Chop Chains news & patch notes

• Nerfed Tunnel Axe stats for better balance

• Fixed a tutorial soft lock with the control spawn popup
• Another fix attempt for floating trees appearing in the sea

🌲 Patch 1.0.1

🔧 UPDATE

• Adjusted Chains Axe and Thunder Axe prices
• Drastically reduced the difficulty of Trials

🐛 FIXES

• Fixed "Can Buy" layout for post-balloon upgrades
• Added force save on skill purchase to prevent progression loss
• Fixed infinite damage issue

🤝 Bundle Collaborations

• Chop Chains X Timber Rush
• Chop Chains X A Game About Feeding A Black Hole
• Chop Chains X Shelldiver
• Chop Chains X Tiny Biomes: Cozy Idle
• Keep on Choppin (Keep On Mining - Worlds)
• Chop Chains X Berry Bury Berry
• Chop Chains X Black Hole Fishing
• Chop Chains X Horripilant
• Chop Chains X Maktala
• Chop Chains X Zero Stress King
• Chop Chains X Incredicer
• Chop Chains X Rock Crusher
• Slime Must Grow X Chop Chains
• Chop Chains X Void Miner
• Incremental Saga 2026 (mega bundle!)
• Chop'Incremental (Forest/Wood incremental bundle)

🌲 Patch 0.1.9

✨ NEW

• Added a popup to ask for auto-swipe permission on first launch
• Clicking a locked star requirement now directly opens Trials

🔧 UPDATE

• Save deletion now also resets skill progression (autobuy and discovered flags)
• Nerfed Chest Tree drops (2×5 random → 3×1 random)
• Updated Double Axe price (30 000 wood → 20 000 wood and 2 000 slime → 2 500 slime)
• Random wood drops no longer based on Control spawn popup
• Forest wood generation no longer based on Control popup
• Updated descriptions: Infinite Tree, Tree Upgrades, Mole, Chains, Thunder, Storm
• Updated Instant Respawn description (chance instead of rate)
• Fixed integer format for wood restart display
• Updated some upgrade titles that were too long
• Updated Control Spawn Popup formatting

🐛 BUG FIXES

• Fixed new layout appearing on top of star layout
• Fixed music when switching tabs
• Fixed blue pixel artifact in skills
• Fixed Autobuy being reset on Prestige
• Fixed Forest save on Prestige
• Fixed Axe Slime stat missing a line break
• Fixed Axe save for full game
• Fixed skills appearing green after Trials

🔥 Chop Chains releases on April 10th!

❤️ A huge thank you

🌲 Chop Chains is launching April 10th!

• Launch week: $4.79 / €4.79
• After that: $5.99 / €5.99

Hey everyone!

Hotfix 0.1.4 is out — sorry for the quick follow-up patch, I may have added a few too many useful tools combined with a massive Forest boost in 0.1.3 😅

✨ NEW

• Added icons for all skills in game

🔧 UPDATE

• Reduced Forest wood generation (100 → 20 per cycle)

• Reduced conversion ratio for higher wood to lower wood (10:1 → 100:1)

🐛 BUG FIXES

• Fixed Infinite Chains void upgrade buying loop

• Fixed Slime and Axe Slime achievements not triggering correctly

• Fixed Russian UI title display issue

• Fixed Steam achievement names in demo

• Fixed Mini Slime Army and Time Attack achievements not unlocking

Thanks for the reports and for your patience! ❤️

Hey everyone!

Patch 0.1.3 is out! Here's what's new:

✨ NEW

• Added a wood converter — useful early on to turn excess wood into what you actually need

• Added auto-swipe to prevent arm fatigue (H key) — speed & amplitude adjustable in settings

• Added achievements for the full game and some for the demo, now integrated with Steam

• Added a new skill for the full game: Full Island Spawn via Prestige

🔧 UPDATE

• Balanced tree HP, skill costs and trials

• Double Resource Tree now has a yellow outline

• Forest generation increased (10 → 100 per cycle), base speed reduced (15s → 10s)

• "Start with wood" augment value increased (100 → 250 per level)

• Slime Axe has a slightly different skin

• Updated Storm interval and Mole descriptions

• Added all new tree skins and axes for the full game

🐛 BUG FIXES

• Fixed Dark Tree behavior

• Fixed Control Panel being active during Time Attack mode

• Removed line and island damage (was causing lag and visual issues)

• Fixed some full game bugs

Thanks for playing and for all the feedback — it helps a lot! ❤️

We’re excited to release a special build of Chop Chains for Steam Next Fest!

This version introduces a brand-new game mode and several improvements across the board 🚀

NEW 🆕

Trials Mode 🪵 Take on a series of time-based challenges and beat the mascot’s time to prove you’re the ultimate lumberjack 🪓🔥

• New Credits view

• New Void Skill that lets you reset and start with 100 or 200 normal woods

• Added consent confirmation for crash data & progression tracking

• Smoother transitions between game states (menu, gameplay, etc.)

• Added a Press Kit button in the main menu

• Game version now displayed in the corner

IMPROVEMENTS & CHANGES 🔧

• Axe Chains colors now match your equipped axe

• Particle system now renders on the same layer as trees (FX can appear behind trees properly)

• Fixed incorrect Spanish translations

• Updated Void Skill Tree translations with shorter names

• Demo balance adjustment: Forest now gives 2 base wood per level (was 10)

• Classic leaderboards now reset monthly 📅

• Leaderboard system reworked for easier maintenance

• Added 10 dedicated leaderboards for Trials 🏆

• Improved audio slider logic 🔊

• Super Wood color adjusted (more yellow for clarity)

• Fixed Autobuy interaction with Discord skills

• Fixed save issues when changing language

• Fixed skills remaining active when Time Attack is paused

• Improved achievement icons and formatting

BUG FIXES 🐛

• Axe prices now update automatically when gathering resources

• Fixed Buy icon not resetting after unlocking skills via Void Skill Tree

• Fixed zoom / reset zoom issue when opening Skill Tree

• Void Skill Tree tab now correctly returns to the Plains

• Fixed Forest progression percentage staying at 0

❤️ Thank you all for the support during Steam Next Fest! Let’s see who becomes the ultimate lumberjack 🪓🔥

We’re thrilled to announce that Chop Chains will participate in Steam Next Fest!

📅 February 23 – March 3

For this special event, we’re releasing a Steam Fest build featuring a brand-new mode: TRIALS.

🆕 TRIALS MODE Take on a series of timed challenges where you must chop down trees before the clock runs out ⏱️.

Complete all trials and prove yourself as the ultimate lumberjack! 🪵🪓

In addition to Trials, this Steam Fest build also includes: • Improved performance and visuals • UI polish and better tutorial flow • Refined FX and achievement display

We’re also getting close to 15,000 wishlists — thank you all for the support ❤️ If you haven’t yet, don’t forget to add Chop Chains to your Steam wishlist! 🚀

🆕 NEW

• Added FPS limit and VSync settings.

🔧 MODIFIED

• Major UI overhaul by Clarisse.

• Updated object pooling systems.

• Improved Axe Chains performance and visuals (colors).

• Tree positioning adjusted on tiles (Infinite mode trees are now centered).

• More accurate hit FX for all skills (Chains, Mole, Thunder Storms).

• Added fade-out on AoE skills (Thunder Storm, Mole).

• Settings can no longer be opened with Escape on the main menu.

• Disabled stats display on non-demo axes.

• Added full game axes to the axe carousel (preview only for demo players).

• Removed Buy button when requirements are not met to unlock an axe.

• Reduced scene geometry from ~1,000,000 to ~100,000 triangles.

• Overall performance optimizations.

• “Already collected wood” flags are now saved on Steam.

• Updated break leaves FX.

• Break leaves FX are now pixelated when chopping a tree.

• Break leaves FX now change color based on the chopped tree.

• All FX have been reworked to a pixelated style.

• Achievements no longer appear on top of the UI — now displayed only in game view.

• Tutorial steps are now more controlled, using a black canvas to prevent unwanted inputs.

• Reformatted some achievement values.

• Updated fonts for JP / KR / SC from thin to regular.

• Added missing translations in the settings dropdown.

• Fully reworked German and Dutch translations.

• Tutorial steps are now saved and loaded correctly.

• Updated end of Time Attack popup.

🐛 FIXES

• Improved Buy icon states.

• General translation fixes.

• Fixed Forest save persisting from Normal mode to Time Attack mode.

🆕 New

• Axes now require a specific skill to be unlocked. • Added a 1-second fade when switching music tracks. • Added a new achievement: Mini Slime Army (Fill your plains with only mini slime trees — no map size requirement). • Added the ability to choose between DirectX 11 or DirectX 12. • Rearranged the top-right buttons into a stacked menu when clicked.

🔧 Updates

• Rebirth no longer resets your axes or your forest. You still need to unlock access again via: – Axe Shop skill – Forest skill

🐛 Fixes

• Fixed the Buy All Skills achievement (325/325 was missing a skill in the skill tree). • Fixed a bug where older players were not receiving the new achievement. • Light modifications to Steam Cloud saves to fix errors for some players. • Fixed WASD camera movement issues caused by AZERTY / QWERTY layout conflicts. • Fixed tutorial progression (Void Tree was opening before purchasing the skill). • Fixed an issue where the previously equipped axe appeared black when restarting the game (now displays the correct color).