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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 3,878 reviews of which 3,830 were positive and 48 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. 😍

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Children of Clay into these genres:

Horror Atmospheric Detective Adventure Lovecraftian Puzzle Simulation Point & Click Typing 2D First-Person Cinematic Dark Demons Mystery Supernatural Linear Singleplayer Story Rich

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

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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1 hours played
Jan. 2026
I hope this works as proof of concept and that we'll get a longer game like this one day, because it was great!
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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, 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.

Yes, The Children of Clay received 3,830 positive votes out of a total of 3,878 achieving an impressive rating of 9.47.
😍

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

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

No, The Children of Clay is not playable on MacOS.

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

The Children of Clay is a single-player game.

Yes, there is a DLC available for The Children of Clay. Explore additional content available for The Children of Clay on Steam.

No, The Children of Clay does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, The Children of Clay does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, The Children of Clay is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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

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The Children of Clay
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Rating
9.5
3,830
48
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Developer
Balazs Ronyai
Publisher
Balazs Ronyai
Release 07 Mar 2025
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