Creaks
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a…
Creaks is an adventure developed by Amanita Design, released 10 July 2020 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and iOS. It currently starts at $3.99 at Humble Store. The main story takes about 5 hrs to finish.
What Creaks is
Creaks is an adventure game developed by Amanita Design and released in 2020. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story begins in the bedroom of an unnamed protagonist, where the light suddenly flickers out and the wallpaper peels away to reveal a hidden tunnel behind the wall. Climbing down, he discovers a vast mansion-like structure sprawling within an enormous underground cavern. In this strange world he encounters aggressive monsters that freeze into harmless everyday objects whenever they are caught in the light, and he learns that a giant feline creature is slowly tearing the mansion apart. As he descends deeper, the protagonist meets a community of gentle bird-like people, each with their own approach to the looming threat: an elder searching for ancient knowledge, a fighter, a scientist…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 28 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Creaks holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 3 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 54 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 7.5 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $3.99, that works out to about $0.80 per hour of the main story, or $0.53 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz Intel i5 or better, 4 GB RAM and DirectX 11 compatible GPU. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 5GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.99 at Humble Store, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Creaks launched on 10 July 2020, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, Fortnite and Carrion. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, Fortnite, Carrion.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Creaks yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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