Clid the Snail
A dark fable about a grumpy humanoid snail armed to the teeth. A Top-Down Shooter focused on narrative and a mindful combat system.
Clid the Snail is an adventure developed by Weird Beluga Studio, released 30 August 2021 on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.99 at GOG.
What Clid the Snail is
Clid the Snail is an adventure game developed by Weird Beluga Studio and released in 2021. It was published by Koch Media. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a world where only the distant memory of human existence still lingers, you play as Clid, a troublemaking, eccentric snail who has just been exiled from his home citadel. Joined by a faithful and talkative firefly, Belu, you will meet a peculiar gang of outcasts and find a place to call home. Among this new group of friends, you will discover a newfound purpose: Exterminating the mysterious slug plague that is ravaging the land.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Clid the Snail holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 9 points below the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.99 at GOG, 90% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Clid the Snail launched on 30 August 2021, within three weeks of Psychonauts 2, Deathloop, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut and Twelve Minutes. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 8 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Psychonauts 2, Deathloop, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, Twelve Minutes.
Official trailer
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