Fit check
Is Beasts&Chests worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- First-person adventure fans who want exploration and combat in an open world
- Players who enjoy fantasy combat built around swords, shields, crossbows, and magic
- Gamers who prefer objectives tied to weakening formidable creatures rather than defeating them directly
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking direct boss fights, since the three guardians cannot initially be defeated head-on
- Players wanting a broad weapon arsenal, since the listed equipment is limited to a sword, shield, and crossbow
- Players looking for a story-focused game with a clearly resolved ending
Our take on Beasts&Chests
Its seal-and-guardian structure makes exploration serve a specific combat objective, but it also limits direct encounters with the major creatures. The available weapon selection is focused rather than expansive, with enchantments supplying much of the variation.
What is Beasts&Chests?
Beasts&Chests is a first-person adventure game about a prisoner sent on a dangerous mission.
The player explores a large world filled with pitfalls and enemies while searching for several magic seals. A sword, shield, and crossbow provide the main weapons, while enchantments found in magic chests strengthen weapons and skills. Three monstrous guardians inhabit the world and cannot be defeated directly. Their lives are connected to the seals, so destroying those seals weakens the guardians and makes their defeat possible. Completing the mission may earn the prisoner freedom.
How Beasts&Chests plays
- 01Seal-based progression
- Destroying magic seals weakens the three guardians and enables their eventual defeat.
- 02Weapon enchantments
- Magic chests provide enchantments that improve the sword, shield, crossbow, and character skills.
- 03Open-world exploration
- The mission takes place across a large world containing pitfalls, enemies, seals, and guardians.
Beasts&Chests compared to similar games
Apocryph: an old-school shooter is also a first-person dark-fantasy action game, but its description emphasizes sword-and-sorcery shooting across castles, shrines, and dungeons. Beasts&Chests instead centers progression on exploring a large world, destroying seals, and weakening three guardians.
Beasts&Chests: platforms & release
Is Beasts&Chests worth it?
It is worth it if: first-person adventure fans who want exploration and combat in an open world. Skip it if: players seeking direct boss fights, since the three guardians cannot initially be defeated head-on.
Where can I download Beasts&Chests?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Beasts&Chests's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Beasts&Chests on?
Windows only.
