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The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.

The Children of Clay is a horror, atmospheric and detective game developed and published by Balazs Ronyai.
Released on March 07th 2025 is available on Windows and Linux.

It has received 1,340 reviews of which 1,329 were positive and 11 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. 😍

The game is free to play on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-760 (4 * 2800); AMD Athlon II X4 645 AM3 (4 * 3100)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 550 Ti (3072 VRAM); Radeon HD 6850 (1024 VRAM)
  • Storage: 100 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 18.04+
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-760 (4 * 2800); AMD Athlon II X4 645 AM3 (4 * 3100)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 550 Ti (3072 VRAM); Radeon HD 6850 (1024 VRAM)
  • Storage: 100 MB available space

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Children of Clay is free to play on Steam.

The Children of Clay is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

The Children of Clay received 1,329 positive votes out of a total of 1,340 achieving an impressive rating of 9.36.
😍

The Children of Clay was developed and published by Balazs Ronyai.

The Children of Clay is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Children of Clay is not playable on MacOS.

The Children of Clay is playable and fully supported on Linux.

The Children of Clay is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for The Children of Clay. Explore additional content available for The Children of Clay on Steam.

The Children of Clay does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Children of Clay does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Children of Clay does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Children of Clay.

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Steam reviews 29 April 2025 03:47

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The Children of Clay
9.4
1,329
11
Game modes
Online players
4
Developer
Balazs Ronyai
Publisher
Balazs Ronyai
Release 07 Mar 2025
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