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Silver Chains
Developer Cracked Heads Games
Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened. From the Steam store page
186 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
58
Mixed
99 positive · 71 negative
95% range 51–65%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 99 | 71 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 1 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
220 of 366 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
59% recommend · 105 yes, 74 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 179 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (939 of 1,360 positive).
Players find it a short, atmospheric horror game with good scares but note it's generic. [1][2][3] Many say it's not worth full price due to its brevity and recommend buying on sale. [4][5][6] Some report bugs and confusing puzzles that detract from the experience. [7][3][8]
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- [13]
Peak horror slop. ngl, the game scared me a few times which doesn't happen often to someone like me who's desensitized to these type of games so the jumpscares are quite unpredictable at times but that's about the only positive thing I can say about it. The puzzles are annoying as heck. Not sure why the chasing sequences even exist when they last 5 seconds on average, it comes down to you running to the nearest …
- [3]
This game is okay overall. I'd give it like a 5/10. It's overall a pretty generic horror game. It has a couple good scares, but what really drags it down is how terrible it is with objectives. You are constantly left wandering around trying to figure out what to do only to realize there's a cabinet in some random room that you can now push (you couldn't before) and that reveals a secret passage. The game is terrible …
- [2]
I genuinely enjoyed this game, despite some elements not being super polished, and a few puzzles that left me utterly stumped. However, we managed to navigate through without resorting to cheat guides, which added to the sense of achievement. The jump scares are executed brilliantly, and the sound design, like the unsettling creaks of the house, combined with the oppressive silence, crafts an intense, chilling …
- [6]
Honestly, not a bad game. For the price, I'd wait for it to go on a big sale because I beat it in about 2.5hrs. It's not very intuitive so I found myself wandering around a lot to figure out what to do (and might have cheated and used a guide on a part or two out of frustration). The story is a bit confusing and weird, but it's alright. All in all, I enjoyed it, but is it worth full price? Nah. I'll give it a …
- [1]
While it may not be extraordinarily fresh or remarkably unique, it's a sufficiently satisfying horror game. However, if it’s not on sale, the steep price might be disappointing.
Summarised from 34 of the 195 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 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
59% of the 179 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Silver Chains. The complaint that keeps coming up: game is too short, around 2-3 hours. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 186 · most liked firstPeak horror slop. ngl, the game scared me a few times which doesn't happen often to someone like me who's desensitized to these type of games so the jumpscares are quite unpredictable at times but that's about the only positive thing I can say about it. The puzzles are annoying as heck. Not sure why the chasing sequences even exist when they last 5 seconds on average, it comes down to you running to the nearest closet, hiding there for a while until mother disappears and then you're free to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Story From (The Boy) + A pinch of jumpscare + Walking Similator = Silver Chains
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While it may not be extraordinarily fresh or remarkably unique, it's a sufficiently satisfying horror game. However, if it’s not on sale, the steep price might be disappointing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't recommend a game that has a game ending bug that hasn't been fixed in 6 years. Other people have had this bug too. You crawl through a hole in the wall, and it teleports you every single time to a part in the house that you can do nothing else in. No matter how many times, the bug stays in place. Nothing fixes it. Other bugs include the game not even starting, and the monster walking right past you like you aren't there. I feel like I wasted a lot of time playing this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GAME DOES NOT RUN IF YOUR CPU IS AN INTEL 11TH GEN OR HIGHER (waited 1 year before playing on a different pc, to realise how bad this is, which i can't refund now). I regret having bought this at 90% discount, save you money people. It's just clichés over and over with cheap deaths. The lightning sound effects aren't even timed with the lightning effect in windows. Random sound effects playin on loop every 2 minutes or so (fake floor craking from walking, etc.). The first achievement only…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't bother, this is just a walk around a house tour simulator with a few jumpscares and it's boring as ♥♥♥♥.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Byte-sized review A generic haunting Review in under a minute Forgettable and generic horror game set in a haunted mansion that once housed a family of four (a father, mother and their two children). When the father of the house returns from a business trip he brings back a doll for his children to play with. Shortly after his return home he dies causing his wife to spiral into a deep depression. Friends of the family recommend a live-in nanny and her son (both of whom are looking for a place…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Indie Horror shovelware that looks fine but doesn't have much else going on for it. • Huge, maze-like mansion, feels very confusing to navigate. • Confusing mechanics like the monocle and some weirdly presented/ poorly worded puzzles. • No dynamic encounters and stalkers present, just one-time scripted events that spawn and de-spawn the monster once triggered. • Underwhelming environment-based jumpscares. • The sound design is meh. The voice acting is underwhelming if not goofy. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Graphics are nice, the story was pretty decent.... There are some savage jump scares.... There were a lot of bugs, falling through the map.... getting teleported randomly when going through the "crawl" spaces which let the game down.... and the puzzles were terrible... but scratched that horror itch!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is okay overall. I'd give it like a 5/10. It's overall a pretty generic horror game. It has a couple good scares, but what really drags it down is how terrible it is with objectives. You are constantly left wandering around trying to figure out what to do only to realize there's a cabinet in some random room that you can now push (you couldn't before) and that reveals a secret passage. The game is terrible at telegraphing what to do next. It's also a bit glitchy. I clipped through the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is the definition of basic horror game. Pros : the graphics are decent the monocle mechanic is nice (I don't know why using it gives you -10 or 20 fps) Cons : quite some bugs some sounds are very loud and unnecessary the end is very anticlimactic the *chases* are lame, you just walk 3 feet to the nearest hiding point in the beginning the house is very confusing because of the size (even tho is big, it feels very empty and most rooms don't have any usage) you can't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the hell! your game is crashed. I can't even play it, trash game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice story, decent graphics. Good enough game for 50 Cents.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ultra short game for that price, also there is a huge amount of bugs. Well I had pretty good time playing it, but overall I would not recommended it to my fellow gamers.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This really isn't a good game, it's bad, borderline terrible. The 1st 20 or so minutes are actually quite good. You crash your car, pass out and then wake up and explore a seemingly abandoned mansion. I'm not going into detail as this really isn't worth the time but the main issue with Silver Chains is the mansion itself. Very early on you gain access to almost all of it and then the rest of the game is blindly wandering through it trying to solve the exceptionally obtuse puzzles. This…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game doesn't launch and has been like that for years now. Save you're money, it's not even worth it on sale since it's not worth $.01 because the game doesn't run and the dev will never fix it. It's been completely abandoned even though people have been complaining about for a long time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I genuinely enjoyed this game, despite some elements not being super polished, and a few puzzles that left me utterly stumped. However, we managed to navigate through without resorting to cheat guides, which added to the sense of achievement. The jump scares are executed brilliantly, and the sound design, like the unsettling creaks of the house, combined with the oppressive silence, crafts an intense, chilling atmosphere. If you're a fan of narrative-driven horror with a focus on exploration…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thank you for watching the Fright Night series we just finished the Silver Chains! New horror game? still TBA! Always stay awesome Se'thestania!
neutral · AI labelView post →Puzzles are way too finicky and require EXACT placement in order to solve them, just wait till you get the monocle which is a complete pain in the ass
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I straight up dislike this game. Being able to interact with things is way too finicky. Trying to use the monocle is the worst.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute trash game. Got the first note, nothing to interact with after. Reload, same thing. Open Journal, cant close, game wont let me do anything. Garbage.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, I loved it for many aspects, up until I reached the end...It's punishing, abusively difficult to manage the 'final boss' who is CONSTANTLY chasing you with no where to hide and 0 checkpoint/save...There are multiple threads online and on Steam about this problem but visibly the developers don't care.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →maybe they say that jump scares are cheap but I took way longer to finish this game than I think it requires because I had to take breaks every 2 minutes because I was too scared to continue whoops. it was short and spooky and I didn't understand the story at all but it will scratch that horror itch!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I beat up Charles and finished the game! So I started Silver Chains which confused me as I kept not finding puzzle solutions. So I had to turn to google for help lmao #ENVtuber #VtuberUprising #Vtuber
neutral · AI labelView post →Honestly, not a bad game. For the price, I'd wait for it to go on a big sale because I beat it in about 2.5hrs. It's not very intuitive so I found myself wandering around a lot to figure out what to do (and might have cheated and used a guide on a part or two out of frustration). The story is a bit confusing and weird, but it's alright. All in all, I enjoyed it, but is it worth full price? Nah. I'll give it a tentative yes because I liked the style and story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horror enthusiast? I recommend this game. Good storyline. Not too complicating of puzzles. Jumpscares got me good atleast 5 times twice by the same one. The atmosphere throughout the game was chilling. The graphics were good didn't have any issues streaming this. Gameplay is about 2-3 hours long. For full price I do not recommend based off play time, best get on sale. Overall good playthrough
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has too complicated puzzles that take a lot of time to solve. The game is demanding on hardware, and consumes a lot of PC resources, provided that my PC meets the recommended requirements of the game, but at high settings the FPS starts to sink.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a bit of a mix for me. I'm going to go ahead and give it a positive review because I did have fun competing it. It's also pretty obvious someone put a lot of time and effort into it. It does have some serious drawbacks though, and it's certainly not a $25 game. Buy it on a really good sale if you're considering it. Here's quick rundown on what I liked and what I didn't. + The story. It was interesting and worked within the game quite well with an unexpected ending. + The music was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s a very boring game with nothing interesting. The ghost isn’t very scary either—it just appears and disappears. There’s also a bug that prevented me from finishing the game. The bug made it so that once a door was closed, it couldn’t be opened again, which stopped me from continuing, so I quit playing. 4/10 (I only gave it this score because the graphics are beautiful).
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →👍 Nice story. Got it for .75
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Grab your flashlights & your courage, because our Gals are back tonight with another horror game in time for spooky season! Join them as they play Silver Chains ⛓️ 💀 Starts Now twitch.tv/somegalsandagame #twitchaffiliate #twitchstreamers #horrorgame #horrortwt #LGBTQIA #gaymers
neutral · AI labelView post →A PIECE OF CRAPOS. WASTE MY MONEY, MY TIME, AND MY SLEEP.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly i like this game, there alots of good jump scare and enjoy voice in this game . I would recommend this game to any person's that love good spooky horror game. for sure pick it up on Sale's Halloween. glad i gave this game a chance.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spooky game called Silver Chains in 20ish minutes! Hope to see you all there! frostytools.com/stream/noped...
neutral · AI labelView post →just didn't feel like an enjoyable experience.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was overall disappointed with this game for a few reasons: The first being that some of the puzzles I was unable to find the answer to without consulting an online guide (The "Fleur-De-Lit Portrait" Puzzle and the "Roman Numerals Lock" Puzzle). I found no reference to these answers within the game rendering them unsolvable for me which was a let down. Perhaps I had missed something. Also, when referencing the "Roman Numerals Lock" Puzzle online, the code was incorrect and I was able to open…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Silver Chains - A Short but Chilling Horror Experience “An atmospheric horror game with impressive visuals, a few solid scares, and a tastefully creepy manor setting, but hindered by its brevity and some pacing issues.” Silver Chains takes the classic horror formula—a deserted mansion, sinister backstory, and creepy dolls—and combines it with an eerie setting and decent scares to create a short but memorable horror experience. Set in an old English manor in the early 1900s, you find yourself…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't have patience for a game like this. Spent 20 min in the first rooms looking at and trying to interact with everything. Started out nice and creepy, quickly became tedious. Uninstalled. Luckily only payed a couple of bucks for it. Obviously some people are smarter - or luckier - than me and are able to beat it, but there are a lot of other games where you don't have to be lucky enough to find some secretly hidden something and you actually get to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We Love Mother, Shes A MILF.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Needs a few bug fixes, but is a really good game. Had some bugs when crawling through the holes required to press E. Didn't really enjoy the final "Run away from the enemy" section but maybe it's a skill issue
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game feels sooo long at times BUT IT WAS VERY GOOD. i would personally buy it on sale though as you can complete it in a single sitting as it's quite expensive for that the jumpscares got me every. single. time. and the atmosphere of the game seriously freaked me out. it also has pretty unique elements ive never seen in horror games before with the monocle you can use; not sure how i feel about it but it was definitely interesting!!! AND BIG PROPS TO THE CHARACTER DESIGN EVERYBODY WAS…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is poorly optimized and constantly lags for no apparent reason. Screamers are inappropriate and absolutely not scary. The game is not scary, not atmospheric, the plot is uninteresting and does not cause any emotional response. Riddles are annoying, mother's scripts do not bring any horror into the atmosphere. It feels like this game was made by a schoolboy on his knee in between lessons. I do not recommend, a hundred possible minuses out of a hundred.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best part? Accurate reference to Resident Evil 1 with Moonlight Sonata on the piano with actually accurate finger placement. Actually played the right notes! Definitely a musician on the dev team somewhere... So I just finished the game in a tiny bit over 2 hours. Luckily I got the game on a super deep sale (90% off) but it was a bargain at that price I'd say. Not quite worth full price in my opinion, but I'd pay around £10 for it. So the game is actually pretty decent. It doesn't try to be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A super solid, atmospheric haunted-mansion type horror game. While it definitely doesn't reinvent the genre, it's enjoyable and really nicely made. The Layers of Fear and Outlast inspiration definitely shows – absoutely not in a rip-off kind of way, but as in the devs successfully conveying a similar atmosphere. As opposed to some other indie horror games I've played, this one has a really nice balance between exploration, puzzles, jump scares and run-and-hide scenes (with one exception).…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't get the negative revies here, since i don't agree with any of them. I have enjoyed this game, even when it's short. The horror experience is there, which is exactly what I have expected. Plus its easy to complete 100% achievements.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i went to this stupid house and all i got was haunted trauma Silver Chains! (Spoopy Game) www.twitch.tv/bacotelltv www.twitch.tv/bacotelltv www.twitch.tv/bacotelltv
negative · AI labelView post →Short but sweet. I really love walking through haunted mansions, especially when there is also an interesting story you`re gathering along the way. You try to help but mess up. It`s just like live, you make mistakes and then fix them. I did have some trouble with some of the puzzles but that was my own fault, because i wasn`t attentive enough to notice the clues (found them during my second playthrough though :) ). This game may be short but it was a very nice experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was definitely fun! 👍👍 But there is one annoying thing. Sometimes the "Press E to open" when standing at doors or closets randomly disappears, and then you'll die cause you cant open it when being chased.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ITS A GOOD SHORT SCARY GAME NOT HARD NOT EAZY ITS JUST NORMAL I LIKE IT AND I RECOMMEND YOU TO TRY IT
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short but spooky little horror experience - Don't expect too much. Worth the price but if you're looking for a long game experience, this isn't it. Lacking in some areas, makes up for it in others, decent game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very short but decent game. Recommended, but only during a strong sale, you can get it cheap. 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Took forever just to start it up, ended up having to download the epic games launcher. The game was good till the end, the boss fight took away from the story and was really obnoxious. The ending sucked completely and wasn't worth it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3/10 I didn't like it. It felt painful to finish the game. The last part on the attic is tedious. Some puzzles were a PITA. The graphics are good but the same old looks from Unreal engine, nothing that stands out. Sound wise, it's impressive that with such a huge team of sound designers they couldn't make the footsteps sound more natural and less repetitive and mechanic. Also those wood cracks are annoying and get cut abruptly for no reason. Idk why I still expecting something from this demon…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A complete waste of time. The puzzles aren't challenging, they're "go back and forth until you have the object you need" and the attic is beyond frustrating. The ending and gameplay were NOT worth the cost of the game. Rating: 2/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It`s a bad game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked the atmosphere in the mansion and the little bit we see outside. But the game in itself, idk, started off nice but the more I played the more tediouis it got. That was my impression. And there was puzzles after puzzles and fetch quests... And I didn't like the conclusion of it all. The final encounter in the attic was pretty dull. Still I'm glad is over, I finally finished it. I'm not gonna thumb down this one, because clearly a lot of effort was put in by the developers, but I was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I would like to preface this review by saying that I am not a horror gamer or movie watcher. I do however stream horror games for the entertainment of others. Now at the time of this review, I have not completed the game, but I wanted to give my thoughts as of now. This game has a great atmosphere that kept me on edge the whole time. The sounds were great and tense. The puzzles weren't too bad to figure out but the farther along I got the trickier they were getting. SPOILER: II I in the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You explore a big empty house with some jumpscares and running. It is quite short and cliché.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was playing the game with my girlfriend and we encountered a savegame bug which did not allow us to finish this game. After we found a room which gives a solution to the lamp (which we accidently solved before coming there) and seeing a guy in a wheelchair with bandages, we wanted to stop for today but the next time we started the game we could not go anywhere (from the room with the lamp) bc doors which were previously open were now closed.
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