Creaks — patch notes and updates
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| Phonopolis Demo is now available on Steam! | 2026-02-26 | Hello everyone,In case you haven't heard the news yet, a free demo of our upcoming game Phonopolis is now available on Steam, participating in Steam Next Fest!This demo will give you a taste of 5 scenes that take place shortly after the game's introduction. You'll ease in with an exploration sequence of the Workers' Quarter and then move through a selection of various levels."Protected by his headphones, Felix, the game's protagonist, has broken free from the loudspeakers’ control and finds himself in the streets of the cardboard city of Phonopolis. Explore the Workers’ Quarter with him and tune in to a story about a city ruled by the Leader’ |
| First look at Pilgrims: Curious Adventures, our debut board game! | 2025-08-29 | Hello, travelers!We’re excited to share a closer look at Pilgrims: Curious Adventures, our very first board game developed in collaboration with our friends at Pink Troubadour. It’s inspired by the whimsical world of our video game Pilgrims, but instead of doing a one-to-one adaptation, we brewed up something new: a highly replayable, easy-to-learn yet deeply tactical tabletop adventure. Our goal was to keep the charm and playfulness of the original while creating mechanics that feel right at home on your table.In Pilgrims: Curious Adventures, you can compete with up to three friends or even venture out solo. You’ll wander across an ever-chan |
| Creaks Turns 5 - Celebrate with 85% Off! | 2025-07-22 | Hi everyone!Today marks exactly 5 years since Creaks launched on Steam (and consoles too!). A huge THANK YOU for all the love and support over the years.To celebrate, we're offering 85% off the game, as well as the DLC package featuring the soundtrack by the amazing Hidden Orchestra and a digital art book with artwork by Radim Jurda & Jan Chlup. The discount runs until July 27.Cheers, and have a great summer! Lukas & Amanita Design |
| Amanita for Ukraine | 2025-03-26 | UPDATE: $68,000 USD raised for humanitarian aid in Ukraine The fundraiser has ended, and we’re honored to share that you helped us raise $68,000 USD for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. Thank you so much for your contributions! Lukas & Amanita Design |
| OUT NOW: Creaks - Bonus, Live & Remixes | 2022-11-11 | The new album "Creaks: Bonus, Live & Remixes" is now available for streaming and download! If you're an owner of the Creaks Soundtrack DLC here on Steam, please check out its download folder - an mp3 version of the album is waiting there for you ːcreakskissː Still we'd like to encourage you to support Hidden Orchestra directly if you enjoy their music - Bandcamp is a good place for that! And you'll also find it on all your favorite spotifies etc. The record brings seven previously-unreleased tracks from the original soundtrack, plus two extensively reimagined live band versions, and seven remixes from a very diverse set of artists including F |
| NEW MUSIC: Listen to two tracks from Creaks: Bonus, Live & Remixes | 2022-10-17 | We're happy to share with you the first single from the upcoming album Creaks: Bonus, Live & Remixes, set to release for download and streaming this November 11. Listen to the first two tracks - an energetic live version of 'Three Islands' and an epic remix of 'Palace End' by Floex (aka Tomáš Dvořák) below, or on your platform of choice via this link. If you'd like to support the new release, please make sure you check out Hidden Orchestra's Bandcamp. Here's what Joe Acheson (aka Hidden Orchestra) had to say about the new record: "I'm very excited to share this unusual and interesting collection of tracks, revisiting and expanding upon the Cr |
| Creaks Finally Gets Its Steam Trading Cards Set! | 2022-08-11 | It took us a while, but the Steam Trading Cards set that some of you have been waiting for is finally live! You know how it works - collect the entire set of 5 cards by playing the game and trading with other players, craft a badge and get rewards. If you're in it just for the rewards, you'll also find all emoji and profile backgrounds from this set in the Points Shop. What's special about this set is that the cards feature a brand new series of pictures highlighting the characters' unique personalities and giving you a closer look at their designs. We hope they were worth the wait and that they'll motivate you to some trading:) Have you got |
| Phonopolis - a new adventure from Amanita Design! | 2022-05-24 | We’re excited to introduce Phonopolis - a new hand-crafted adventure set in a dystopian city made of cardboard where everybody obeys the oppressive Leader's orders - except for one young man… Enjoy the first teaser trailer! It’s still going to take us a generous amount of time to finish the game - please don’t expect it to come out within the next 12 months - but we’re so glad to finally be able to share the first bits and pieces with you. You can now add Phonopolis to your Steam wishlist. You'll also find a collection of new screenshots on its Steam page; and on its News hub, there's a post where you can read more about the game's story, ins |
| Creaks developers play Creaks! | 2022-05-19 | To celebrate the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase on Steam, Radim Jurda and Jan Chlup, the two creative minds behind the art and puzzles of Creaks, will take you through various parts of the game in just about 45 minutes. Enjoy! Please note: The footage is pre-recorded and will be looped throughout the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase. |
| Creaks is the Czech Game of the Year 2020! | 2021-12-09 | Holy crrrrreaks!!! Last night was very special for us and we're delighted to share our immense excitement with you. Creaks took home two (!!) awards from the Czech Game of the Year 2020 ceremony - not only did our game succeed in the "Best Graphics and Audio" category, but the jury also decided it was the very best Czech game of the year! We can still hardly believe it, as the competition was crazy strong. Be sure to check out the full list of nominees - games such as Someday You'll Return or Ministry of Broadcast absolutely deserve your attention. Thank you guys so much for supporting us on this journey! Let's see what the future has in stor |
| The Mind-Bending Worlds: A new collaborative bundle | 2021-11-24 | The mind-bending worlds of Creaks, DARQ (Unfold Games) and The Pedestrian (Skookum Arts) come together to form a cool new Steam bundle! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/22971/ Both DARQ and The Pedestrian are great puzzle games set in very different unique worlds so be sure to check them out, especially if you enjoyed the immersion and relaxed pace of Creaks. All 3 games are on sale right now and you can get the whole bundle at 62% off! ːpraisesunː It's also a very good opportunity to complete the bundle if you already own one or two of the games. The artwork for this bundle which highlights some of the key elements of each of the includ |
| LIVE: Creaks developers play Creaks! | 2021-11-15 | Join the designers and artists Radim Jurda and Jan Chlup, two of the creative forces behind Amanita Design's immersive puzzler Creaks, for an hour-long developer stream, starting tonight at 8 PM CET. The guys are excited to share with you a little bit of insight into the game (join us in chat!), but why are we streaming today of all days? Because we're celebrating the start of a second edition of Czech and Slovak Games Week! You wouldn't believe how many fantastic games have been made in Czechia and Slovakia, and so many more are being developed right now. Seriously, just take a look. This week, on the occasion of the national holiday of Nove |
| Happy Game from Amanita Design is OUT NOW! | 2021-10-28 | The latest Amanita Design game has just landed on Steam! It’s Happy Game, our darkest, creepiest, and most twisted adventure so far, coming from the team behind Botanicula and CHUCHEL. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1206060/Happy_Game/ Happy Game is an absurd horror adventure game designed by Jaromír Plachý, who previously brought you the family-friendly games Botanicula and CHUCHEL. This time, however, Jaromír decided to make something a little less cheerful, and the result of his team’s work is a psychedelic journey through a little boy’s three horrible nightmares, each with its own style, creatures and puzzles. Get in the proper mood w |
| GALLERY: Take a look at all of the Creaks Fan Art Contest submissions | 2021-08-24 | A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure to gaze upon more than 130 new creaks, created by you, our ridiculously creative community for our Creaks Fan Art Contest. Thank you so much for that, we absolutely didn't expect to receive so many! Now, after having announced the winners two weeks ago, we're happy to share with you a huge gallery including every submitted artwork. Hope you'll have as much fun browsing it as we did! Full gallery on Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWp6KFi A lot of the artists also included a nice and detailed description of their new creak, explaining the gameplay ideas as well as the origin of this strange creature. Let us kn |
| Celebrate the 1st Creak-iversary! | 2021-07-27 | https://media.giphy.com/media/GIS8X8b8uLgFmKpyEI/giphy.gif We are celebrating Creaks' 1st anniversary and we have got plenty of delicious cake for everyone! Creaks came out on Steam last year on July 22, and since then we've been endlessly grateful for your support. As a little token of gratitude, we baked (animated? ani-baked?) you a cake, and prepared a bunch of discounts for those of you who would like to have a piece of Creaks at home. Also, we're curious - can you dedicated fans tell what inspired the way the cake looks? Whether you want to grab the vinyl soundtrack by Hidden Orchestra, a stylish t-shirt, or the recently released art boo |
| Make Your New Neighbours! (Creaks Fan Art Contest) | 2021-07-08 | 🖌️ It’s fan-art contest time! 🎨 Creaks is having its first anniversary this month and it's time to celebrate it with you with a little fan art contest. Here's a personal invitation video from the designers of Creaks, Radim Jurda and Jan Chlup! Creaks are the deadly monsters that lurk in the dark corners of our houses. But once you trap them under a beam of light, they transform into a harmless everyday object - a piece of furniture, a music instrument or maybe a piece of modern technology? You’ve already met a few of them in our game, but now it’s up to you to use your imagination and design your own Creak! Every Creak has two forms - one t |
| Watch 'The Music of Creaks' Documentary | 2021-06-18 | In this documentary Joe Acheson AKA Hidden Orchestra shares some of the stories behind the making of his infinite 'living soundtrack' to our game 'Creaks', designed by Radim Jurda and Jan Chlup. From the instruments and musicians, worlds and genres, and adaptive/generative stochastic composition techniques, through to the creation of the world's first dynamic music album to be released in app form, Creaksbox. You can download Creaksbox for free via this link. Also available - Creaks Soundtrack on 2LP vinyl! Enjoy watching! |
| Creaks Collector's Box and The Art of Creaks are now available! | 2021-05-13 | After several months of hard work, we're happy to let you know that both Creaks Collector's Box and The Art of Creaks are finally shipping worldwide! The Collector's Box is limited to 1000 hand-numbered units, each delivered with a certificate of authenticity signed by the game's authors Radim Jurda and Jan Chlup. When you open the custom-made box, you'll find 'The Art of Creaks' 174-page art book featuring artwork and design sketches from different stages of development. But it's not just pictures to look at - reading Radim's and Jan's words, you'll learn about the various joys and challenges they had to face throughout the 8-year long devel |
| First Look at 'The Art of Creaks' Deluxe Art Book, and more | 2021-05-04 | Did anybody ask for an art book? Vinyl? T-shirts? Collector's edition? Well, if you did ask about either of those things, here's some good news - we've got something for you! For the past few months, we've been working on a bunch of physical items to accompany Creaks, and it's about time to introduce them to you. Let's start with the latest stuff! The Art of Creaks Fresh out of the printer, this is 'The Art of Creaks', a new deluxe art book featuring concept art, sketches, design concepts, final visuals as well as insight from the creators on 180 pages of quality paper. The format is 27x27 cm square, and the English version is available for p |
| New Creaks update adds save slot selection | 2021-03-23 | A new Creaks update (Windows & Mac) just landed on Steam! Aside from the usual bug fixes, there's a new feature for those who'd like to use multiple save slots on just one Steam profile. With this update, you can choose from three separate save slots at the new selection screen. These saves are shared across Windows and Mac platforms if you have Steam Cloud enabled. You'll be able to access the slot selection screen either at startup or from the main menu. Enjoy! ːmuchomurkaː |