Last updated on December 11th, 2025 at 01:41 am
Creaks – Adventure Game Review
Creaks is a Adventure game from Amanita Design s.r.o., first launched in 10th July 2020.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 2,074+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Creaks Stand Out
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 world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
From the creators of indie classics Machinarium and Samorost comes Creaks, a new puzzle adventure game that delights the senses with its hand-painted visuals, precise animation, eerie sounds, and an eclectic original score from Hidden Orchestra. Proceed at your own pace at figuring out the solutions to dozens of carefully designed puzzles, explore the mansion for hidden paintings, and uncover the great secret.
Creaks is best enjoyed with a controller and a good pair of headphones.
This Adventure game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Creaks is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 29th March 2021
Recent improvements include:
- Updated save system now enables multiple save slots within a single Apple ID
- Fixed Arabic language
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Download & Availability
Creaks is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We never write reviews but we feel this game is wayyy too underrated so we thought we would because we loved it so much, the gameplay is so fun and the story is so cute we enjoyed every second of playing this game and finished it in under a week, definitely recommend for everyone.
Love the designs, the puzzles, and a lot more! However, the painting puzzles are long and hard, and only luck based, such as the one you chase your cat and try not to get killed. Overall, it was a good game, and Id expect more content from the creators.
We just finished another play through, and Im amazed all over again. Full of fun game dynamics, fantastic artwork, and great music. We want a hundred more games like this.
Awesome game played it thru many times over the last few years. Only game left on Apple Arcade worth playing. Sure wish youd make some levels & some more games like this one. Apple Arcade just doesnt offer any other games that can match up to the quality of this game in Arcade. No ads or in app purchases. Love all your games. This is our favorite of all time. Keep up the awesome work.
Loved this game. We wasnt sure at first, but the illustrations were so beautiful we decided to play. It has the feeling of being inside a slightly spooky/mysterious kids book, like a John Bellairs book, which we absolutely love. The puzzles are like Monument Valley in that they are very spatial and interestingly mechanical. The game is kind, which is essential to us (and too rare), so also like Monument Valley in that sense. It is satisfying to figure out each bit and gain more knowledge about the house and the story as you progress. A real winner of a game and we hope this creator makes more.
Its so underrated and AMAZING!!! It was so fun to play and seeing the scenes of the boy and the birds. We thought it was absolutely amazing and beautiful we wish there were more games like this!!! It was equally hard and easy on all of the levels!! The ending was so amazing and beautifully written!! Please make more kinds of games!! 10/10.
We really liked this game!! We love the creepiness of it mixed with the strategies and the puzzles!! We really love that it was kinda difficult but not impossible!! We really loved the story of it and how fun and goofy it was at moments! Really fun only wish it was longer.
Truly one of our favorite games. So sad we finished it. The puzzles arent too hard and everythings easy to understand. Ive read a couple of the more critical reviews on this game so we will say dont get this game or just any game in general if you lack common sense or the ability to create an independent thought. Hope this helps to anyone looking to see if this game is worth it! (So worth it).
This game is amazingly written we had so much fun being challenged by it and we were completely glued to our laptop until we finished it! The art surprises were our absolute favorite part of the game as well as the overall style of the game! 20/10.
We think this game is easily the best game on Apple Arcade. Definitely top three favorite games of all time. Beautiful graphics, amazing story, and tricky puzzles which will make you feel accomplished when you complete.
The game is amazing, the levels are changing and the music is great but needs a lot of space in your device. But we still recommend you to play this! One of our best games in our collection.
Then this is the game for you! Ive been looking through Apple Arcade and getting frustrated with our lack of options for puzzle games – everything either crashes or takes us less than an hour to complete. This game is wonderfully challenging, has beautiful artwork, mini puzzles within itself, music, and good pacing. The game is perfectly challenging, which is something we have never said about any game. If you die, its only portrayed by a couple shadows interacting – no gruesome deaths, only some slight creepiness that adds to the atmosphere. Also, while death is a consequence, it doesnt completely reset your progress – only puts you back last point where you proved you solved part of the puzzle. The mini puzzles we mentioned earlier are optional (but add to the storyline) and you arent stuck doing them till their completion. Sometimes, (often?) even finding these games is a small puzzle of its own. In addition, some paintings are hanging around the house with their own music that will explain some things to you (these are also puzzles to get to/find on occasion.) The game itself is long, but each scene (or official puzzle) isnt so long that you want to rip your hair out because it never ends. Once they introduce a new element, they let you get the hang of it while still having challenge and interest. As soon as you start to think the idea is a little redundant, they add a new element (bad guy/furniture item – we know that makes no sense, but it will) and you learn how to solve puzzles with that element too. If you are reading the other reviews and are questioning the game, let us say: – we have never had any problems with glitching, lagging, crashing, or it not saving. – As you go through the tutorial, you get the hang of the controls quickly. – This is a puzzle game, please expect it! While there is some minor timing you have to do, you shouldnt be constantly running away from the dogs. Just figure out a way to use it to your advantage. The final complaint Ive been seeing a bit of is the lack of storyline. We disagree about that – there is a storyline, its just strange. A guy climbs through a hole in his bedroom wall and ends up trapped in this falling-apart house being attacked by a giant cat thing made of wood scraps trying to help these strange bird people and their mechanic (maybe???) that seems to be made of a metal tube wrapped in a rubber suit. But really, when you think of any fictional story, this isnt too off-the-rails. Our one and only complaint is the ending. The very end of the game is just walking two steps, sitting through a cut scene, do it again, and again, and again, then you get a couple puzzles to solve (that are of the same difficulty as the others with no new elements), and then you defeat the long awaited final boss with not a puzzle – a super long cutscene. Other than that, it is an emotionally satisfying ending cutscene. Sorry for writing so much, we just want to say that this is a great game, with a lot of amazing content, artwork, and funny story elements. You should totally get this game. Amazing job developers.
We played this game like we were binging a show. This was genuinely the most intriguing game ive ever played. Im so sad its over. From the music to the sounds to the graphics and the storyline just wow.
This was a fun little game. The art is beautiful and the puzzles are interesting. Finding all the paintings is not easy. We cannot wait for the next adventure.
This game is absolutely amazing! It has a unique artwork and atmosphere, very cool riddles and challenges. We are thoroughly enjoying it.
We loved this game and we would really like if you could add a second part and also a multiplayer mode.
One of the best games in the arcade. Highly original gameplay.
This is such a fun game we played it for hours we loved that it worked our brain we think we got smarter!(not really).
What a great and challenging game. All the negative reviews are from the frustrated people that couldnt solve a puzzle.
We never write reviews but this game deserves one. This is by far the most fun game we have ever played on an IPad. 100/10. The art alone is something to marvel at. It only took us a day to finish because we were so addicted we couldnt stop. There are so many details that are easy to miss so keep your eye out. If you think you cant go there, you just might be able to, check it out. We finished the game but we didnt get all of the achievements and we thought we were pretty thorough.
Need more like this now please. Love everything about it. We played on our iPad. No controller or headphones. Everything worked fine.
Immersive is a HUGE understatement! The sound design, level design, and animation all really made us care for the game characters and cheer on the protagonist as he slowly unravels the mysterious goings-on (no spoilers, its way more fun to experience yourself). Whether or not youve played previous Amanita Design games like Machinarium or the Samarost series, this game is perfect for puzzle-platform-adventure fans who are looking for fun and challenging puzzles with a seriously groovy soundtrack and delightful characters. We would love a timed-trial mode or added feature to replay specific puzzles without having to replay the whole game, but thats more a lie-in-the-sky wish than a critique of the game as a whole. More people should play Creaks.
Its not creepy. Really its not. We have gotten so tired of games that have a lot of filler fluff in the form of just making things spend a lot of time that are not interesting in order to make the gameplay longer. We also have been looking for some thing thats at least a little mentally challenging instead of just having villains that you have to kill by clicking a button really fast or something. This contains puzzles that are reasonably challenging to complete without getting super frustrating. We think there was one we sort of cheated on by looking it up. But overall, we very much enjoyed the gameplay and the story and having something to take our mind off of life for a little while every time we sit down to play it. Because its divided up into scenes, its very easy to play it for a certain amount of time and have some sense of satisfaction without having to feel addicted or obsessed, which is something a lot of other games also rely on. Obviously games on this level are rare because it takes a whole lot of work ,Im sure, to make some thing this complete that doesnt depend on addiction or gimmicks.
We love this game with all our heart. It was adventurous just the right amount of spooky without being downright terrifying, we loved the main guy (who we named Milo) and we instantly fell in love Creaks people. Please please please make a sequel. Or five sequels, or 100 sequels. They could be about the "Milo" going back to that world (preferred), or it could be about a different person finding their way into that world. Or maybe the creeks people find their way into our world. All we're saying is we would love to spend more time in underground in the Creaks world. The only trouble we ever had with the game is it sometimes the sound would cut out. Otherwise it was just perfect and we want more.
We love this an Ive been play this Sence 2020 its awesome kinda of a sad stormy and then happy and the music oh its so good 5 STAR,and its the best adventure game like chuchel and happy game. Good game.
These are the only type of games we like. Some of the levels were challenging where we had to look up about 3 on YouTube lol but games like this challenges the mindset to see how you can get the character out of this situation. Wouldnt mind seeing another game like this made by this game developer.
As a proud 2024 player, we can confidently say this game did NOT disappoint! The puzzles are clever and not so difficult as to need a help button or guide, (truth be told we did use one, but only for one puzzle!) and the story phew! The slow reveal of the monster, getting small bits and pieces until the final reveal was amazing! Cant wait for this amazing studio to release another game.
Un juego muy interesante que us mantuvo pensando todo el tiempo, us encant el ambiente, los retos ms interesantes a medida que se avanza en el juego, creo que deberan hacerlo ms largo, porque us qued con ganas de ms mi esposo es dificil de complacer con los juegos y cuando se lo recomend lo ador, estoy ansiosa por el prximo.
This game was not only challenging but amazing to say the least. This game truly made us feel like we were in it we were amazed by the art style we were awe of the story and sad when it ended hopefully Apple creates more a sequel with the same character would be cool.
We loved it ! When we saw the trailer we were so excited to try the game and it is just amazing, the graphics, music , everything. We hope to see Creaks 2.
We rember one of our frist amanita games was chuchel and dang it was but this was alredy better than it.
We enjoyed it from start to finish.
We love this game. Its challenging and the creatures are fun. We love the quirky pseudo steampunk feel of the machines. The music is great. We like the way the bird like creatures interact with the guy. The crazy goats are something else. We love the graphic and the entire feel of the game. Completely addicted.
Probably the best put your mind to thinking game ever. It doesnt throw out ads everywhere, doesnt try to sell you anything. Took us 3 days to finish but we really enjoyed playing it.
Good puzzles cool story cool characters cool lore hard but rewarding puzzles and we love the birds but we want more creaks we need more and fun puzzles 100/100 we want more content a dlc etc etc.
Bizarre music that grabs your heart, excellent design of puzzles that is far from ordinary and the genius arrangement of paintings that serve as a short break. All of these make the game nail-biting yet mixed with a warm sense of home.
When we beat this game we almost cried to the fact that it took us through all the levels we been through we also loved the level were you got the shadow guys to meet up with each other and they kissed and we thought that was sweet.
Truly such a stunningly beautiful and wonderfully thought out and executed puzzle game. We are in awe of how well crafted this game is. Its such a satisfying delight once youve figured out how to pass each stage. The developers deserve all the awards for this one. Easy 5 stars.
A nivel artstico es una belleza. La banda sonora acompaa. Difcil a ratos, pero adictivo. Es un producto sencillo pero no simple. Parecera imposible hacer tanto con tan poco. Recomendado.
Loved exploring the alternative culture of the bird people as we played this game. So many details and care put into this world.
We love the game all the PUZZLES it is sooo good you guys should make creaks 2.
We honestly thought we would never find a mobile game that brought us the same joy we felt as a kid. This game changed all that. An incredible art style with a rich story that builds and grows the farther down you go. The music was eerie and moody and set the stage for the game to come. Truly one of the best games Ive ever played.
Wow !!!! Just today we completed playing this game.. One of the best game ever we played..creativeness at peak.. And also amazing story and very interesting puzzles.
The art, the gameplay, the storytelling; just about everything about this game is an absolute joy. Id love to see more stuff like this offered in Apple Arcade.
We loved this game! We finished it when it first came out and we keep coming back to see if theyve added more levels or a new story. We wish they would it was such a great game and we had soo much fun solving the puzzles even the ones we got stuck on.
The puzzles, graphics, and design of this game are phenomenal. The puzzles dont feel like they are made for kids, they are challenging. Im having so much fun and cant wait for the cool stuff in the trailer to happen. Thx a bunch a Amanita design (your logo is our favorite kind of mushroom. Im 12 and Ive been down in the dumps recently, and games like this make us feel happy for large amounts of time. Thank you, cant wait for the next game.
This game is amazingly amazing we loved everything specially the mini games thank for everyone who were involved in the making of this masterpiece.
We couldnt put this down!! Awesome visuals and def keeps your brain active! Only complaint is we wish it was longer!! Waiting for number 2.
A puzzle game with a strange and new idea and extremely wonderful graphics.
Awesome little story to get lost in. Loved the puzzle style to it along with the gameplay. Having the characters not have voices immersed us even farther into not worrying about what they were actually saying. That and the style of music fit just right! Loved every bit of it.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.6
- Size: 3,528.78 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: AR, CS, NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH, TR, UK
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
- Developer: Amanita Design s.r.o.
Last updated: 29th March 2021 | Genre: Adventure | Developer: Amanita Design s.r.o.