it also adds a wee bit of complication if you do get stuck and have the worry that maybe your seed is unbeatable. While I questioned this a few times, I ultimately got through the game. Just when I thought I was stuck, a needed item or ability would be right around a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember when they snubbed George Springer from the All Star Game so that Jizz Chasm could go instead?
unlabelledView post →Fun and easy metroidvania game. Fast to finish to. I would only recomend this game to fans of the genre. A 7/10 for fans, a 5/10 for people who usually don't play metroidvanias.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As metroidvanias go, this is a metroidvania. It looks quite pretty but by all other measures, it fails with uninspired combat, weapons and such. I think the running joke of not knowing where to go next comes to rear its ugly head once more. After 12 hours, you'd think I'd know where I needed to go next. I did not.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty dull. Very basic controls. Not much of a story to care about. 60 FPS cap. Level layout is exactly what you'd expect to find in a procedural generated thing. What was even the point of that? Nothing specifically terrible, but nothing of note either.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The combat and platforming is ok, but does not hold up for backtracking, which is a major issue. Also, there should have been a default seed for first times so maybe there'd be a decent guide for all the goofy puzzles counting stars on a painting.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chasm is a side-scrolling action-adventure that sets out to honor the foundations of the Metroidvania genre while experimenting with procedural world generation, and the result is a game that feels both reverent and cautiously experimental. Developed and published by Bit Kid, Inc., it places the player in the role of a young recruit sent to investigate a once-thriving mining town that has fallen silent. This simple premise serves as a gateway into a vast subterranean labyrinth, where ruined…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game crashes CONSTANTLY! It's a really fun game so far. except the constant crashing. Like right after a boss fight, when you haven't had a chance to save. Super annoying and frustrating.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looks great and plays mostly great (the glide mechanic is wonky), but it's far too short and the setting/characters feel like stock assets downloaded from Free Assets Dot Com. If you need a metroidvania fix it will fit the bill, but not for very long and it won't leave much of an impression.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I actually have more play time on this one than indicated since I played it the most on the Switch. Picked this one up on sale since I prefer to play things on PC/Steamdeck hoping it would improve with updates but it really hasn't. Ultimately, there isn't too much "wrong" with the game. It functions. It is a metroidvania. It does what it says on the tin, so to speak. You could do worse. But there is also nothing about this game to make it stand out. Initially I was really intrigued by the idea…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What an awesome game! The learning curve at the beginning was a little discouraging, but once I clicked with the upgrades and customizing armor, weapons and magic--it was an addictive and thoroughly enjoyable game. Metroidvania maps are very important to me, and this game's mapping layout was so helpful and clear! Bit Kid's pixel art is gorgeous too, with deep color tones for the biome backgrounds that somehow make the foreground sprites really pop. Highly recommended!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is ok, but it feels flat. There is nothing that basically give me any "motivation" to keep playing it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →9. Chasm: The Rift: Slavjank wizardry game on a 2.5d engine made by Action-Forms. Great shooting, fun game, story is okay, voice acting is charmingly bad. store.steampowered.com/app/2061230/...
unlabelledView post →The people who say the controls/movement in this game is wonky are crazy. Its literally on par or better than Symphony of the Night and the other Castlevania games of this type. Extremely smooth and responsive. People who complain about the difficulty are just babies or have started out with hard mode. Wow, a hard mode that actually challenges the player? How unheard of. Normal mode is imo easier than some of the Castlevania titles. Hard mode is tough, punishing but rewarding at the same…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played on Handheld PC / PC Got to say this one went on the radar filling that metrovania energy I've been looking for with every new game it changes give it a chance
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chasm random generation is an interesting concept, but lack of substantial rewards and interesting layouts kills it for me. Funny part is : it all could've been a bad seeds for me. But well If there's a random chance game will be good... that's not good. While the gameplay is fine, the exploration leaves a lot to be desired. My main complaint is aforementioned random generation, while good on paper, it requires careful planning and ways to make it interesting. The main drawback for me was…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very repetitive.
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