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Chained BeastsNewsThe Updated Chained Beasts Demo is LIVE!
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The Updated Chained Beasts Demo is LIVE!

Chained Beasts · published 29 May 2026, 13:10 UTC

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Chained Beasts has a huge new demo update available RIGHT NOW!

Check out all of the new features below:

🔪 Executions

Finish off a downed enemy with executions! End your opponent with style.

🦏 Ibex, Rhino and a whole beast rework

The coliseum's selection of fierce warriors has been completely overhauled! Two new beasts, the Rhino and the Ibex, now charge into the fray alongside existing beasts which have all been reworked. Fight with a beast to earn XP and unlock powerful new variants.

🏹 The Bow

A brutally powerful weapon, the bow can shred an enemy with ease from a distance!

🦵 Dismemberments

That’s right, now you can do serious damage to your enemies with their own parts! Grab someone’s missing head and chuck it at your next foe.

⚔️ New Enemies

  • Archers - bow wielding enemies that can strike from a long distance and do some serious hurt

  • Wrestlers - feisty little fellas that will keep you pinned to the ground until a friend steps in to kock’em off

  • Defensive Swordsman - Shielded enemies that stay blocking while striking

🗣️ Twitch Integration

Let chat decide your fate! Twitch integration gives the crowd the power to vote on which affliction potion you’ll consume.

💪 New Skills

Get Stronger!

🤕 New Afflictions

More pain!

💀 New Difficulties

Pleb / Legionnaire / Centurion /Hades

🍎 And finally… Mac support! 

The best time to check out the Chained Beast’s demo is right now, and while you’re stopping by the page drop the game a wishlist!

More updates are on the way, so stay tuned. We’ll see you in the arena! ⚔️

💬 Team up on the Featherweight Discord

If you're looking for others to enter the arena with, join the Featherweight Discord and post in the co-op crew channel to find other gladiators ready and waiting:

https://discord.gg/3qKKQ52P4W

💌 Send us your feedback

Help make Chained Beasts the most brutal co-op gladiator roguelike it can be by sending us your feedback after playing the demo:

https://forms.gle/RFBpFcqsDEncQaKi7

⭐ Wishlist on Steam

Be sure to wishlist Chained Beasts on Steam to be notified about any upcoming news, and about the game's release this year!

🔗 More ways to follow Featherweight

https://x.com/_Featherweight_

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