The puzzles are far more convoluted, often demanding quick mastery of the control system to deal with intense combat, along with brain vexing riddles and room layouts.

In an indication of the game's uncompromising toughness, the player's very first task is to get out of a dark, enclosed room filled with ferociously toothed man-eating giant worms.

The player's task is to collect four pieces of corbum, a magical material from which the eponymous Lord Chaos draws his power.

[3] “Computer Gaming World stated that "With the release of Chaos Strikes Back, FTL still has one foot in the winner's circle.

[6] Notable reception received "CSBWin", an Atari ST version based reverse engineered source code reconstruction by Paul R. Stevens around 2003, which led to many ports for modern platforms like Windows and Linux.