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ChainStaff
ChainStaff is a brutal action-platformer with a transforming spear and grappling hook, blazing weapon upgrades, and a rocking soundtrack. Aliens have taken over the Earth! Swing, shoot, and spear your way through hordes of mutating monstrosities and bone-shaking boss fights.
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- Released
- April 7, 2026
- Developer
- Mommy's Best Games
- Publisher
- Mommy's Best Games
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ChainStaff Reviews
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ChainStaff is one of the coolest freaking platformers I’ve played in a long time. It’s just cool to dart around these vibrant levels with a neat grapple gun. It’s rewarding to toss your staff from across the screen to one shot a big enemy. It absolutely rules to throw down your staff to block projectiles and then climb up your staff to get to higher ground and lay waste to your foes. This is just a cool video game with novel gameplay mechanics and a consistently heavy metal style. If you came in here wanting another stellar Mommy’s Best Games distillation of classic 2D tropes, you’ll…
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ChainStaff is a brutal, rewarding action-platformer built for those who miss the “sink or swim” difficulty of 16-bit classics. The movement provided by the staff offers incredible freedom, even if the charging mechanics occasionally feel a step too slow for the blistering pace of the enemies. It’s a chaotic mix that leans heavily into its aesthetic and its demanding gameplay loop. Mastery in ChainStaff doesn’t come quickly, and repeated failure is very much part of the process, but those willing to push through will find a deeply satisfying system underneath.