Chores of Corruption

About this game

One day you are living your happy toaster life, then corruption takes over and transforms the entire household into Hell! Your only option - equip a variety of weapons and defeat hordes of enemies while escaping from home.
Defeat wave after wave and equip weapons and items along the way. Collect experience and choose upgrades carefully to create powerful builds.

Features

• Quick and casual runs
  
• Achievement based progression unlocking new characters, weapons and items
  
• Auto-aiming weapons
  
• Multiple playable characters with unique traits and playstyles
  
• Diverse bosses with unique mechanics
  
• Corruption system altering gameplay
  
• Variety of weapons and items
  
• Supports mouse, keyboard and gamepads

Early Access Content

• 1 stage featuring 7 layouts
  
• 6 playable characters with unique traits and playstyles
  
• 2 unique bosses
  
• 23 unique monsters
  
• 51 items
  
• 17 different and upgradeable weapons
  
• 11 character traits that upgrade characters and weapons
  
• 80 achievements

This is the content the early access will start with and will be expanded on until the final release.

Please note that your progression in the game is tied directly to your achievements so even without Steam Cloud Save, you will be able to play on any PC/Steamdeck and keep your progress synced automatically.

Choices matter

After every wave you can select between three cards that can be new weapons, passive items or upgrades to your existing arsenal. Most cards directly influence future selections as the available card pool expands or shrinks into various directions.



E.g.selecting a Weapon Upgrade card will introduce additional duplicate weapons to the current run, enabling a level of control to your future selections. Don't be shy to ReRoll offers every now and then as you have plenty of opportunities to refill your ReRolls over time.

Latest news

• Announcements·28 Sept 2023Official

  Chores of Corruption now available for MacOS too!

  We are happy to announce that Chores of Corruption is now available on MacOS! The game supports both Intel-based Macs as well as M1/M2 chips. There is a 20% launch discount happening too until Monday afternoon If you encounter any issues, please let us know through the Steam Forums or our official Discord directly!
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• Community & Events·26 Sept 2023Official

  Chores of Corruption on SHMUP Fest and launch discount

  Hi everyone! After our launch we are now also participating in the SHMUP festival! During our launch week - up until October 2nd - we are also having a 20% launch discount! Checkout our Discord to share your runs and the leaderboard to compete against other players. There has been a small update earlier today, read more about it here. Thanks for your support!
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• Patch Notes·26 Sept 2023Official

  Update 1.01a

  Patch Notes Added: skip corrupted offering graphic Explosions are now very awesome but also very dangerous... Reduced health drop chance bonus of Bandage item Quick-fire weapons are now using an alternative damage algorithm Corrupted item offering now taking HALF of your LUCK into consideration PiggyBanks no longer offer additional weapons or weapon-upgrades and are limited to bonus passive items instead
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• Announcements·25 Sept 2023Official

  Chores of Corruption is in Early Access NOW!

  We are proud to announce that Chores of Corruption is now available on Steam Early Access! Choose one of our currently six characters and venture into the Haunted Mansion, unlock new items, weapons and upgrades that aid you on your journey through the Corruption! While you are busy exploring, we will be looking out for any reported issues and prepare new content for future updates! We have plenty of exciting things we want to put into the game during and beyond Early Access, and we can't wait to share them with you! More details will follow soon. Enjoy and please share the game with your friends ːsteamhappyː
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• Announcements·24 Sept 2023Official

  Chores of Corruption releases on 25th of September 6pm CEST / 9am PST

  It is happening - finally! Chores of Corruption is launching into Early Access on 25th of September 6pm CEST / 9am PST! (Yes, this is tomorrow!!!) The launch week will be celebrated with a 20% discount, making the game available for just $3.99 USD! Checkout our game page and Early Access FAQ to learn more about what's included and up-and coming during EA. Store Page {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44455468/81a3e5caa5c357494b80082f52e453e34eda865f.png Cheers!
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