RPGFit check
Is The Clockworker worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Horror adventure players who want puzzles inside a mechanical setting
- Story-focused players who prefer dialogue choices with relationship consequences
- Players who enjoy exploring enclosed environments for items and hidden secrets
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking combat-focused action rather than puzzle solving and dialogue
- Players who prefer a linear story with no choice-dependent endings
- Players wanting unrestricted saving, since some save points can become unavailable
Our take on The Clockworker
The defining structure is a horror adventure set inside one enormous stopped clock, where restoring its machinery also means navigating traps, residents, and secrets within the mechanism.
What is The Clockworker?
The Clockworker is a horror adventure set inside a colossal steampunk clock that has stopped working.
Ritz, a young clockworker, explores its machinery to restore movement while facing gears, pendulums, sharp hands, traps, and strange creatures. Items found in different areas are used to repair mechanisms and solve puzzles. Progress also depends on choosing responses that avoid danger. Conversations with clock residents reveal their secrets and can change relationship levels; these choices may affect the ending. Saving is done at small clocks placed around the map, although some may become unusable as the story advances. Several endings are available, and a photo album in the game menu shows progress through the game.
How The Clockworker plays
- 01Mechanical Puzzles
- Items found in different areas are used to repair mechanisms and solve puzzles.
- 02Choice-Based Progression
- Selecting the right responses can avoid danger and move the story forward.
- 03Relationship Outcomes
- Conversations change character affinity, which can affect the ending.
- 04Conditional Saving
- Small clocks provide save points, but some may become unusable as the game progresses.
- 05Multiple Endings
- The game offers several endings and records progress in a photo album within the menu.
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The Clockworker: platforms & release
Is The Clockworker worth it?
It is worth it if: horror adventure players who want puzzles inside a mechanical setting. Skip it if: players seeking combat-focused action rather than puzzle solving and dialogue.
Where can I download The Clockworker?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Clockworker's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Clockworker on?
Windows only.
