Chantey
A rhythm RPG where music powers every spell. Story-driven, chill, and packed with original songs. Stowed away on a Spanish merchant vessel, craving for adventure, riches and fame, your long and arduous voyage…
Chantey is a role-playing (rpg), released 25 March 2025 on Game Boy and Web browser.
What Chantey is
Chantey was released in 2025. It was published by ModRetro. It is available on Game Boy and Web browser. It runs on GB Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A rhythm RPG where music powers every spell. Story-driven, chill, and packed with original songs. Stowed away on a Spanish merchant vessel, craving for adventure, riches and fame, your long and arduous voyage to the West Indies is about to come to an abrupt end... Set in an alternate history where Golden Age pirate mythology and headbanging heavy metal riffs collide, embark on an epic journey to collect mystical sea chanteys, navigate treacherous waters, overcome enemies, and survive the horrors lurking beneath the ocean’s waves.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical, open world and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Chantey launched on 25 March 2025, within three weeks of Inzoi, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Split Fiction and Blue Prince.
Released around the same time: Inzoi, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Split Fiction, Blue Prince.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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