Game profile
Astral Chain
A futuristic police officer fights beings from a parallel world using chained Legion companions. Controlling two characters at once creates a unique combat system full of tactical depth.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Action / Adventure, set in a science fiction world. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays dark throughout. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The narrative carries the whole thing, and the mechanics serve it. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It is available on one platform. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Unique chain combat system
- Futuristic police story
- Tactical depth
This fits you if
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- the writing matters more to you than the mechanics
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
- you prefer a darker, heavier tone
Look elsewhere if
- you skip cutscenes and want to get to the gameplay
- you want something light and easy going
- you specifically want an open world to roam
- you want to play it side by side with someone
How long is Astral Chain?
About 25 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 4 weeks, or 13 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 89 out of 100, which puts it above 82 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 170 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Action averages 83 points across the database, so this one sits 6 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 114 collected ratings.
Released in 2019, so it has 7 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2019
- Genres
- Action, Adventure
- Playtime
- approx. 25 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Carries the whole game
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Sci-fi
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- Switch
- Critic rating
- 89 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astral Chain | 2019 | approx. 25 hrs. | 89 | Mid price |
| Romeo is a Dead Man | 2026 | approx. 15 hrs. | 86 | Full price |
| Marvel's Wolverine | 2026 | approx. 25 hrs. | 88 | Full price |
| Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | 2019 | approx. 20 hrs. | 83 | Mid price |
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