CHEATED
The sense of competition with your friends is what makes this addictive.
Cheated is a multiplayer platformer where one to eight players race up a vertical house to reach the attic, while opponents (or chat, in streamer mode) trigger environmental cheats designed to make them fall. The game includes 158 distinct sabotage mechanics and integrates with Twitch for audience-driven chaos.
Reviewers keep coming back to the same thing: the twitch integration causes chaos and chat loves it, and it's a great chaotic game to play with friends.
Across both English and French reviews, players cite specific session lengths (3–5 hours) and then note the game's natural stopping point; the game is designed for bounded social moments, not sustained play
Reviewers consistently praise the developer's responsiveness and willingness to iterate, with several mentioning active Discord presence and quick fixes for technical issues, suggesting ongoing support despite one review's concern about abandoned projects
The Twitch integration is mentioned as a specific draw by multiple streamers; chat redemption systems and audience participation are called out as the mode that converts this from a two-player game to a spectator experience
One reviewer reported significant PC-level side effects from the cheats—wallpaper unset, Windows settings changed, applications opened after restart—which is a material intrusion beyond typical game scope. This appears in only one review in the sample, so its frequency is unclear, but the severity (environmental corruption rather than in-game consequence) elevates it as a legitimate concern independent of personal preference. Additionally, multiple players note the game becomes repetitive without the social friction of multiplayer; solo streamer mode and extended sessions lose appeal quickly.
See the game in motion.
A party game where 1–8 players race to the attic of a shrunk-down house while triggered cheats sabotage progress. Includes 158 unique pranks and a Twitch-integrated streamer mode where chat can spend channel points to trigger cheats against the players.
A social chaos engine that turns platformer frustration into spectator entertainment. The alignment with the official framing is direct—this is exactly the game described—but players emphasize the *relational* component more than the feature list. It's not about the 158 cheats; it's about watching a friend lose their mind when a cheat lands. Streamer mode works because it scales that single-player-versus-one-friend dynamic to player-versus-audience. The marketing correctly identifies the core mechanic. Players confirm the core mechanic is the draw.
“The jumping takes some time to get used to but the sense of competition with your friends is addictive.”
“The game was a great time with friends, solo speedrunning is a possibility, and the twitch integration is easy to set up and awesome to use.”
“if you're looking for a silly chaotic game to play with friends (up to 8) def give this one a try!”
“To a certain point, it became clear that without checkpoints we wouldn't progress and would stay on the first floor forever.”
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22 public Steam reviews analyzed across 3 languages.
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Player-language signals, not generic review scores.
Best for
- —Streamers who want interactive audience engagement with real mechanical consequence
- —Friends looking for a quick competitive session where the entertainment comes from social pressure, not mechanical complexity
- —Party game players who enjoy chaos and don't need deep progression
English reviewers frame the game explicitly as a social tool for streamers and friend groups, emphasizing Twitch integration and session length. Multiple reviewers cite specific duration (3+ hours) as a natural boundary, suggesting players view this as a session-based party game rather than a campaign-driven experience.
French reviews lean harder into the relational and emotional stakes: settling accounts with friends, discovering your community detests you, breaking friendships. The tone is more mischievous and less analytical; where English reviewers describe the mechanic, French reviewers celebrate the social damage. One reviewer explicitly warns that the game has potential to break both friendships and keyboards.
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Deep editorial analysis
Cheated works because it reframes the platformer's core frustration—the cheap death, the restart, the loss of progress—as entertainment directed at another player. Most rage games ask you to suffer alone. Cheated asks you to suffer *while someone you know is laughing at the system that just broke you*. The cheats themselves are window dressing. What makes the game sticky is the social permission it grants: you're allowed to sabotage your friends and watch them get genuinely angry about it, and everyone signed up for that. Streamers understand this immediately; the integration with Twitch chat transforms the dynamic from two-player combat to one streamer versus an audience armed with channel points. Players repeatedly mention sessions lasting three to five hours not because the platforming is sophisticated, but because the social payoff—the scream, the accusation, the revenge setup—creates a loop that solo play cannot replicate. One reviewer noted playing for three hours straight, another admitted the game loses interest without that competitive pressure. The ceiling exists, not because the content runs dry, but because the emotional release exhausts itself. This is a game optimized for clips, for community theater, for the specific moment when someone you know fails in front of witnesses.
Signal data
% positive reviews
Under-the-radar potential
Store framing vs player language
Voice and personality in reviews
Would a stranger click buy?
23 reviews currently indexed
22 analyzed · english, french, german
Last synthesized: Aug 10, 2026 · 22 reviews in that synthesis
Revlize indexed this signal before it reached scale.
8/10/2026 · 23 reviews
23 reviews
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Why it entered the radar: hidden gem.
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Frequently asked
Yes. The streamer mode integrates with Twitch chat, allowing viewers to spend channel points or bits to trigger cheats against the players. Multiple streamers report this mode significantly increases audience engagement and entertainment value.