Chicken X & Friends — crash finally goes truly multiplayer
Marcus Lindstrom
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Chicken crash games have been everywhere lately, but most of them feel the same once you’ve sat through a few sessions. In that sense, Chicken X & Friends from Million Games landed in a pretty crowded field when it appeared at ICE Barcelona 2026. On the surface it’s the familiar story — Jack the Chicken, a busy highway, a multiplier that climbs until something hits him. Underneath, the key change is that the road is finally shared: you see other players running alongside you instead of grinding through isolated rounds on your own.
If you’ve played the original Chicken X, the core loop is familiar. You’re still guiding a chicken across a busy road: cars come in from both sides, the number on your screen climbs while you stay out there, and at some point you have to decide whether you’re staying or leaving. The interesting part isn’t the formula behind that, it’s the fact that the whole thing now plays out next to other people instead of in a private bubble.
One highway, many runs
The game doesn’t think in “rounds” anymore.
Instead of a synchronized start…