Mommy’s Best Games has confirmed a release date for its new brutal ’80s sci-fi action-platformer ChainStaff on Nintendo Switch.
Set against a “rocking soundtrack” from Broforce composer Deon van Herrden, you play as a mutant with an alien attached to your head and must master your transforming spear and grappling hook to swing, shoot and spear your way through hordes of evil monsters.
Star Spores have mutated every creature in ChainStaff’s world, each presenting their own challenges and special method for you to take them down. Your transforming weapon is versatile. It can be hurled as a spear, used to slice aliens in half, thrown into the ground as a shield to stop incoming attacks, or to grapple and swing on near enough anything.
“I love games such as Mega Man X and Bionic Commando and I wanted to add something new,” explains director and game designer Nathan Fouts. “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!”
The developer has outlined the game’s key features, which include:
- 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.
ChainStaff will be released digitally on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch worldwide on 8 April 2026.
