The Knobbly Crook
Released Jun 2015
Enter the surreal, disturbing, and ridiculous world of the Knobbly Crook in this old-school style point-and-click adventure. Completely free. No ads, no tricks.
91% positive · 223 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
The Knobbly Crook is a free, complete point-and-click adventure game. It originally launched in June 2015 as Episode I, and on December 14, 2018, the developer released "The Complete Misadventure" — a package containing an upgraded Episode I alongside the all-new Episodes II & III, explicitly framing it as the full, finished story. The store description reinforces this, describing it as "a full adventure game" that "concludes after quite a bit of shameful nonsense," with no further content teased or promised.
The most recent developer communication was a patch on February 25, 2021, which added a few quality-of-life and minor content tweaks (an extended ending hook, a new song, bug fixes) — typical polish work for a finished product. No new episodes, expansions, or content have been announced since then, and there is no pattern of ongoing major content releases beyond the completion of the episodic story in December 2018. The game is considered content-complete as of that date.
Evidence
Developer released 'The Complete Misadventure,' combining an upgraded Episode I with all-new Episodes II & III, presenting the full story as a finished package.
Store description calls it 'a full adventure game' that 'concludes after quite a bit of shameful nonsense,' with no ads, tricks, or future content teased.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Gnarled Scar Manipulations
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Enter the surreal, disturbing, and ridiculous world of the Knobbly Crook in this old-school point-and-click adventure. O'Sirus the Snip is a simple paper farmer driven to epic adventure by a spooky face with a spookier voice. He will ultimately seek to become a Knobbcrookian royal guard–a Guffaloon. Stories of their heroic battles against the fearsome Bogold empire echo throughout the Crook. Unfortunately, they’re not currently recruiting simple paper farmers. He’s going to have to use every dirty trick in his book to cheat his way to the top and that means YOU will need to understand the key elements of the Knobbly Crook - Rock, Paper, and Scissors. Creatures of stone crush the metallic Knobbcrookians. The Knobbcrookians herd and farm paper animals. Fearsome stone giants fear tiny paper animals.
As we join our woefully inept hero, O'Sirus, he finds himself on trial for all the crimes you have not yet committed together. Retell his nonsensical story as his journey begins, finding himself a stowaway on a ship that is half horse, half boat, and half whale. Every moment that passes takes you further from your goal--the Knobbly Crook. It's up to you to torment the Drafthorse's unsuspecting crew in an attempt to alter their course. Once you reach moist land, the real adventure begins... and continues for rather a long while... and concludes after quite a bit of shameful nonsense.
The Knobbly Crook is a full adventure game and is completely free without any ads or tricks.
As we join our woefully inept hero, O'Sirus, he finds himself on trial for all the crimes you have not yet committed together. Retell his nonsensical story as his journey begins, finding himself a stowaway on a ship that is half horse, half boat, and half whale. Every moment that passes takes you further from your goal--the Knobbly Crook. It's up to you to torment the Drafthorse's unsuspecting crew in an attempt to alter their course. Once you reach moist land, the real adventure begins... and continues for rather a long while... and concludes after quite a bit of shameful nonsense.
The Knobbly Crook is a full adventure game and is completely free without any ads or tricks.
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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