# Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink

Summer DB entity ID: 8b43134d\-6049\-403f\-bf17\-0d5822fb7060

Steam App ID: 284830

Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink is an adventure game in the steampunk genre\. It is a detective drama featuring action elements such espionage, monster battles and even hang\-gliding\!  A continuing string of strange earthquakes are causing the world’s cities to crumble to ruin\. Dr\. Ambrose Ink—one of the foremost minds of the technological revolution—hopes to expose the underlying cause of this supernatural phenomenon\.  His research leads him to Hochwald, a town nestled high in the mountains near the mysterious Barber family castle\. Yet, shortly after arriving at the estate, Dr\. Ink disappears\.  It’s up to Dr\. Ink’s longtime friend and confidante, Agent Evangeline Glass to save Dr\. Ink and reveal what is causing the earthquakes\. With only a mechanical raven to guide her, she must storm the well\-secured castle and face the General Engineer of Gottland\. Agent Glass soon realizes that humans are not the only threat during these strange, revolutionary times…      Features   Sneak into Hochwald Castle as Dr\. Ink, alongside his faithful companion Matthew   Rich, unique steampunk setting    Mechanical crow Matthew is player’s sidekick    31 \(38 in CE \) beautiful, hand\-drawn locations   Thrilling detective story with action elements   Diverse adventure gameplay: flying on glider, impersonating a soldier, defeating mechanical creatures   30\+ hidden steambugs to find    9 achievements to unlock    Additional materials:  concept art, wallpapers and a stunning soundtrack    Bonus adventure \(“Ink’s Story”\) is a prequel to the main one

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Artifex Mundi

- Publisher: Artifex Mundi

- Release date: Apr 24, 2014

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Casual

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284830/ss\_fc014bbdc50dfb2a031a273d7b4dd80c9f901b1a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582016056, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284830/ss\_0d2d0446dc9acdec83bafd209682c9822f764b98\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582016056, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284830/ss\_1247a74a8a0e8f28ee0bbbd0c80056e5efe41fcf\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582016056, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284830/ss\_6989677c6020a96131c80f2ab22759414fe70219\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582016056, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284830/ss\_0a76d7f60bbfc1d6ae7518b0d38efed252d7c648\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582016056, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284830/ss\_099b8d9cfa8e069e3cbf228986ad45a0e9b86d67\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582016056, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284830/ss\_1c988e6ce02bdac8d0d59414fa0d60e911af6a94\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582016056, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284830/ss\_1f479c0dbbd38b536d977261457772cfc599395d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582016056

- Price: 1499 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 1

- Steam review count: 1161

- Steam positive reviews: 1069

- Steam negative reviews: 92

- Steam positive percentage: 92.07579672695952%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/8b43134d-6049-403f-bf17-0d5822fb7060/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/8b43134d-6049-403f-bf17-0d5822fb7060/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-29T00:10:02\.532746\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-29T00:10:03\.675555\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-29T00:10:03\.478747\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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