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The Knobbly Crook

Gnarled Scar Manipulations · 2015-06-09

Steam

AdventureFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 09, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Enter the surreal, disturbing, and ridiculous world of the Knobbly Crook in this old-school style point-and-click adventure. Completely free. No ads, no tricks.

The Knobbly Crook is an Adventure, Free To Play, Indie game released in 2015, free-to-play, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 224 reviews).

0
playing now
91%
positive of 227 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 70% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620152026Week of 2015-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieAdventureFree to PlayPoint & Click

Census log

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

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