Steam market intelligence
The Children of Clay
99% positive · 3,885 Steam reviews · released Mar 7, 2025 · by Balazs Ronyai
What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose
No estimate for this title — free-to-play games have no unit-sales model here. That's the honest answer, not a gap.
Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model
Last 90 days: 98% positive across 136 stored reviews. Adventure games with 100+ reviews typically sit around 86% (median of 4160 games).
Visuals & audio97% positive · 71 mentions
“Impressive but woefully short. The Children of Clay puts you into shoes of an artifact examiner who finally poked his nose where he shouldn't be. Made by one person for a game jam, CoC delivers an interesting short story and an atmosphere…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2026 · 0 h played
Story & writing94% positive · 51 mentions
“Impressive but woefully short. The Children of Clay puts you into shoes of an artifact examiner who finally poked his nose where he shouldn't be. Made by one person for a game jam, CoC delivers an interesting short story and an atmosphere…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2026 · 0 h played
Gameplay & mechanics91% positive · 23 mentions
“Impressive but woefully short. The Children of Clay puts you into shoes of an artifact examiner who finally poked his nose where he shouldn't be. Made by one person for a game jam, CoC delivers an interesting short story and an atmosphere…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2026 · 0 h played
Price & value94% positive · 16 mentions
“Fabulously effective short form horror!! Inspiring! Immediately after playing it I recommended it to my archaelogist partner because he needed to see it! I can't wait to see what Balazs Ronyai does next. Bought the making of supporter DLC…”Recommended · Steam review · May 2026 · 0 h played
299 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology
Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference
How you play together
Single-player
Platform features
Achievements
Business model
Free to play
Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.