Brutal Heavy Metal 80’s Sci-Fi Platformer ChainStaff Releases on April 8 on Steam and Consoles

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Brutal Heavy Metal 80’s Sci-Fi Platformer ChainStaff Releases on April 8 on Steam and Consoles

Pre-Orders Open Now!

Earthworm Jim meets Contra in this Action Platformer with a Transforming Grappling Hook, Featuring Broforce Composer Deon van Heerden

Watch the ChainStaff launch date trailer here:


Charlestown, United States – February 4, 2026 – Awarded indie game developer Mommy's Best Games, led by veteran ex-Insomniac Games and Serious Sam Double D XXL developer Nathan Fouts, is excited to announce the that its new brutal 80’s sci-fi action platformer ChainStaff (trailer, official site, press kit) will release this April 8 in the Americas and Europe for Nintendo Switch and PS4/PS5, and also worldwide on Xbox One/Series S/X. Pre-orders are open now.

In ChainStaff, you are a mutant with an alien attached to your head ready to master your transforming spear and grappling hook, blazing weapon upgrades. With the rocking soundtrack of Broforce composer Deon van Herrden, players will swing, shoot, and spear their way through hordes of evil monsters and bone-shaking boss fights, and get this thing off your head!

Pre-Order on Xbox and Nintendo Switch!

“I love games such as Mega Man X and Bionic Commando and I wanted to add something new. The grappling hook mechanics are smooth as silk here, and the ability to change the ChainStaff into a spear, shield, bridge and more, all with the touch of a single button should give players a new type of platforming challenge!” - Nathan Fouts, Director and game designer.

Key Features

Master the ChainStaff: a transforming grappling hook that can turn into a spear, shield and more.

Grotesque Upgrades: Do you rescue your fallen friends, or turn more alien by eating their organs? Each decision unlocks upgrades on two different tech trees.

10 Wild Levels: Each level is like a classic rock album cover come to life.

Transforming Aliens: Each massive boss presents a new way to think about how to use the ChainStaff. Will you break their teeth apart, or pry open their gigantic jaws?

4-6 Hour Adventure: A tight, hand-crafted adventure with 3 unique endings and the ability to play New Game+ and continue again with all your upgrades.

Killer Soundtrack: Rock out to the classic metal soundtrack by the award-winning composer Deon van Heerden of Broforce and Warhammer 40k: Shootas Blood & Teef soundtrack fame.

Master the ChainStaff

Hurl it as a spear and slice aliens in half. Throw it to the ground as a shield to stop incoming attacks. Grapple and swing on just about anything. The transforming ChainStaff does all this and more, and all with one button, it’s all up to you.

Every creature in the world of ChainStaff has been mutated by the invading Star Spores. And each one creates its own challenge and own special way to be taken down by the player with the ChainStaff.

Grotesque Upgrades

Stranded soldiers dot the landscape of ChainStaff. You have to choose whether to rescue them or devour their organs; each option has unique benefits and will lead to different endings.

Switch and Xbox Pre-Order

The Nintendo Switch pre-order is now open for the Americas, here on the North American store, and soon on the European store.

The Xbox One version is available for pre-order now as well, with worldwide availability.

Chat ’Em Up

Join the Mommy’s Best Games Discord to get all the news on ChainStaff, upcoming MBG games and sales, and to discuss other run and gun games. Shmup players, retro enthusiasts and game developers are there now talking about the details of many classic shooters.

Store Links

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2976260/ChainStaff
Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/produ ... ff-switch/
Xbox: https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/ ... mbbn7nw5vp
Playstation: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10014011

About Mommy’s Best Games

Mommy's Best Games, Inc. is a boutique video game developer founded in 2007 by industry veteran Nathan Fouts, who previously worked at Insomniac Games on titles like Resistance: Fall of Man and Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Mass Destruction, later on he worked on Postal 2. All of their games add wild gameplay to classic action genres. They have created hits such as Pig Eat Ball, Serious Sam Double D XXL, Shoot 1UP, Game Type, Explosionade, and Weapon of Choice.

About Super Soul

Super Soul is an independent video game developer founded in 2010 Lexington KY and run by studio head John Meister. Developer of recent titles such as Kentucky Dash, and responsible for porting Pig Eat Ball, Shoot 1UP DX, Explosionade DX, Weapon of Choice DX and now ChainStaff to Switch, PS4, and Xbox One, Super Soul has established themselves as a leader in Unity game development.