The Game Census
Claybook cover art

Claybook

Second Order · 2018-08-31

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 12, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 04, 2018 (Xbox One), Aug 31, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 31, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

Claybook is a unique world made entirely of clay. Shape your character and the world around you to overcome challenging obstacles.

68%
positive of 263 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (43 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 21,931 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.6k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 263 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-01-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120172026Week of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.992017-10-192025-03-202017-10-19 — best price $19.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992017-12-08 — best price $19.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-01-08 — best price $12.992018-01-18 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $9.992018-03-17 — best price $5.992018-05-10 — best price $4.992018-06-22 — best price $7.992018-08-28 — best price $14.992018-08-31 — best price $13.492018-10-30 — best price $5.092018-11-21 — best price $4.492018-12-21 — best price $5.992019-01-10 — best price $4.492019-02-04 — best price $3.742019-06-26 — best price $4.492019-10-28 — best price $1.492019-12-19 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $1.492021-02-11 — best price $0.992021-11-24 — best price $3.992021-12-22 — best price $3.992022-01-27 — best price $2.992023-06-29 — best price $3.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992023-12-21 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.992025-03-20 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
37.5%
earned "Completionist"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStatsSteam Leaderboards

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)76741%10
Steam (Steam)4806%11
PS4 (PlayStation)14727%10
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieActionCasualPuzzlePhysicsSandboxLocal Co-Op

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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