Claybook
Skip · Action · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 20, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 3.5h 4.2h to 100%
- Value
- $2.85/hr
- Reviews
- 68% of 263 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 2 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 578 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Claybook is a unique world made entirely of clay. Shape your character and the world around you to overcome challenging obstacles.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 750 or AMD R7 260 or equivalent, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 26 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 66 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 83 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 73 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 77 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Human Fall Flat ($19.99, scores 95) beats it on value, while it beats Gunsmith ($19.99, scores 19).
More about Claybook
Inside the two-hour refund window, 54 percent of the 102 reviews written there were positive, against 68 percent overall, and those are 55 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 3.5 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
38% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
If this game is not working on your computer it is likely due to having an Intel 11th Gen CPU installed. You can fix this by including a command in the launch options of the game when you right click it and press properties in your library. The command is - cmd /c "set OPENSSL_ia32cap=:~0x2000 && %command%"
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This game lets you to play as a psychic kid who has power to control, possess, and morph clay as will! - 6.5/10 (Enjoyable) I adore this game. Lovely graphics and soundtracks that remind me a lot of ToyStory. Amazing in-game physics to play around as well. It also has community based features: play, create, share (alone or with friends), global leaderboard and Steam Workshop. Not to mention it's made by 3 people. I...
This is the first game that I bought on my steam account, and the very first that I played. That's why with a heavy heart I say that I don't think this game is worth the price tag. This game is very charming, and I'm very sure that with more work, and some more polishing, this game could be a very entertaining past-time, sadly that just isn't what it has. It feel unfinished, and that the gimmicks aren't very fun...
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Cite this score
Claybook scores 20/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/661920/claybookReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.