ActionFit check
Is Claybook worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Puzzle players who want to manipulate characters and environments
- Creative players interested in building and sharing playable chapters
- Small groups seeking split-screen clay-based challenges
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a fixed, conventional platforming or puzzle structure rather than systems built around reshaping clay
- Players who prefer tightly scripted challenges over experimentation in a sandbox and user-created content
- Solo players looking specifically for a multiplayer-focused game
Our take on Claybook
Its focus on deformable clay and player-made chapters trades conventional level design for experimentation. That gives the game a flexible creative structure, but players looking for a tightly directed sequence of challenges may find the format less consistent.
What is Claybook?
Claybook takes place in a world made from deformable clay that can be shaped, molded, liquefied, solidified, and destroyed.
Players control clay blobs, changing their forms to solve obstacles and puzzles across chapters featuring different challenges. Each form has distinct strengths, weaknesses, and abilities. The game includes multiple books and chapters, split-screen play for up to four participants, leaderboards, achievements, and a sandbox for experimenting with clay blobs. An in-game editor allows players to create books and chapters without technical skills and share them with the Claybook community. Community-made creations from PC, Xbox One, and PS4 can also be discovered and played inside the game.
How Claybook plays
- 01Deformable Clay World
- The environment and characters can be reshaped, broken apart, or changed between liquid and solid states.
- 02Shape-Based Abilities
- Different clay forms offer distinct advantages, drawbacks, and special abilities for handling obstacles.
- 03Split-Screen Multiplayer
- Up to four players can take part on the same screen.
- 04Book Creation Tools
- An in-game editor supports creating and sharing books and chapters without technical skills.
- 05Community Creations
- Player-made content from PC, Xbox One, and PS4 can be found and played within the game.
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Claybook: platforms & release
Is Claybook worth it?
It is worth it if: puzzle players who want to manipulate characters and environments. Skip it if: players seeking a fixed, conventional platforming or puzzle structure rather than systems built around reshaping clay.
Where can I download Claybook?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Claybook's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Claybook on?
Windows only.
