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Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink

Artifex Mundi · 2014-04-24

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 04, 2014 (Linux), Jan 22, 2016 (Xbox One), Nov 29, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Apr 17, 2014 (Android), Mar 04, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 04, 2014 (Mac)

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Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink is an Adventure and Casual game released in 2014, priced at $14.99, with an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (92% of 1158 reviews).

1
playing now
92%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
4.09★
PlayStation Store rating (818 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 29,028 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 29k–69k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,158 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2015-09-21) · bundled 16×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 17 of 30 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.992015-01-012026-10-112015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-11-16 — best price $9.992016-06-13 — best price $3.992017-01-10 — best price $9.992017-10-02 — best price $2.992018-03-19 — best price $9.992018-10-19 — best price $4.992019-03-04 — best price $2.992019-10-05 — best price $4.992020-03-25 — best price $8.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-08-08 — best price $9.992020-09-13 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $2.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-04-12 — best price $9.992021-05-16 — best price $8.992021-07-19 — best price $8.992021-09-02 — best price $8.992021-10-22 — best price $8.992021-12-03 — best price $8.992022-01-14 — best price $6.812022-02-19 — best price $8.992022-04-14 — best price $8.992022-05-18 — best price $6.812022-07-09 — best price $6.812022-08-08 — best price $8.992022-11-01 — best price $9.992023-02-27 — best price $9.992023-07-18 — best price $9.992024-01-06 — best price $9.992024-08-28 — best price $8.992025-03-06 — best price $14.992025-09-08 — best price $3.492026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-10-11 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
60.7%
earned "FIRST OF MANY"
52.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)7,46185%19
Steam (Steam)4,54146%19
Xbox One (Xbox)2,38155%18

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

Player tags

2DIndieCasualHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureSteampunkAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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