Lair of the Clockwork God

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HEY LOOK, new game Check out Size Five's latest: EARTH MUST DIE. About the Game WHY PLAY ONLY ONE GENRE OF GAME when you could be playing two slightly different ones at the exact same time?

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Release date:
21 February 2020
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Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (623)
User tags*:AdventureStory RichSingleplayerComedyFunny

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HEY LOOK, new game

Check out Size Five's latest: EARTH MUST DIE.


About the Game

WHY PLAY ONLY ONE GENRE OF GAME when you could be playing two slightly different ones at the exact same time?

BEN is a die-hard, old-school LucasArts Adventure fan.

He has one foot stuck in the 90s, his feet never leave the floor, and he’s happiest collecting any old junk he can lay his hands on, in the hopes of combining it all together to solve a satisfying puzzle.

His cohort and sidekick DAN

...has aspirations to be the next big hit indie platform character. He's got everything he needs: he's hip, he's sensitive, and his nose is a different colour to the rest of his face.

LAIR OF THE CLOCKWORK GOD sees you switching between both characters and using their unique abilities together in a race-against-time effort to stop all the Apocalypses happening simultaneously, by teaching an old computer about feelings.

Solve classic point-and-click style puzzles as Ben to create unique upgrade items for Dan, so he can jump higher, run faster and blast away at everything with a shiny new gun. Then, run and jump as Dan to unlock new areas and exciting new puzzles for Ben!

If you haven't played the old Dan and Ben games (you should), or you have but can't remember what happened, there's NO NEED TO WORRY! Lair of the Clockwork God is a STANDALONE Dan and Ben Adventure, which means you need to know absolutely nothing about Ben There, Dan That! or Time Gentlemen, Please! whatsoever. None of the original plot is referenced, the characters are re-introduced expertly, etc etc. It's all good.

Recommended system requirements

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OS *:
Windows 7 and up
Processor:
2.4Ghz
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
GeForce 8800 equivalent or higher
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Storage:
1 GB available space
Sound Card:
What is this, 1991? Yes a sound card. Onboard is fine.
Additional Notes:
If playing on a Laptop, please make sure it has a dedicated gfx card; on-board cards will struggle.

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User reviews

Tramman
Recommended | 07 Mar 2026
14.9h played

I had a love hate relationship with this game but I did manage to complete it and had a few laughs along the way so I recommend it. I found some of the puzzles and platforming difficult so I had to sometimes refer to the very good text guide, no shame in that, some of the puzzles were a bit obtuse. In one of the more difficult platforming sections the little character, Dan, was swearing and cursing at the

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hojusimpson81
Not recommended | 18 Feb 2026
35 min played

What do I get for buying a game based on the creators' pedigree and my love of their previous games? A buggy disappointment, apparently. Ignoring the acknowledged-yet-unaddressed issue where you can fall through the ground, I ran into one where the context menu failed to respond, and another where the dialogue window failed mid-conversation and necessitated a restart. Honestly, the bugs were more entertaining than

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PedanticPuppeteer
Not recommended | 07 Feb 2026
1.4h played

The concept of combining a platformer with a point-and-click adventure definitely sounded good on paper, but Psychonauts basically already did that and did it better without even making it a gimmick. In practice, splitting the platforming and point-and-click halves into two separate characters just serves to make gameplay slower and more awkward, especially given how sluggish Ben is in comparison to Dan. It often

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