Ells Tales: Chairbound

First-person horror about escaping an office while tied to a chair

Ells&Pills · Released Aug 1, 2025

Reviews: Very Positive; 81% of 283
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update on Steam: 1 month ago; Sep 9, 2026
Minimum PC: GTX 1650; 8 GB RAM · 0.4 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Ells Tales: Chairbound?

You wake up strapped to a wheeled office chair with a device counting down from ten minutes attached to you. In this physics-based horror simulation, you control each hand separately to navigate deserted office floors, find an exit, and keep the chair from tipping over.

For you if...

+you enjoy mastering deliberately awkward, physics-based movement
+you like retro visuals and eerie, empty office environments

Not for you if...

−you prefer exploring at your own pace without timers

What players say

81% of 283 reviews are positive

Players praise the unusual premise, atmosphere, and challenge. The main complaints concern clumsy controls and failures that some players consider more dependent on luck than skill.

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Ells Tales: Chairbound system requirements

Minimum: GTX 1650, 8 GB RAM, 0.4 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 10 RS5 (Build 1809) 64-bit or later
Processor: Intel i5 and up
Graphics: GTX 1650 and up
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 450 MB available space
DirectX: Version 11

Does Ells Tales: Chairbound have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Ells Tales: Chairbound run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 13
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages: Text only: English, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Turkish, Serbian, Belarusian, Galician.

Does Ells Tales: Chairbound use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam