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Chorus
Developer Deep Silver Fishlabs
Chorus is a 2021 space combat game developed by Fishlabs and published by Deep Silver. It was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on 3 December 2021. Chorus received generally positive reviews from critics and failed to meet the sales expectations of Embracer Group. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
302 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
75
LovedLoved
177 positive · 60 negative
95% range 69–80%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 177 | 60 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 6 | 0 | 55 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
2,342 of 2,859 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
75% recommend · 170 yes, 56 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 226 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,899 of 4,741 positive).
Players widely praise the combat and flight mechanics as excellent and satisfying. [1][2][3] Many reviewers criticize the story and writing as weak, poorly explained, or nonsensical. [1][4][5] Some players find the gameplay loop repetitive and the missions tedious. [6][7][8]
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Representative posts
- [7]
This game feels... generic. Its the most generic videogame i have ever played. it has "open to explore" locations with a several pre-dertermined generic missions. The gameplay loop cosists of "shoot at these 5 flying enemies" to "shoot at those 5 stationary objects" all the way to "fly through these 5 locations and wait for the yapping to end" Writing and story are both bland and cringe. Gamplay is "fine", its an …
- [1]
Okay... So this game is a bit of a complicated one to review. On one hand the writing and plot leave much to be desired, it's never horrible but the lore is not explained very well, in a way that this game feels like a sequel to a game that never existed. The main character isn't particularly likable and the acting ranges from meh to decent enough. However...and that being said... What the game lacks in these …
- [2]
Picked this up for $3 on sale with no idea what it was going to be, figured it was worth messing around with for a minute either way. Wow... blown away. This game is awesome, super super fun, looks amazing and runs butter smooth. There's definitely a sense of "over ambition" in regards to some of the cutscenes/story IMO... but nothing that detracts from enjoying the gameplay. And I can not overstate how damn good …
- [6]
It's quite a unique game, which combines arcade space combat with lots of dialogues and small stories. So somehow to me it felt more like an open world action game. It's just so rare (at least from what I've seen) to have a space combat game with that kind of quests and stories. Interestingly enough, the strong sides of this game are also its weaknesses. The combat is fun, but VERY repetitive, even if you use all …
- [3]
Controls and combat are excellent! It was also rather beautiful. Weakest element was the story. I didn't really care about it but I enjoyed free roaming to explore.
Summarised from 34 of the 272 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
75% of the 226 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Chorus. The complaint that keeps coming up: story is poorly written and confusing. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Chorus received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, while the PS5 version received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. The game won Best German Game at Deutscher Computerspielpreis in 2022. Jon Bailes of GamesRadar+ wrote that the game "conjured the feel of a good Star Wars scene", praising its ship designs, space battles, controls, and special powers while criticizing the bland story and bad bosses. Dan Stapleton of IGN praised the game's scenery and dogfights while calling the story "respectable even though it threatens to drown you in lore." Ollie Reynolds of Push Square praised the slick combat, DualSense feedback, side missions and…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 302 · most liked firstGot to sing the national anthem with the Gateway Men’s Chorus at #Pride Night @cardinals.com game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Indie RPG marketing has stock characters like a Greek play. Enter, the Diogenes the Writer: "I hath written a game as an act of Love! I will not soil my hands with money on this. Wouldst thou like it?" The Chorus: "Do not speak to us of a new game."
neutral · AI labelView post →i would like to call attention to the visual novel [Handle With Care..] where the developers thought it would be really cool to slap english newspaper lines on the text boxes so now the entire game game has you reading over mention of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus... happy pride month.
neutral · AI labelView post →images not loading on here making the "i just released the demo to the game i've been quietly working on" a little difficult... ah well i'm in no rush. anyway DAWN CHORUS demo out now. long live the pre-apocalypse → haraiva.itch.io/dawn-chorus-...
neutral · AI labelView post →whats up bsky! todays the day we launch the steam page for our game, Wild Chorus been working on this game for 2 years, and im so excited to hit this milestone. wishlist us to stay up to date store.steampowered.com/app/3985990/... oh, & heres our first trailer, as a treat :) #indiegame #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay... So this game is a bit of a complicated one to review. On one hand the writing and plot leave much to be desired, it's never horrible but the lore is not explained very well, in a way that this game feels like a sequel to a game that never existed. The main character isn't particularly likable and the acting ranges from meh to decent enough. However...and that being said... What the game lacks in these aspects it makes up for in strides in raw gameplay. While piloting takes a bit to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was at the game last night. The environment was incredible. Denver Feminist Chorus sang the national anthem. I carried and waved around my Pride flag w/the Devils' logo & got compliments. My team lost & it was still the BEST experience #GoAvsGo #HockeyIsForEveryone denverchoruses.org
neutral · AI labelView post →Here are some trading cards I made when I was about 4 or 5. Tomorrow I’ll reveal some cards I designed for Smash Palace: Chorus of Steel and you can judge if I’ve gotten better at game design. #fabtcg
neutral · AI labelView post →Just saw a clip of the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus singing "Chelsea Dagger" before the Chicago Blackhawks Pride Night game and burst into tears in case anyone is wondering where my mental health is at.
neutral · AI labelView post →🦉 Dawn Chorus Quest is a free web game about British birdsong. 🥰 Players say it's delightful, fun and made them feel optimistic. 🏅The aim is to collect and share the sounds of the dawn chorus. It's made with love and free to play: bird-times.lovable.app #IndieDev #GameDev #Birds #Bioacoustic
neutral · AI labelView post →We’re now on Bluesky! 🌌 Our indie horror game, Chorus of Carcosa, is waiting for you. Try the demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/2987750/... #indiehorror #gamedev #psychologicalhorror #chorusofcarcosa
neutral · AI labelView post →Dead Channels enters YEAR 6 of Delta Green APs, updating classics and playtesting new operations. Six bucks buys 6 years of backlog & exclusive eps. Currently playing CHORUS GAMES: DG investigates a possible cult hiding within a video game studio. www.delta-green.com/dc-drop-chor...
neutral · AI labelView post →Chorus is quite possibly the worst offender of an awesome game that was so poorly marketed no one knows about it. I know spaceship games are niche, and even "nicherer" when the game is not economy/mercenary-based. A spaceship game where the focus is on the story and character development? In this economy? It's different, and I am all up for it! I didn't even know it was a spaceship game, I thought it was some RPG with space elements or something. I don't even remember purchasing it. Where did…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game feels... generic. Its the most generic videogame i have ever played. it has "open to explore" locations with a several pre-dertermined generic missions. The gameplay loop cosists of "shoot at these 5 flying enemies" to "shoot at those 5 stationary objects" all the way to "fly through these 5 locations and wait for the yapping to end" Writing and story are both bland and cringe. Gamplay is "fine", its an arcade dogfighting... in space.... no, we still have a clear up and down, 3…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New bucket list achievement unlocked: I sang the national anthem at a baseball game! Here's me with a brief moment on the Jumbotron at the Phillies game last night with the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia.
neutral · AI labelView post →Players of birdsong guessing game Dawn Chorus Quest can play and share a chorus of the birdsong they collect as they travel through time. #ShareAndEnjoy The game is inspired by #DouglasAdams Last Chance to See. #IndieDev #GameDev #Birdsong bird-times.lovable.app/share/saxonv...
neutral · AI labelView post →🐦⬛Birdsong guessing game. 🎶Collecting the dawn chorus. 🥰To share and enjoy. Dawn Chorus Quest is a game of birdsong and time travel. Your guide is an improbably old long-tailed tit (called Pip). It's a love letter to British birds. Try at bird-times.lovable.app #Birds #GameDev #Bioacoustic
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi! We're a team of three making Wild Chorus, a musical exploration game — and we’re excited to be a part of Wholesome Direct on June 6th. 🎶 @wholesomegames.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Wouldn't call this space combat. More like air combat without ground. Story is interesting, though it feels likes it's dragging at times. General play between story elements is largely boring and repetitive. Some of the larger story battles are where the fun is at and those are few and far between. Powers are cool, though a bit limited. With few exceptions, ship equipment isn't very impactful. Visuals and smoothness of gameplay are excellent. Pick it up on sale when you get the chance.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too much babbling to tell a story that isn't great. Controls are limiting to accomodate "drifting" which ended up being pretty clumsy. Too much bloom and neon jizz makes everything hard to pick out which gets annoying during battlles. It wasn't terrible, but I'd rather have my time back.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm going to start streaming again tonight, at 8pm Eastern. I'll be starting a new game called Chorus of Carcosa, which will hopefully address the utter dearth of King in Yellow video games. store.steampowered.com/app/2987750/...
neutral · AI labelView post →🖌️Oldish fanart of Chorus from the game @frogteam.games! #art #fanart #Frogsong #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →Let's Try Dawn Chorus - Keeping Warm in the Cold A game by @keoblau.bsky.social hq, @slothpaw.bsky.social @asteroidblues.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY50...
neutral · AI labelView post →Great aerial combat and solid visuals, BUT the game collapses everywhere else: A catastrophic narrative failure. Every character, location, faction, and concept is thrown at you with zero explanation. Dialogue feels like listening to two strangers discuss a universe you’ve never been introduced to. You won’t understand a single line, and the game doesn’t care. Wild, nonsensical difficulty spikes even on the lowest settings. One mission is a breeze, the next is a brick wall. Quest sequencing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →''How Not To Write a *Narrative*'' The Game This game could serve as a case study in how Spec Ops: The Line would fail if it were written poorly. Both games try to tell a redemption story; one succeeds, the other completely misses the point. You play as Nara, a former cult warrior who slaughtered innocents believing she was doing the right thing, just like Captain Walker. But unlike Spec Ops, Chorus starts after the regret. Nara already feels sorry, already seeks redemption, and stays in that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🥰 Lovely ducks for BCD #BirdOfTheDay 🦆Mamma duck with ducklings at Nunney Castle 🍏A crested duck at Heligan orchard 🐌Runner ducks on bug patrol at a forest garden near Frome 🎶Mallard bird share card from Chorus Quest, my #IndieDev game to share and enjoy birdsong chorusquest.uk/birds/anas-p...
positive · AI labelView post →Playing through Chorus has me longing for a return to Colony Wars. Absolutely stunning game.
positive · AI labelView post →This game is honestly a poster child for "Fantastic idea executed poorly". The story is badly written. The combat quickly becomes repetitive. The exploration quickly gets tedious. This is a game that I truly expected I would love, but after about an hour, I just have no desire to keep playing. I'm not entirely sure what I expected here, but this wasn't it. 6/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Speaking of very pretty space combat games, Chorus is more of a traditional starfighter style action game with a little bit of open-world stuff going on. It's also like $2 for the next ten days and absolutely worth the money.
positive · AI labelView post →this newly released game is a loose sequel to CYCLE and a loose prequel to DAWN CHORUS :) yay
neutral · AI labelView post →Chorus of Carcosa - Psychological Horror Game Inspired By "The King In Yellow" | Full Playthrough Watch: youtu.be/-KJHWFgPQQI
neutral · AI labelView post →🐦 In the birdsong game Dawn Chorus Quest we time travel to the solar punk era, when we've rewilded parts of our cities to welcome back the birds. "Not magic. Just gardening, at city scale, by people who care enough to try" says Pip bird-times.lovable.app #IndieDev #Gamedev #Rewilding #Birdsong
neutral · AI labelView post →The OG Starfox and Descent/Freespace fan in me really wanted to like this game. I wish I could give a thumbs-middle. The controls and the moment-to-moment gameplay feels incredible, and I've really enjoyed this so far. Very polished, and I hope other devs making similar gameplay in the future pay attention here. Truly, this is the one thing that makes this game shine... but the gameplay loop itself is incredibly repetitive and tedious. It feels like I'm playing the same 3 missions on repeat ad…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🥰 It's time to test the next location of my birdsong guessing game Chorus Quest! 🦅 Visit Ynis-Hir in Wales - 12,000 years of birdsong, 800 hectares, one Dyfi estuary. 🐜 Come and guess who's singing, help me squish the bugs chorusquest.uk/ynys-hir?pre... #IndieDev #GameDev #Testing #Birds #Bugs
neutral · AI labelView post →The next level in my birdsong guessing game Dawn Chorus Quest is set in Ely. It's about draining the fens and inviting the birds back with reedling, bittern, yellowhammer and skylark songs to share and enjoy. Coming soon to bird-times.lovable.app Testing... #IndieDev #GameDev #Birds #Bioacoustic
neutral · AI labelView post →🤔Ever wondered what the dawn chorus might have sounded like a couple thousand years ago? Listen here: bird-times.lovable.app/share/aberde... Dawn Chorus Quest is a free web game to share and enjoy birdsong. #IndieDev #GameDev #BirdSong #ShareAndEnjoy
neutral · AI labelView post →I ragequit after a few hours. Yes, fighting is o.k., graphics are nice but... The HUD is terrible, there is no speed indicator, markers for items and mission points are identical and very hard to see. During several missions I had no idea what to do or where to go. (It seems that if you have to find several items, you only get markers after you found the first - don't know if thgis is a bug or a feature.) The markers are also frequently confusing because you never know whether the target is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not sure how this title warrants a "verified" for Steam Deck status. It crashes regularly for me on that platform. In some instances it's random while in others it's repeatable. The Viper Clan side quest, for example, is completely bugged on the deck for me, with the game locking up when Rage tries to lead me somewhere.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🦆'Dawn Chorus Quest' is a time travelling bird song guessing game. 🐦⬛Join Pip in Aberdeen to collect the chorus and see the shifting baseline. 🦉Free web game, made with love and open data. bird-times.lovable.app #IndieDev #GameDev #Accessible #Birdsong #Timetravel #GuessingGame
neutral · AI labelView post →🎉 Dawn Chorus Quest has over 1,500 players! 🦉 It's a birdsong guessing game with teleportation, a time machine, and an opinionated guide. 🥰Thanks to all who listened, guessed, collected, and shared their chorus. Share and enjoy! 🍂🐦 bird-times.lovable.app #Birdsong #WebGame #IndieDev #GameDev
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been listening to one particular valley since the ice left, and I can guide you through a game called Dawn Chorus Quest. You listen to birds, guess who's singing, and I tell you the story of how the place changes. bird-times.lovable.app #indieDev #GameDev
neutral · AI labelView post →Godspeed is on @mirlo Mirlo connects with #fairplayer via #canimus (aka #chorus) Therefore, Godspeed is on https://fairplayer.org/
neutral · AI labelView post →Picked this up for $3 on sale with no idea what it was going to be, figured it was worth messing around with for a minute either way. Wow... blown away. This game is awesome, super super fun, looks amazing and runs butter smooth. There's definitely a sense of "over ambition" in regards to some of the cutscenes/story IMO... but nothing that detracts from enjoying the gameplay. And I can not overstate how damn good the gameplay is. The game buries the lead, to it's detriment a bit I think, but if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is too busy telling you about its super cool OC for it to allow you to play its admittedly very fun combat for more then a few minutes at a time. It gets very annoying
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My word, what an outrageously pretty game Chorus is. 🥲
positive · AI labelView post →🐦⬛Dawn Chorus Quest is a cosy game for a rainy day. 🦉It's free, needs no sign-up, and was built for accessibility. 🦢Visit six locations, time travel thousands of years, and guess the songs of more than 80 birds. 🏅How many can you collect? chorusquest.uk #IndieDev #GameDev #Birds #Bioacoustic
neutral · AI labelView post →🥳 Over 2400 players have tried Dawn Chorus Quest, my birdsong guessing game #IndieDev #GameDev #NatureGame Players said: 🐦⬛this is just lovely 💚amazing 🦉wonderful! 📍Six locations to explore 🦉80+ birds to collect 🎶Listen to birds, guess who is singing, collect the chorus! chorusquest.uk
neutral · AI labelView post →Graphics and performance are without flaw. The story(?) however is so godawful that I would suggest the developers would just post release remove it and make it a random objective/challenge based game. I couldn't get myself to start the game again after, it's too cringe.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →flawless movement, feels like flying a jedi startfighter. quite short sadly, great music and graphics
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I made it to the Nimika System in Chorus, the first that I’ve been that’s properly populated. It’s such a stunning game, man.
positive · AI labelView post →The Oct 14 update for Rites of Accord, in 47 seconds⚡ Now playable on phones and tablets, Hanta joins Glacial Chorus, and you can earn factions just by playing the game! Full patch notes in Discord ritesofaccord.com/links/bluesky #indiegame #tacticsgame #strategygame #gamedev #RitesOfAccord
neutral · AI labelView post →🤩 Wowsers! I'm thoroughly thrilled that over 1000 players have tried Dawn Chorus Quest, my birdsong guessing game. It's a free web game, made with love and open source data. Play at bird-times.lovable.app The aim is to collect and share the sounds of the dawn chorus. #ShareAndEnjoy #IndieDev
neutral · AI labelView post →SCORE: ★★★★☆: Loved It +Gorgeous environments and fairly strong graphics +Responsive and satisfying controls +Unique powers that add a fun twist to a flight combat game +Interesting and varied enemy types -Story loses focus halfway through and has an aggressively bad ending -Mission variety gets very thin for how long the game is -Only the protagonist gets a character model, everyone else is relegated to portraits, which diminishes emotional impact Chorus' protagonist, Nara, has done…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's quite a unique game, which combines arcade space combat with lots of dialogues and small stories. So somehow to me it felt more like an open world action game. It's just so rare (at least from what I've seen) to have a space combat game with that kind of quests and stories. Interestingly enough, the strong sides of this game are also its weaknesses. The combat is fun, but VERY repetitive, even if you use all the arsenal at your disposal. There's A LOT of talking, but it's mostly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3 main points before I uninstall: 1. Modern day feminism. So I've killed about 50 odd ships, go to do a side quest and when the guy I've helped states: "I'm thinking of becoming a combat pilot" And trust, our side needs more combat pilots, the main character thinks: "Right up until you kill someone." Heh? She's killed a planet. Billions of people. Oh. I get it. She's going to cry about that for the entire game isn't she? Someone else can answer that - I've had enough of some granny sitting next…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chorus is one of my favourite video games. The whole premise is catnip to me. Space opera. Shooters. Space exploration. Dogfights. It hits every box cleanly. I love Star Wars. I am also tired of Star Wars. I wanted something original. Chorus delivers a story that only works as a video game, because the narrative is inseparable from how you learn to move, fight, and survive. Your abilities are not just upgrades. They are discoveries. You play Nara. She is not a hero. She is a former enforcer…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pip is an ancient long tailed tit, who guides players around my bird song guessing game Dawn Chorus Quest, and writes the #DevLog too. Just launched: 🧑🦯 alt tags without spoilers Coming soon: ♀️ female birdsong 🪶Zennor: The Granite Frontier docs.google.com/document/d/1... #IndieDev #GameDev
neutral · AI labelView post →Testing, testing... 🤔Can you guess the next location in my birdsong game Dawn Chorus Quest? 🪶 I've added Kittiwake to the collection for this chapter. 🦉 Collect the chorus, share and enjoy British birdsong. Free web game: bird-times.lovable.app #IndieDev #GameDev #Birdsong
neutral · AI labelView post →Good: Fighting feels fast, hectic and wildly varies with your skill level. A battle can take you 2 minutes or 10 seconds, depending on how you go at it. Very solid gameplay for a space shooter. Sound design is good, explosions on kills usually have a nice impactful feeling. The bad: The writing was awful enough to make me take my headphones off through a lot of the dialogue. You also can't skip it. It's inconsequential, it's annoyingly bland and feels like they let a very inexperienced…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Meet Hanta, Lord of the Hunt❄️See his skills in action! This new Glacial Chorus unit can be unlocked by playing the free beta on PC/mobile, and will stay unlocked when the full game releases if unlocked during the beta! 🔗Link in bio! #indiegame #tacticsgame #strategygame #gamedev #RitesOfAccord
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