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Curses 'N Chaos
Developer Tribute Games Inc.
Curses 'N Chaos is a 2D, wave-based, arena-brawler video game with a focus on 2-player co-op by independent developer Tribute Games. The game was released on August 18, 2015 for Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
94 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 22, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
55
Mixed
51 positive · 41 negative
95% range 45–65%
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
76 of 131 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 94 · most liked firstOkay, so. Completely rehauling this review because I've figured out a couple of stuff(After 5 hours). The item system has really gotten me interested. I probably overlooked it a bit at first. The healing stuff in particular. You need to be careful when you use them depending on what they are. Apples heal 1 HP, Meat 2, etc. Some items work best against some enemies and other works better against other enemies. Using your items wisely and storing important ones you know you'll need later at your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The gameplay is superb, but I refuse to recommend! Scrambled end-game cutscenes that the developer refuses to patch? Unforgivable!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really want to like this game, but I put it down for very long lengths of time and when I pick it back up to try and play again I'm reminded of why I don't like the game. Would I reccomend this game? I wouldn't. Not for full price, anyway. First I think I should delve into things I do like about the game. The music, the visuals and the overall aesthetic are really nice-- it's what attracted me to the game in the first place. The music is brilliant with memorable tracks. That being said, I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have a very mixed, but cautiously positive opinion of Curses 'N Chaos. I've detailed the bulk of my thoughts in video format here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efUQ70co8w0 I've tentatively listed this review for 'recommended', but it should be noted that I have a fairly significant issue with the game. There's a lot about the game that's very fun to me, despite issues preventing me from really sinking time into it. Before I go into my issues with the game, let's talk about strengths:…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pixelated beat 'em up that goes by waves. Only one screen per stage, then you have 10 waves of enemies and finally a boss. It gets very tough very quickly. Passing stage 2 was near impossible in singleplayer and challenging in coop. We managed to see the boss of stage 3 but couldn't beat it. I don't think it's for nothing the percentages for achievement completions are so low (only 2.5% finished). The main problem is that you have too many waves and you have to beat every enemy before you can…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate to leave spec-related issues but hear me out. So Curses N' Chaos was on Kickstarter, and one of the strech goals was a Mac port. Being a avid Mac user, I supported the project and waited to play it. Well now it's out, and it doesn't work on my Mac. I got a Steam refund, but I can't help but feel ripped off since there has been no updates on patches for the Mac port. I've asked several times but no information was given other then 'theres some weird issues'. If you can't support a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You have a small pool of moves including the weak basic attack, and fairly useless uppercut or running attack and the jump attack (the only good move). However, combat feels clunky and slow, and sometimes hitboxes seemed to be slightly off. You basically hang out in one area as waves of monsters fill the screen. You are supposed to fight back so you can earn points to unlock new stages where you can then rinse and repeat this process. Fighting the monsters also leads to more gold so that you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ugh i feel like the hitboxes are off and the basic punches suck the only attack i could use was the jump attack and that gets boring doing the same stuff over and over, i like the art and the music but i dont enjoy the combat to sum it up.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FUN! I remember that...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great music, amazing and infuriating fun for couch parties, or for yourself. Speaking of which, ever started jerking your ♥♥♥♥, and the porn tells you, you're not allowed to ♥♥♥ unless you jerk it for 25 minutes (ladies, flick it). And you gotta go to work in like 10 minutes so you're trying to get your post nut clarity within 3 minutes? W E L L this is that game in physical form. I enjoyed the first run through, but those achievements are infuriating, And as much as I like ball stomping, I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game Score: 5/10 Curses 'N Chaos is a pretty simple game. Kill enemies for points and power ups. Avoid being hit to build a combo. Save up money to buy and mix items. Each stage is slightly different and offers up new enemy skins, but for the most part the enemies move the same. This game fun as a quick multiplayer game if both people enjoy arcade style point grabs. There are a couple endings to achieve, and that's where the problems start... The alternate endings require you to have certain…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Curses 'N Chaos Review in 30 Seconds https://youtu.be/_eO98h-Ho-I You’re under Thanatos’s Shadow and there’s only one way to break the curse. Killing monsters. Play solo or with friends in this classic single-screen arcade beat-em-up. Punch, jump and use special items dropped by mobs. With only one slot, you either use it as soon as you can or give it to an owl friend to keep. Between stages, you can mix different items giving the game a touch of original complexity. Lacks on replayability,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the art and sound design. However, this really feels like it should be a $1 iPhone game. It's current asking price is way too high for offering so little.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thanks! Sorry if I don't reply to everyone I bought the game, Curses 'n Chaos by Tribute Games, I fell in love with it after finding the sprite of a Chimera on pinterest. I'm finding the game very fun, I love this type of fast-paced arcade, I haven't had this much fun since Annalyn and Quick Quest
unlabelledView post →Curses 'N Chaos is an arena-style, beat-em-up game, in which you defend a specific point in each level from on-coming levels of enemies. This game harkens back to olden times, when high scores were important, and score multipliers were still a thing when you aren't hit. The retro, pixelated art style is one that I tend to love and look for in a game. And the backgrounds are beautifully detailed. The characters are fun and pleasing to look at, and the dance moves are a delight. That being…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is extremely flawed and needs to be looked at by the developers. Like many of the other reviews I have to say that without a tutorial, and without an options menu or just control scheme prompt this game is just unplayable. I really wish it was different because the visuals are fantastic and the music is spot on. Until the clunky controls and the lack of listing of the control buttons, I'm gonna have to say that I do no recommend this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game, but a few large game breaking problems. i have seen noo ways of exiting fullscreen, i also see no way of exiting the game that isnt alt F4. also you cant play 1 player with a controler, plus there are no controls so i dont know how to play with the keyboard, i pressed every button on the keyboard and couldnt find out anything except left and right, until some of theses problems are fixed, i cant give it a positive review.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First impressions mean everything. No tutorial, no manual that I could find, controls are are a complete mystery to me, just throws me right in with no idea how to play. Tried a number of different keys but found nothing useful. I saw a guide on the forum but it's for controllers and I think it's incomplete. I'm sure this is a fine game if you've managed to figure out the controls, but I did not.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gameplay - Fast and fun Graphics - Lovely Learning Curve - Insane You ever play a game that makes you rage-replay? This is one of those. Aside from lovely artwork, you will want to play this game over and over just to get past that next soddin' wave. Hours of enjoyment later; I'm still on level 2 stumped by wave 7. Get it. Then mess those witches up.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite the name, this isn't a tribute to Ghosts'n'Goblins in anything but the pixel art style and insane difficulty. It's a brawler with every level being just one screen with waves upon waves of enemies. You move set is limited, but enough to create a fast and furious gameplay that needs you to make split-second decisions where a difference between a jump kick and an uppercut could be the difference between winning and losing. Expect to rage-quit a lot, then come back to retry, then find out…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Way too much grind to get to new levels via the mixing system.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Curses 'N Chaos is a single screen brawler that focuses on Items over fancy fighting moves. It's got some great graphics and music but I found the gameplay lacking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGCoeM2lXR0
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll be blunt. I expected better. The art style in the cutscenes is gold. The character designs on paper are gold. The concept is gold. The gameplay and overall game feel and flow? It's a piece of charred, rusted copper. This is one of the stiffest, most unintuitive, and most frustrating brawlers I have ever played. Movement is either super speed or speed force. Don't get me wrong I like fast movement, but your range of movement is far too limited for it. You are confined to one…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great arcadey beat 'em up. Beautiful pixel art, top quality animations, gorgeous backdrops, and tight, responsive gameplay. Extremely satisfying to build up big chains and score more points/gold. The item mixing system is a fun little mechanic that gives the game some added depth. Only minor complaint is the awkward difficulty shifts throughout the game. The game is very challenging, and never unfair - but it can be somewhat jarring when the difficulty radcially spikes. All in all, a great…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Intro is super badass and music is great, gets you pumped up for the game. Then stage 1 starts...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have to say, I love the overall aesthetic of Curses 'n Chaos to death, but others are right on the money about this game needing some revisions. It's a game I revisit often because I want to get through it, but it really feels like a game that's built with 2 Player Co-Op in mind. It really feels like a mix of things spike up the difficulty of this game immediately, like the very small and brief hitboxes, waves of enemies from both sides at virtually the same rate in both single player and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've spent significantly more than 10 minutes just trying to figure out controls. I know how to move. That's not worth my time. Game was basically free, but without any kind of clue what you're doing, it's not worth that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a good punch'em up but hiding the true ending behind that dumb dumb item mixing is dumb, you dumbies.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a lot of fun with this one, but i can see why it got mixed reviews. BRIEF GAMEPLAY SUMMARY: It's a very simplistic arcade game, that can be quite engaging. The various enemy types have predictable attack patterns, but become difficult as the screen fills. It's a single screen game, meaning you are forced to deal with mobs before they get out of control. The levels have 10 waves, and staying in the same wave for too long will spawn a reaper that insta-kills you (Spelunky style). You have…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- hard - cool art - hard - interesting crafting - hard - easy controls - hard
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worst beginning experience ever. Why the ♥♥♥♥ didn't you add some sort of control explanation at the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ beginning? Or a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ options button? Or a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pause button. I had to escape the game using ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ctrl+alt+del, when you have to go outside the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ even find out what button is escape, you've failed. You don't need to hand hold, but you at least need to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ let us know which keys the controls are
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loved it. Can't beat it. This game is everything you could want from an arcade tribute game, combining fun gameplay with beautiful sound and graphics with surprisingly in-depth gameplay. However, this game's learning curve isn't a curve. It's a single point way up the graph because unless you learn everything instantly you wont get very far. I would recommend using a controller as the keyboard and mouse controls are unintuitive and not changeable. However using a controller doesn't detract…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game about being in a one screen platforming room and jump kicking everything else dumb enough to get on that screen. Worthy as a brief minigame but a long enough series of acceptable length arenas to be enjoyed as a real game as well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have a Mac and am using Steam but can't play because it crashes every 10 minutes. How do I get a refund?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/jlbhr0SjVi0 Locking the arena based combat to a single screen is design choice that will lead to many players quickly becoming exhausted the lack of variety.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too hard, control doesn't suit gameplay, being locked in place while attacking and enemies being able to advance into you while you hit them isn't much fun. I couldn't be bothered putting in the time to get good at it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Curses 'N Chaos is a 2-D beat 'em up game where you fend off rounds of enemies and try to beat the boss at each level. I had gotten this in a bundle and didn't check out the Steam Store before trying this, so being caught offguard is my own fault. I was not expecting what I was going to play. By watching the opening cinematic before the title screen, I thought this was going to be a 2-D side-scrolling beat 'em up. The game has you in a static area where you have waves of enemies flooding your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring, and shallow
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →no manual/control guide for keyboard
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The trailer would make you believe this game is fun -
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →would pay about 0.50$ for this
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The music is decent, but I love the art style. Lea and the alchemist gal's designs are fantastic in my eyes. The gameplay itself, however, didn't really do anything for me, despite the fact that I enjoyed that retro-styled 2D Scott Pilgrim brawler game a few years back. You're locked to a screen which will fill with enemies coming in from off-screen to the left and right, and must throw punches and dropped items to defeat the enemies. If you do, you advance to the next wave, and if you don't,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun and addictive, though flawed. The crafting is a an interesting mechanic but ends up relying on boring grinding. Other than that, Curses 'N Chaos is a pretty decent game. One of the best parts about it is the difficulty curve. You'll struggle with the first few levels, but as you get farther you'll find your skills have improved enough to make everything just challenging enough without being cakewalks. Tip: Use Lucky Cats for upgraded spell drops.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hours of challenging and rewarding play. Excellent couch co-op game. It oozes with style and plays great.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Marvel Cosmic Invasion Demo HAS PASSED Steam Next Fest! Tag Team Belt Action Game by the ex-Ubisoft Montreal staff at Tribute Games (Ninja Senki, Wizorb, Mercenary Kings, Curses 'N Chaos, Panzer Paladin, TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, the upcoming Scott Pilgrim EX).
unlabelledView post →Bad reimagining of an arcade game. - Unskippable intro cutscene when you start up the game, every time. - Game has no option to close it, so you have to open Task Manager and force close the program. - No menu. - No settings. - No keybindings, or info/prompt what the keybinding is. - No options to set keybindings outside of the game (steam) either. - No diologue from the short amount I played. - Uninteresting combat, hardly any attack combinations. - Flat maps where you cant move around, no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I must admit, what got me into this game at first was the amazing Paul Robertson work on the cutscenes and bosses. He's the guy who made the art in Wizorb and that Scott Pilgrim beat'em'up. But that's beside the point. In Curses 'n Chaos you basically kill waves of stuff and then the area boss. There are some item mechanics (both inside and outside of battle, with the mix option) to help you out, but it's pretty hard in general. The way the game looks and feels reminds me of old capcom arcade…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not that great, pixels are to big for my taste and fighting itself doesn't feel that great either and static arena doesn't help to make it more interesting. In coop it's better but almost everything is better in coop, in solo it's just teadius.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →funky, genuine retro feel, but inescapably a bit meh!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible low res pixel graphics. Fixed, unintuitive controls. Janky, uninteresting combat. Whatever anyone might be looking for in this game, they'll find it better implemented almost anywhere else.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great couch co-op arcade game. It's challenging, it has a simple beat em' up gameplay style, and the controls are really tight. My only issue is that since there isn't really anything unique about the different levels, (although they all look great, and the enemies are just fine), I feel like the $10 pricetag is a little steep. If you have a friend to play with and you catch it on sale, though, you'll have a lot of fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really good! Stuck on Lvl 2 Stage 7 cause of the witches, i wish they introduced that enemy like they did with the others, a tad slower, I can't seem to kill them or jump high enough or have any way to practice against them for that matter but damn it is a fun game no matter the amount of pissed off I am. Should pick it up, youll get way more then 10 hours out of it if you wanna beat it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not gonna lie the only reason I even have the title was thanks to Humble Bundle,and before this I assumed it was a good game given the last Treasure title I played. Sadly even a short time with this title greeted me with less than great mechanics be it needing to mash the up keep hoping to smack one of the air born enemies, the timer, the sadly more than likely useful item drops, and the fact you have to stand in place to spam smack some enemies proved otherwise on the first lvl.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game. Great music & entertaining pixel brawler
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is awesome for any arcade fan or old school lover, the game is totally worth the price. every tribute games is just a master retro piece! true love on every game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My recommendation is mostly positive, but with some large reservations. As a 10-wave, single-screen survival brawler, Curses 'N Chaos is enjoyable, and the pixel art is impeccable. The money grind for endgame can get tedious, but C'NC's other positive qualities make this less annoying. Sadly, Tribute Games didn't port the game quite right from Sony systems to PC/MAC. Many users have reported performance issues ranging from running too slow to running far, far too fast, and while some of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you have a friend who likes tough-as-nails 2D games as much as you do, this game is a ton of fun. Pluses: - Responsive, easy controls with enough depth to allow you to come up with some cool techniques. - Difficult, but doesn't throw any cruel twists at you. - Enemies constantly drop a variety of projectile items, keeping the gameplay fresh. Minuses: - Doesn't supports non-xinput controllers. Fortunately, joytokey exists. - Ending cut-scenes had corrupted visuals on my computer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun and skilful arcade brawler with a retro feel and great animations. Feels like arcade platformers of old, except instead of advancing through a level, you remain on a single screen and must defeat waves of monsters and bosses. The controls are easy to pick up, but doing well at the game will require some practice. The alchemy system adds some depth and variety. Has good music, great pixel art backdrops and awesome looking boss monsters by legendary pixel artist/animator Paul Robertson.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →...I've tried Mac,Win10,WinXP in my home... finally crash,crash,not support..Orz..I don't know what can i do for it...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like beat 'em ups I think you could really enjoy Curses 'N Chaos. The game is fun to play and has simple tight controls. The graphics are nice and are reminiscent of old 8-bit to 16-bit beat 'em up games. While you can play the game single player, I would recommend that you play the game co-op since it is considerably more fun and the game is easier. The game's difficulty is the only significant issue I had with the game. Even with two players I would say that the game is quite hard.…
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