Chained Pirates Together

About Chained Pirates Together

Chained Pirates Together is a physics-based co-op climbing game created and published by cnsgames. It was released on October 21, 2026, for Windows 10 and Windows 11 (64-bit) as a Steam exclusive for $1.99. It offers local and online 1-4 player co-op with a simple, inescapable gimmick: every pirate on your crew is chained to the next at the waist, and the chain is a physics object that can swing around, snag on corners, drag behind a sprinting friend, and hold when someone slips off a ledge.

The gimmick is simple and absurdly easy to get into. You find a treasure, and the treasure is cursed. One skull, one flash of green light, and suddenly every pirate on your crew is chained to the next at the waist by a length of chain. The only way to break the curse is to find the lightning rod at the top of a storm-wrapped tower above the harbor, strike the chain with the lightning, and hope that the crew is still attached when it happens. The climb is 1000 meters vertical, starting at the shipwrecks off the harbor and going up past ancient ruins, floating islands, castles in the clouds, and finally the storm itself.

Movement and co-op are the main attractions. You can run or jump at a ledge to haul yourself up, and you can climb up scaffolds, iron bars, and ivy walls. The chain turns every movement into a co-op decision: yank a teammate up onto a ledge or catch them mid-fall, or kick them across a gap and hope the chain holds. A bad jump doesn't just cost you a life, it drags everyone down with you, which is the game's main source of tension and comedy.

Traps and hazards are designed around the chain. The tower is full of swinging pendulums, collapsing bridges, rhythm platforms, sand slides, rolling boulders, cable cars, all trying to shake the crew loose or trick them into a mistimed jump that'll send the whole line over the edge. The chain is physically connected to every member of the crew, so a trap that catches one player can pull the rest off balance, which means the crew has to coordinate not just their own movements, but the spacing and timing of the whole line.

Difficulty modes give the game two distinct personalities. In Checkpoints mode, seals along the climb save your progress, and if anyone falls into the sea, the crew returns to the last seal. This is the mode for players who want to see the top without having to repeat the early sections every time someone slips. In Hardcore mode, there are no saves, and every fall into the sea sends the whole crew back to the dock. The developers describe it as "for experienced crews only," and it is the mode that turns the climb into a single, continuous test of coordination.

Customization and communication round out the package. You can choose a ready-made pirate or customize your own with hair, hats, beards, eyepatches, earrings, belts, and colors. An emote wheel lets you cheer at a checkpoint, laugh at a fall or shake your head at whoever missed the jump. Built-in push-to-talk voice chat and text chat are included, so the crew can coordinate in real time and assign blame immediately. The game also includes intro and ending cinematics, with a twist at the top of the tower.

System requirements are modest. The minimum is Windows 10 64-bit, 2 GHz or faster processor, 4096 MB of RAM, and a 512 MB or higher graphics card. The game supports keyboard and mouse as well as controller, and requires an internet connection for online co-op. It is a paid title on Steam, and is distributed digitally rather than through a physical release.

Practical considerations for anyone downloading Chained Pirates Together: the game is based on online co-op, and while it can be played solo, the chain mechanics and trap design are built for a crew. The checkpoint and hardcore modes effectively double the content, because the hardcore run is a completely different experience from the checkpoint run. The price is low, and the game is a short, focused experience rather than a long campaign, making it easy to try with a group of friends. The chain mechanics are the entire hook, and are the reason the game works: every jump, every pull and kick is filtered through the knowledge that the whole crew is physically connected. Download Chained Pirates Together from Steam to experience a physics-based co-op climbing game about a cursed crew, a 1000-meter tower, and the chain that ties everyone together.