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The Neverhood
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The Neverhood (1996)

by The Neverhood, Inc., Dreamworks Interactive, Riverhillsoft
Platforms:
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation
Genres:Adventure, Puzzle, Point-and-click
Themes:Fantasy, Historical, Comedy
Game modes:Single player
Story:
The game follows the adventure of a claymation character named Klaymen as he discovers his origins and his purpose in a world made entirely out of clay.
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My first memories in my life were about this game. It was english and I didn't understand, but it had engraved the core values in me - life is full of puzzles, and with good character, you can have a good ending.I_Am_Anger
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user avatar@I_Am_Angeruser avatar@I_Am_Anger
January 29, 2025
My first memories in my life were about this game. It was english and I didn't understand, but it had engraved the core values in me - life is full of puzzles, and with good character, you can have a good ending.
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user avatar@Jeamtuser avatar@Jeamt
January 29, 2025
I believe neverhood, deservers to not be forgotten, since its one of a kind, with a animation of stop motion and the weird original lore and world building it has, it deservers to have a proper place in the gog store
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user avatar@VulcanFurynx01user avatar@VulcanFurynx01
January 30, 2025
The Neverhood is just a once in a lifetime piece of wonderful art. It made my friends and I slack jawed in awe at the level of effort to bring the clay characters to life, and gut-laugh at everything wacky in it. Even today I whistle the music when walking down the street. It's a joy.
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user avatar@Harry776user avatar@Harry776
January 29, 2025
This game started my modeling clay hobby, it also started my gaming hobby. The puzzles, the music, the characters, the voices...the unique world. This game is just something else, it was a product of its time, the amount of effort and love put into it... I'd love to play it again, and not have to pirate the game when doing so.
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user avatar@llamadog39user avatar@llamadog39
January 30, 2025
I found out about it when I was 14 in the mid-2010s. Easily got enamoured by it’s art style and soundtrack and replayed it several times. I would listen to the soundtrack album every Friday on the way to school (I have an album for each day) and could probably write a walkthrough from memory with how ingrained into my psyche the puzzles are. It used to take me a few days to beat it but each time I play it I unintentionally beat it in a shorter amount of time. Now it only takes me a few hours.
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user avatar@namesR4noobsuser avatar@namesR4noobs
January 30, 2025
this game gave me the coolest nightmares as a kid. i wasn't sure it actually existed for a solid 10+ years i convinced myself it was a reoccurring fever dream, but no - this claymation monstrosity is very much a real thing and it should very be preserved at all costs in order to be experienced by as many people as possible. claymation is always cool but i have yet to find anything else in this life that comes close to the particularly peculiar vibe of this game. long live the neverhood, thank you GOG for trying to bring it back. i've been waiting to play this again for a very long time now. hope it happens.
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user avatar@DraketarHUNuser avatar@DraketarHUN
January 30, 2025
My very first game back when I was a kid. I played it through with my brother, and laughed a lot on Klaymen's clumsiness or had a great time solving the puzzles which were quite challenging sometimes. Even our dad helped us, he also liked this game very much. And the soundtrack is awesome, we still listening it quite often! Back at home we still have the CD and it works fine, but preserving it digitally for the future would be awesome!
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user avatar@radkyeahuser avatar@radkyeah
April 28, 2025
The style is still unparalleled, even though almost 30 years have passed and a spiritual successor has been released (albeit not a sucessful one). It's not just about the claymation: the overall setting, the music, the characters and - obviously - the humour all constitue what The Neverhood really is. Technically, it is very easily usable on modern devices (not just computers) thanks to ScummVM, already well-known at GOG. It's only a matter of solving the licencing riddles to get it widely available. It never made a commercial success back in its prime - the game only gained popularity years after its realease, in part thanks to Microsoft shipping its OEM version here and there. Time to make up for the lost time.
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user avatar@Benudiuser avatar@Benudi
January 29, 2025
This is one of the first games I've ever played and fully remember. I must have been like 4 or 5 when my dad first showed it to me. This is an absolute masterpiece on every level imaginable, and it should be preserved at all costs. I still listen to the Soundtrack every now and then, and I would love to be able to easily play the game without emulation.
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user avatar@jables__user avatar@jables__
January 29, 2025
A fantastic and original game, with a visual style that is incredibly unique. Also the soundtrack is so good I still listen too it regularly. A masterpiece of a game
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