33
Claybook is a massive chore to play. It clearly aspires to be so much more, but if you have any sense of wonder or creativity left after battling its controls and its camera, then you’re much more patient than I am.
58
All in all, Claybook has its faults, but there’s a lot to love that makes any blemishes worth tolerating. The game’s rewind feature is a big help in circumnavigating some of these flaws, but it would have been nice to see a touch more polish injected into Claybook. The experience will zoom by for most players, but the ability to create, share, and download levels from other users helps to pad things out. Still, player-created content doesn’t please everyone, so know going into Claybook that it will be fun, if brief. Definitely give it some thought when perusing the eShop.
50
Claybook is admittedly ambitious. It’s also quite a nice looking and unique game, with commendable user features. Yet it struggled to command my attention, lacking elements to maintain interest beyond a few minutes at a time. The community creations do help here to an extent, but the overall experience needs to be tightened, and perhaps reigned in a bit.
6
The idea is brilliant, but the game has numerous errors causing the game to shut down and return to the desktop. The campaign could be better thought out.
7
Enjoyable and relaxing game with impressive graphics for something that is handheld. You can dig and terraform everything that is made out of clay & it even affects your clay character. The first thing that amazed me was the fact that it looks almost as good as the other console versions and you could see the fingermarks on the clay, simply stunning. Although the only thing is that it is not challenging unless you screw it up yourself. There's no multiplayer in this version and it makes the experience less worth it.
Claybook
Released On:
Mar 12, 2019
Metascore
Mixed or Average
60
User score
Mixed or Average
5.7
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18% Positive
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7 Reviews
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18% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Mar 12, 2019
85
Claybook is a great pick-up-and-play game for the Switch that young players will enjoy. It’s also good for anyone that just wants a relaxing puzzle experience to unwind with.
Mar 12, 2019
73
Claybook deserves a lot of credit for being as unique and enjoyable as it is. Even though it doesn't quite feel like a fully fleshed out experience yet, I hope to see a sequel that really runs with its clever concepts.
Mar 13, 2019
70
It’s not groundbreaking and it’s fairly short. But it has a lot of potential, and I hope it continues to be supported. The online works well, despite being a bit basic, but the editor is pretty robust if you can get past the learning curve.
Apr 5, 2019
58
All in all, Claybook has its faults, but there’s a lot to love that makes any blemishes worth tolerating. The game’s rewind feature is a big help in circumnavigating some of these flaws, but it would have been nice to see a touch more polish injected into Claybook. The experience will zoom by for most players, but the ability to create, share, and download levels from other users helps to pad things out. Still, player-created content doesn’t please everyone, so know going into Claybook that it will be fun, if brief. Definitely give it some thought when perusing the eShop.
Apr 3, 2019
50
Claybook is admittedly ambitious. It’s also quite a nice looking and unique game, with commendable user features. Yet it struggled to command my attention, lacking elements to maintain interest beyond a few minutes at a time. The community creations do help here to an extent, but the overall experience needs to be tightened, and perhaps reigned in a bit.
Mar 14, 2019
50
Just like kids playing with plasticine, Claybook is good-hearted and full of creativity, but has more than often hazardous results. In other words, while the concept looks good, it's not well modeled enough concerning gameplay and ergonomics.
Apr 22, 2019
33
Claybook is a massive chore to play. It clearly aspires to be so much more, but if you have any sense of wonder or creativity left after battling its controls and its camera, then you’re much more patient than I am.
User score
Mixed or Average
40% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
20% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
40% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Apr 9, 2019
7
Enjoyable and relaxing game with impressive graphics for something that is handheld. You can dig and terraform everything that is made out of clay & it even affects your clay character. The first thing that amazed me was the fact that it looks almost as good as the other console versions and you could see the fingermarks on the clay, simply stunning. Although the only thing is that it is not challenging unless you screw it up yourself. There's no multiplayer in this version and it makes the experience less worth it.
Sep 19, 2019
6
The idea is brilliant, but the game has numerous errors causing the game to shut down and return to the desktop. The campaign could be better thought out.
SummaryClaybook is a unique world made entirely of clay. Shape your character and the world around you to overcome challenging obstacles.
Rated Efor Everyone
