Phonopolis
Amanita Design · 2026 · Puzzle, Hand-drawn, Adventure, Story Rich, Relaxing
PC
Very Positive93% · 1,57784Metacritic
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About Phonopolis
Welcome to Phonopolis, a new puzzle adventure hand-crafted by Amanita Design, the indie collective behind Machinarium, Creaks, Samorost and more.
Cardboard Dystopia
In 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…By coincidence or perhaps by fate, young dustman Felix becomes the only person to consciously recognize the threat. Now, he must try to stop the Leader from indefinitely making every citizen a mindless servant. Loosely inspired by the works of Karel Čapek and George Orwell, the story of Phonopolis explores themes of social manipulation and individualism, but keeps the overall experience playful and light-hearted.Play With The City
With Felix becoming immune to the commands, you’ll be able to take advantage of the loudspeakers and use them to solve puzzles involving other characters. Other times, you will interact with the cardboard environment in surprising, often unexpected ways—turn walls, shuffle floors, control various machinery or tear paper curtains. Each puzzle is carefully integrated into the world and presents a different challenge.Old Meets New
Metaphorically referring to the utopian, totalitarian model of society, Phonopolis is a city built of actual cardboard. Capturing the nostalgic charm of classic stop-motion films, every piece of any building, every character, and every frame of any smoke or flame is hand-painted on a piece of paper, then digitized for use in the game’s 3D world.The art style is strongly influenced by avant-garde artistic trends of the interwar period such as constructivism, futurism, and suprematism, and their societal impact as a tool of propaganda. The distinct visuals come to life with music from Tomáš Dvořák aka Floex, composer of soundtracks for Machinarium and Samorost 3.- Story-driven adventure game set in the dystopian city of Phonopolis
- Hand-painted 3D world made of cardboard
- Traditional 12 FPS animation reminiscent of classic stop-motion films
- Wide variety of puzzles integrated into the paper-built setting
- Music by Tomáš Dvořák aka Floex (Samorost 3, Machinarium)
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
A short and delightful game. The art design is a treat throughout the entire playthrough. The puzzles are also very intuitive yet playfully tricky at times. They've really cracked the code at making puzzles enjoyable for everyone.
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I wish I could've played this in one sitting but no matter, it was still a wonderful game. Phonopolis' art direction is incredibly unique and charming, but it is not just for appearances. Taking note of the whimsical sound design and slight imperfections in the visuals is a key part to the clever puzzles that make up its gameplay. There were a couple of moments I found myself stumped on a puzzle, but each time it was due to my own ability to pay attention to the cues laid out before me. The overall story is also gorgeous. Never would I have thought the fall of authoritarianism could be communicated through a video game with an art style as playful as this. I highly recommend!
Beautiful and short game by Amanita Design! One of the most "complete" games art-wise I've played in a while, oozing with detail at every step and behind every corner. The difficulty is imho low to medium. It really pays off to pay attention. Once you do that, the riddles are a breeze. I'd advise, since it is a pretty short game, to not rush through it, but to enjoy the details and mountains effort that had to go into the creation of this game!
beautiful game!
Like all games Amanita Design produces, it is fun, the art is unique, beautiful to look at, with a nice sound track.
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