A public playtest for Soulchain is now available on Steam. This unique blend of precision-platformer with metroidvania-like progression uses a physics-based grappling hook as its core mechanic. The playtest features the game’s first hour of content.

Use your soul as a grappling hook!

Soulchain’s grappling hook was built through months of iteration, and is both precise and physically accurate, carrying the player’s momentum and wrapping around corners. Area-specific mechanics expand the grapple’s possibilities, such as portals through which it can pull the player and crystals that slow the grapple down while the player is able to move freely.

Instead of abilities and items locking progression, as in traditional metroidvanias, Soulchain’s non-linear world is fully accessible from the start, with the player’s knowledge of movement mechanics being the only kind of progression gate. Players will ignore passages that seem unreachable, only to come back later and realize that they could always have reached them with the right use of the grapple.

Join the playtest now!

Soulchain will feature a sprawling Afterlife, with fun mechanics to explore, secret techniques to master, and quirky characters to meet. The playtest, now available on Steam for free, features the game’s first hour of content.

Key features

• Master a precise and physics-based grappling hook.
• Explore the seasons of the Afterlife in a metroidvania-like world.
• Unlock areas gated not by items, but by movement knowledge.
• Meet a colorful cast of characters and help them through their journeys.
• Find collectible lost souls hidden in every corner.