Chinook
Andrew Tate · 2026 · Adventure, Puzzle, Multiple Endings, Action, Education
PC
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About Chinook
Embark on a Journey of Survival and Discovery in the Wild Waters of the Columbia RiverIn this cozy and cartoony adventure, you play as a Chinook Salmon determined to complete the ancient journey upstream through the vast and varied Columbia River system. Swim against powerful currents, avoid natural and man-made obstacles, and discover hidden paths as you navigate one of nature’s most incredible migrations.Along the way, unlock a variety of unique fish species and variants—some with special abilities and some that are just plain silly. Challenge yourself to find one of the games many endings and secrets. Try to unlock everything!Explore serene freshwater environments, from wide gorges to narrow mountain streams, brought to life with an original soundtrack by the worst musicians in the industry (programmers). Whether you’re dodging predators, leaping salmon ladders, or hell itself, every stretch of river tells a story.This is more than a game—it’s a tribute to resilience, nature, and the mysterious journey of one of the world’s most iconic fish. Will you make it home?Features:
- Learn about the struggles of Chinook Salmon and their journey back to spawn
- Utilize accurate river currents, shadows, and limited amounts of food to replenish your constantly draining stamina
- Lots and Lots of secret fish to unlock
- Perma-Death Mode! Test your skills with this game variant that rewards the player with extra content, endings, fish, and different enemy behavior
- Secret Levels, Puzzles, Unlockables, Endings, and much more to keep the player coming back
- Average session time of 25 minutes to complete, but with loads of replayability to keep the game interesting
- Database integration that allows for special network based puzzles, along with helping salmon conservation efforts in the pacific northwest
- If you are using a Sony Brand DS4 Controller, you can toggle gyro to use motion controls to move your fish upstream!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I cannot recommend this game to anyone in good faith there exists games out there – on this platform with more content – for free my initial impression was “ did a highschool student make this ?? …..as a first project ? " Upon reaching the credits ( the end of the game ) which took less than 15 minutes . My immediate reaction was to refund the game – lol for fear of being a scumbag and discouraging a clearly new dev team I opted not to the game itself is also dull . Minimal movement minimal agency. Any threat can be easily avoided by looping around it. Yea I know the game is tagged as ‘’’cozy’’’ that being said cozy inst a synonym for minimal engagement - offering / asking so little that it plunges into boredom if the intention was to capture the ‘VHS-retro aesthetic’ while being a eazy breezy feel good game – it failed at that. Nothing to feel good about because the mechanics are limited to tank control ‘wasd’ movement ( ps2 style graphics & nostalgia bait are played out and tiring at this point….. do better ) If this was solely as a proof of concept distributed among friends it would be understandable – as a full retail product? Nahhhhh also this project received fund…
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