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Clid The Snail cover art

Clid The Snail

Weird Beluga Studio S.L. · PLAION · 2021-12-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 30, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Dec 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A quirky top-down shooter about a grumpy, humanoid snail armed to the radula! Experience a dark fantasy fable and explore an unforgiving miniature world to exterminate the slug plague with an arsenal of badass weapons… and a unique set of snaily skills.

72%
positive of 196 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

In a world where only the distant memory of human existence still lingers, you play as Clid, a troublemaking, eccentric snail who has just been exiled from his home citadel. Joined by a faithful and talkative firefly, Belu, you will meet a peculiar gang of outcasts and find a place to call home. Among this new group of friends, you will discover a newfound purpose: Exterminating the mysterious slug plague that is ravaging the land.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (43 reviews).
  • · Top 45% of 16,312 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.9k–8.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 196 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
Humble Store$1.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at Fanatical (2024-06-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 0 of 37 observed days · $0.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220212026Week of 2021-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$1.992026-08-062026-09-182026-08-06 — best price $1.992026-08-07 — best price $1.992026-08-08 — best price $1.992026-08-09 — best price $1.992026-08-10 — best price $1.992026-08-11 — best price $1.992026-08-12 — best price $1.992026-08-13 — best price $1.992026-08-14 — best price $1.992026-08-15 — best price $1.992026-08-16 — best price $1.992026-08-17 — best price $1.992026-08-18 — best price $1.992026-08-19 — best price $1.992026-08-20 — best price $1.992026-08-21 — best price $1.992026-08-22 — best price $1.992026-08-23 — best price $1.992026-08-24 — best price $1.992026-08-25 — best price $1.992026-08-26 — best price $1.992026-08-27 — best price $1.992026-08-28 — best price $1.992026-08-29 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $1.992026-08-31 — best price $1.992026-09-01 — best price $1.992026-09-02 — best price $1.992026-09-03 — best price $1.992026-09-04 — best price $1.992026-09-05 — best price $1.992026-09-06 — best price $1.992026-09-07 — best price $1.992026-09-15 — best price $1.992026-09-16 — best price $1.992026-09-17 — best price $1.992026-09-18 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
56.3%
earned "Back to the hole"
10.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Player tags

3DDarkGoreIndieActionCombatFantasyShooterViolentTop-Down

Census log

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

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