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Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink
Unburied secrets burn like wild steam – nothing is what it appears!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“This is a relatively typical Artifex Mundi HOG, but slightly better than most, I think. Many of the puzzles are a bit on the easy side, so it's a good game for people new to the genre.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Good story line. Fun. Puzzles can be challenging but solvable. Hidden objects are a bit challenging at first but once you get to know the story and its machine parts, you shouldnt have any trouble. Each hidden object scene will get easier for you. There blended in very well. I…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Hmm... I could've sworn I played a game similar to this one... It also had the same themes, same mechanical black crawly thingy and that grandpa (maybe...)... But unlike this game... That one was FAR BETTER. This game is not only short and easy... It's... The Agent doesn't do…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:10 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual |
| Player tags | Hidden Object · Adventure · Casual · Steampunk · Point & Click · Female Protagonist · Puzzle · Mystery · Singleplayer · Family Friendly · Great Soundtrack · Indie (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Achievements | 19 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.artifexmundi.com/page/clockwork/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 Processor: 1.5 GHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 128 MB VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 1 GB available space