Critical Chaos

About the Game

Story

A classic JRPG-inspired adventure about family, sacrifice, and forces moving beyond human understanding.

You play a reluctant, not-your-typical hero on a mission to save your family from a ruthless, ambitious empire.

…Or so it seems.

In the shadows, stranger evils move, forces that threaten the very fabric of reality.

Your choices across Statera’s worlds and fractured timelines shape the story, unlock hidden paths, and open up new endings.

At its core, Critical Chaos is about family: guardians, veterans, and misfits pulled together by blood or circumstance, dragged into a conflict no one can fully name.

How far will you go to protect the ones who matter most? 

Featured Highlights

• 40+ hours of story, exploration, and side content

• Turn-based combat with a visible turn order and tactical depth

• Cross-classing for mains with broad skill variety and limit-style finishers

• Optional, discoverable party members that expand your strategy

• Visible encounters with generous escapes (minimal forced grinding)

• Exploration tools: vehicles, climb, swim, jump, shortcuts, secrets 

• Gear augments & summons: socket elements, shift affinities, call heavy artillery

• Optional, cooking, crafting, fishing, and farming for permanent boosts and better gear 

• Multiple endings shaped by your decisions

• A love-letter to the 16/32-bit era (SNES/PSX) with ’80s–early ’00s blockbuster movie vibes 

• Fast-paced and story-rich: skippable cutscenes, minimal filler 

Playtest our FREE content-complete BETA?

1. On the right side of this Steam page, click the YouTube link listed to the right of "Featured Highlights."

2. On our @RedCanopyGames YouTube page, under the "Red Canopy Games" title, click "...more" or "and 3 more links" to reveal our "Free BETA Download" link; click it to open our Itch page.

3. If you don't have a free Itch account; create one.

4. On our Critical Chaos Itch page, click the red "Download Now" button to download the free BETA.

5. Enjoy! Please provide feedback at the bottom of our Critical Chaos Itch page under "Comments" to improve the Steam RELEASE version.