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Creaks

Amanita Design · 2020-07-22

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AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 10, 2020 (iOS), Jul 22, 2020 (Mac), Jul 22, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 22, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 22, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jul 22, 2020 (Xbox One)

The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.

15
playing now
95%
positive of 6.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (52 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 7.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Creaks is a puzzle-platform game developed and published by Amanita Design. It was announced on 9 October 2018. The game was released on 10 July 2020 for iOS, macOS, and tvOS through Apple Arcade, followed by releases for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows on 22 July 2020.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 527 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~66/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 122k–275k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,101 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-80%
Steam$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-07-18) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 42 of 77 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26126120202026Week of 2020-07-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4202026-08-07 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 23 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 30 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 27 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 42 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 22 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 18 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 33 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 27 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 26 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 15 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 24 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.992020-07-222026-08-302020-07-22 — best price $19.992020-11-14 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $13.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-04-28 — best price $19.992021-07-21 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-01-31 — best price $19.992022-04-13 — best price $9.992022-06-28 — best price $19.992022-08-23 — best price $6.992022-11-14 — best price $6.992022-12-22 — best price $5.992023-02-16 — best price $5.992023-04-14 — best price $19.992023-06-02 — best price $5.992023-07-15 — best price $19.992023-09-01 — best price $19.992023-10-25 — best price $4.592023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-25 — best price $5.992024-03-04 — best price $19.992024-05-02 — best price $19.992024-06-26 — best price $4.992024-08-07 — best price $19.992024-09-28 — best price $19.992024-11-18 — best price $19.992025-01-09 — best price $19.992025-03-06 — best price $19.992025-04-16 — best price $5.992025-06-27 — best price $4.992025-09-03 — best price $3.992025-10-22 — best price $19.992025-12-11 — best price $4.992026-02-14 — best price $3.992026-04-03 — best price $19.992026-06-05 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

42102026-05-31 — 34 pageviews2026-06-03 — 32 pageviews2026-06-06 — 22 pageviews2026-06-09 — 35 pageviews2026-06-12 — 22 pageviews2026-06-15 — 19 pageviews2026-06-18 — 23 pageviews2026-06-21 — 19 pageviews2026-06-24 — 17 pageviews2026-06-27 — 17 pageviews2026-06-30 — 21 pageviews2026-07-03 — 31 pageviews2026-07-06 — 27 pageviews2026-07-09 — 14 pageviews2026-07-12 — 11 pageviews2026-07-15 — 21 pageviews2026-07-18 — 28 pageviews2026-07-21 — 27 pageviews2026-07-24 — 22 pageviews2026-07-27 — 22 pageviews2026-07-30 — 23 pageviews2026-08-02 — 16 pageviews2026-08-05 — 11 pageviews2026-08-08 — 15 pageviews2026-08-11 — 19 pageviews2026-08-14 — 18 pageviews2026-08-17 — 25 pageviews2026-08-20 — 27 pageviews2026-08-23 — 23 pageviews2026-08-26 — 23 pageviews2026-08-28 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
78.8%
earned "Art Collector"
32%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

18 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Arabic, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,70637%28
PS4 (PlayStation)95567%29
PS4 (PlayStation)67071%29
Xbox One (Xbox)59443%28
PS4 (PlayStation)14180%29
Switch (Nintendo)310%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DLinearPuzzleCartoonMysterySurrealRelaxingStylizedAdventureHand-drawn

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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