The Children of Clay is a free stop motion archaeology horror game where you examine an artifact. Let’s take a look at what this game has to offer and answer the question Should You Play?

Released on March 7, 2025
Developer & Publisher – Balazs Ronyai
Avalible on:
Steam

Let’s take a look at the game

In this free horror game, you are tasked with examining an artifact and uncovering its secrets. You are equipped with a candle some matches and a magnifying glass along with some books.

As you examining the artifact by rotating and looking at through the magnifying glass. You will find key words you can search for in the books. You will need to do this to figure out its secrets.

This game is very short takes around 10 minutes to complete. This game is definitely one of those creepy types. It will have you on the edge of your seat wondering what is going on.

There is not much else I can say that won’t give anything away. The stop motion art style that the devs went with is so cool. I have never seen anything like this before it added to the creepy factor. This game nailed the horror aspect without needing the loud noises and forced jump scares.

I am going to show some screenshots. They are not spoilers or anything. They are just to give you an idea of what the game looks like.

Should You Play?

YES this short experience was a lot of fun. I am hoping the devs make a longer game using this style it was an amazing experience. Make sure to check out this game on their steam page.

If you would like to read more reviews I did on horror games you can click HERE

If you would like to, I have uploaded my playthrough of this amazing game on my YouTube channel HERE. I recently started to upload to it again. Feel free to drop a like or comment even subscribe to my channel.

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