- WE’RE MAKING MACHINARIUM 2 - 8 October 2026
Some stories end. Others are waiting to return.In 2009, Josef the robot was thrown onto a scrapheap and found his way back into the city to save his girlfriend Berta. Now, they are searching for a new home. Where the road leads, and who they might meet along the way… you’ll find out soon. The Machinarium Team is Back Together 🦾The same people who brought you Machinarium and Samorost 3 have dusted off their toolboxes:🔧 Jakub Dvorský returns as the Game Director🎨 Adolf Lachman is creating handcrafted backgrounds and characters🌀 Václav Blín is bringing it all to life with his charming animations🎵 Tomáš Dvořák aka Floex is composing the soundtrackThe team is bigger, more experienced, but still full of love for the world of Machinarium.Spread the WordThis is a huge moment for us, and the best way to support the game right now is simple:⭐ Wishlist and follow Machinarium 2 here on Steam📣…
- Amanita Design will be at The Triple-i Initiative on October 8th! - 14 September 2026
We have something new to show you, very soon.On October 8th, 18:00 CEST, we're taking part in The Triple-i Initiative showcase, with an announcement we’ve been looking forward to sharing with you. Set a reminder! :)The show will be streamed on YouTube, Twitch and right here on Steam. It is only back-to-back trailers of games from other studios like us - all in 45 minutes - with world premieres, gameplay reveals, launch dates, demo drops and more. No ads, no hosts, just games!You can watch the showcase trailer below, or check out https://iii-initiative.com/ for more information.
- Phonopolis & Creaks Bundle - 18 July 2026
Phonopolis & Creaks BundleIn the dystopian city of Phonopolis, life is orchestrated by omnipresent loudspeakers that dictate every aspect of people’s existence. Citizens, bound by the authoritarian Leader's commands, work in unison to achieve his grand vision. Soon, the Absolute Tone, a tone so strong that it would strip every citizen of their humanity forever, will be heard. Solve a wide variety of playful puzzles and help Felix end the Leader's oppressive influence in a city inspired by avant-garde art.Creaks is an immersive puzzle 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...This is a Complete the Set bundle, so if yo…
- Phonopolis Demo is now available on Steam! - 26 February 2026
Hello everyone,In case you haven't heard the news yet, a free demo of our upcoming game Phonopolis is now available on Steam, participating in Steam Next Fest!This demo will give you a taste of 5 scenes that take place shortly after the game's introduction. You'll ease in with an exploration sequence of the Workers' Quarter and then move through a selection of various levels."Protected by his headphones, Felix, the game's protagonist, has broken free from the loudspeakers’ control and finds himself in the streets of the cardboard city of Phonopolis. Explore the Workers’ Quarter with him and tune in to a story about a city ruled by the Leader’s commands."We're very much looking forward to hearing your precious feedback, so please share your thoughts with us wherever you prefer! We'll be keeping an eye on the forums, reviews on the demo page, social media and all the associated community…
- First look at Pilgrims: Curious Adventures, our debut board game! - 29 August 2025
Hello, travelers!We’re excited to share a closer look at Pilgrims: Curious Adventures, our very first board game developed in collaboration with our friends at Pink Troubadour. It’s inspired by the whimsical world of our video game Pilgrims, but instead of doing a one-to-one adaptation, we brewed up something new: a highly replayable, easy-to-learn yet deeply tactical tabletop adventure. Our goal was to keep the charm and playfulness of the original while creating mechanics that feel right at home on your table.In Pilgrims: Curious Adventures, you can compete with up to three friends or even venture out solo. You’ll wander across an ever-changing map of cards to recruit companions and collect useful items. Combine movement and collected cards in thoughtful, puzzle-like ways to trigger special abilities and complete adventures to earn points and party improvements. As your party grows st…
- Creaks Turns 5 - Celebrate with 85% Off! - 22 July 2025
Hi everyone!Today marks exactly 5 years since Creaks launched on Steam (and consoles too!). A huge THANK YOU for all the love and support over the years.To celebrate, we're offering 85% off the game, as well as the DLC package featuring the soundtrack by the amazing Hidden Orchestra and a digital art book with artwork by Radim Jurda & Jan Chlup. The discount runs until July 27.Cheers, and have a great summer! Lukas & Amanita Design
- Amanita for Ukraine - 26 March 2025
UPDATE: $68,000 USD raised for humanitarian aid in Ukraine The fundraiser has ended, and we’re honored to share that you helped us raise $68,000 USD for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. Thank you so much for your contributions! Lukas & Amanita Design
- OUT NOW: Creaks - Bonus, Live & Remixes - 11 November 2022
The new album "Creaks: Bonus, Live & Remixes" is now available for streaming and download! If you're an owner of the Creaks Soundtrack DLC here on Steam, please check out its download folder - an mp3 version of the album is waiting there for you ːcreakskissː Still we'd like to encourage you to support Hidden Orchestra directly if you enjoy their music - Bandcamp is a good place for that! And you'll also find it on all your favorite spotifies etc. The record brings seven previously-unreleased tracks from the original soundtrack, plus two extensively reimagined live band versions, and seven remixes from a very diverse set of artists including Floex and Ben Lukas Boysen, all interspersed to create an adventurous yet cohesive new album. Once you're done listening, don't forget to let us know about your favorite tracks in the comments! Tracklist: 1. Welcome to Towers - Hidden Orchestra Remix…
- NEW MUSIC: Listen to two tracks from Creaks: Bonus, Live & Remixes - 17 October 2022
We're happy to share with you the first single from the upcoming album Creaks: Bonus, Live & Remixes, set to release for download and streaming this November 11. Listen to the first two tracks - an energetic live version of 'Three Islands' and an epic remix of 'Palace End' by Floex (aka Tomáš Dvořák) below, or on your platform of choice via this link. If you'd like to support the new release, please make sure you check out Hidden Orchestra's Bandcamp. Here's what Joe Acheson (aka Hidden Orchestra) had to say about the new record: "I'm very excited to share this unusual and interesting collection of tracks, revisiting and expanding upon the Creaks album, with seven new tracks developed from the soundtrack, two live versions recorded earlier this year in Luxembourg, and seven remixes from a diverse selection of artists who all have some tangential connection with the original album - incl…
- Creaks Finally Gets Its Steam Trading Cards Set! - 11 August 2022
It took us a while, but the Steam Trading Cards set that some of you have been waiting for is finally live! You know how it works - collect the entire set of 5 cards by playing the game and trading with other players, craft a badge and get rewards. If you're in it just for the rewards, you'll also find all emoji and profile backgrounds from this set in the Points Shop. What's special about this set is that the cards feature a brand new series of pictures highlighting the characters' unique personalities and giving you a closer look at their designs. We hope they were worth the wait and that they'll motivate you to some trading:) Have you got a favorite? What's there to collect: 5 trading cards 5 regular badges + 1 foil badge 3 profile backgrounds 6 creaky emoji ːcreaksheroː ːcreakskissː ːcreaksangrydogː ːcreaksgoatː ːcreakslibrarianː ːcreakssurprisedː Enjoy the rest of your summer, and…
- Phonopolis - a new adventure from Amanita Design! - 24 May 2022
We’re excited to introduce Phonopolis - a new hand-crafted adventure set in a dystopian city made of cardboard where everybody obeys the oppressive Leader's orders - except for one young man… Enjoy the first teaser trailer! It’s still going to take us a generous amount of time to finish the game - please don’t expect it to come out within the next 12 months - but we’re so glad to finally be able to share the first bits and pieces with you. You can now add Phonopolis to your Steam wishlist. You'll also find a collection of new screenshots on its Steam page; and on its News hub, there's a post where you can read more about the game's story, inspirations, and creative process. And it's also the place where we'll be sharing further updates ːsamorost_spiritː https://store.steampowered.com/app/1206070/Phonopolis/
- Creaks developers play Creaks! - 19 May 2022
To celebrate the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase on Steam, Radim Jurda and Jan Chlup, the two creative minds behind the art and puzzles of Creaks, will take you through various parts of the game in just about 45 minutes. Enjoy! Please note: The footage is pre-recorded and will be looped throughout the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase.
- Creaks is the Czech Game of the Year 2020! - 9 December 2021
Holy crrrrreaks!!! Last night was very special for us and we're delighted to share our immense excitement with you. Creaks took home two (!!) awards from the Czech Game of the Year 2020 ceremony - not only did our game succeed in the "Best Graphics and Audio" category, but the jury also decided it was the very best Czech game of the year! We can still hardly believe it, as the competition was crazy strong. Be sure to check out the full list of nominees - games such as Someday You'll Return or Ministry of Broadcast absolutely deserve your attention. Thank you guys so much for supporting us on this journey! Let's see what the future has in store for us :) Here's Radim and Jan just being happy. Cheers to them and the entire team! ːpraisesunː
- The Mind-Bending Worlds: A new collaborative bundle - 24 November 2021
The mind-bending worlds of Creaks, DARQ (Unfold Games) and The Pedestrian (Skookum Arts) come together to form a cool new Steam bundle! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/22971/ Both DARQ and The Pedestrian are great puzzle games set in very different unique worlds so be sure to check them out, especially if you enjoyed the immersion and relaxed pace of Creaks. All 3 games are on sale right now and you can get the whole bundle at 62% off! ːpraisesunː It's also a very good opportunity to complete the bundle if you already own one or two of the games. The artwork for this bundle which highlights some of the key elements of each of the included games was created by our own Jan Chlup, one of the artists who worked on Creaks. We hope you like it!
- LIVE: Creaks developers play Creaks! - 15 November 2021
Join the designers and artists Radim Jurda and Jan Chlup, two of the creative forces behind Amanita Design's immersive puzzler Creaks, for an hour-long developer stream, starting tonight at 8 PM CET. The guys are excited to share with you a little bit of insight into the game (join us in chat!), but why are we streaming today of all days? Because we're celebrating the start of a second edition of Czech and Slovak Games Week! You wouldn't believe how many fantastic games have been made in Czechia and Slovakia, and so many more are being developed right now. Seriously, just take a look. This week, on the occasion of the national holiday of November 17, is a celebration of all of them, taking place on Steam and beyond. In total, over 260 games from 116 game development studios will take part in the Games Week and, of course, there are DEALS, with some devs offering their games at up to 90…
- Happy Game from Amanita Design is OUT NOW! - 28 October 2021
The latest Amanita Design game has just landed on Steam! It’s Happy Game, our darkest, creepiest, and most twisted adventure so far, coming from the team behind Botanicula and CHUCHEL. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1206060/Happy_Game/ Happy Game is an absurd horror adventure game designed by Jaromír Plachý, who previously brought you the family-friendly games Botanicula and CHUCHEL. This time, however, Jaromír decided to make something a little less cheerful, and the result of his team’s work is a psychedelic journey through a little boy’s three horrible nightmares, each with its own style, creatures and puzzles. Get in the proper mood with the very happy launch trailer: Once again, we’re very happy to have worked with our favorite Czech music duo DVA, who created all of the spooky sounds and music for Happy Game. The original soundtrack is also available to purchase on Steam and i…
- GALLERY: Take a look at all of the Creaks Fan Art Contest submissions - 24 August 2021
A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure to gaze upon more than 130 new creaks, created by you, our ridiculously creative community for our Creaks Fan Art Contest. Thank you so much for that, we absolutely didn't expect to receive so many! Now, after having announced the winners two weeks ago, we're happy to share with you a huge gallery including every submitted artwork. Hope you'll have as much fun browsing it as we did! Full gallery on Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWp6KFi A lot of the artists also included a nice and detailed description of their new creak, explaining the gameplay ideas as well as the origin of this strange creature. Let us know in the comments which were your favorites. Also! Please feel free to download and use the artwork above as wallpaper, if you wish. It was created just now by the game's artist Jan Chlup, and it highlights the phenomenal works of all 6 winners ːch…
- Celebrate the 1st Creak-iversary! - 27 July 2021
https://media.giphy.com/media/GIS8X8b8uLgFmKpyEI/giphy.gif We are celebrating Creaks' 1st anniversary and we have got plenty of delicious cake for everyone! Creaks came out on Steam last year on July 22, and since then we've been endlessly grateful for your support. As a little token of gratitude, we baked (animated? ani-baked?) you a cake, and prepared a bunch of discounts for those of you who would like to have a piece of Creaks at home. Also, we're curious - can you dedicated fans tell what inspired the way the cake looks? Whether you want to grab the vinyl soundtrack by Hidden Orchestra, a stylish t-shirt, or the recently released art book 'The Art of Creaks', you can now get these with 15% off in our store. All you need to do is enter the code below at checkout. The code will remain active until August 10. 1CREAKIVERSARY By the way - our fan art contest's submission period ends thi…
- Make Your New Neighbours! (Creaks Fan Art Contest) - 8 July 2021
🖌️ It’s fan-art contest time! 🎨 Creaks is having its first anniversary this month and it's time to celebrate it with you with a little fan art contest. Here's a personal invitation video from the designers of Creaks, Radim Jurda and Jan Chlup! Creaks are the deadly monsters that lurk in the dark corners of our houses. But once you trap them under a beam of light, they transform into a harmless everyday object - a piece of furniture, a music instrument or maybe a piece of modern technology? You’ve already met a few of them in our game, but now it’s up to you to use your imagination and design your own Creak! Every Creak has two forms - one that won’t hurt you, and one that you don’t want to touch. Your task is to design a new Creak in both forms and put them into one picture. Will you design your own complete level, or would you rather make a little comic strip? Is it going to be a ver…
- Watch 'The Music of Creaks' Documentary - 18 June 2021
In this documentary Joe Acheson AKA Hidden Orchestra shares some of the stories behind the making of his infinite 'living soundtrack' to our game 'Creaks', designed by Radim Jurda and Jan Chlup. From the instruments and musicians, worlds and genres, and adaptive/generative stochastic composition techniques, through to the creation of the world's first dynamic music album to be released in app form, Creaksbox. You can download Creaksbox for free via this link. Also available - Creaks Soundtrack on 2LP vinyl! Enjoy watching!
