Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink

Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink

Steam Deck · unrated

Artifex Mundi · Hidden Object · Apr 24, 2014

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $2.99.

92%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 191 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 76 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 69 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 7 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
83% of themes are praise17% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Game modes Story mode, Bonus Story mode
191 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Has a fairly good art style; more light fantasy steampunk for most of the game (as opposed to some of the dark gritty steampunk types you can find).
76 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
Three different difficulty options to allow players to pick their level of play.
69 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Musically, the soundtrack is quite enjoyable; I had no complaints.
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
=The Gameplay: 4/5= The gameplay is pretty standard, and as you'd expect from a hidden object game.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters191 reviews
Graphics76 reviews
Difficulty69 reviews
Audio63 reviews
Gameplay49 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface19 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
19
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.