
Phonopolis is a story-driven puzzle adventure set in a hand-painted 3D world made of cardboard. Solve a wide variety of playful puzzles and help Felix end the Leader's oppressive influence in a resonant dystopian city inspired by avant-garde art.
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Welcome to Phonopolis, a new puzzle adventure hand-crafted by Amanita Design, the indie collective behind Machinarium, Creaks, Samorost and more.
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.

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.
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)
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Hours played at review time, across 78 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Reviews
круто очень тут блин графика очень прикольная и головоломки тоже мне нравится
The artists @ Amanita Design are creating masterpieces and they are one of the most underrated studios out there, This game is a wonderfully sculpted world with hand-crafted aesthetic, charming riddles, theatrical vibes and in all a wonderful experience. Must play for all the point and click adventure fans. I will update when I finish the game.
Cool unique art (watch the handmade paper/cardboard setup video), good unique puzzles also. Great length, No bugs.
Peut-être un peu court (je l'ai fini en 4h) pour un jeu de ce prix, mais les productions d'Amanita, sont toujours aussi artistiques et poétiques. Quand on regarde le making off on comprend mieux le travail de l'équipe et le prix de ce genre de création
I expect a very "Amanita" experience when this studio releases, and Phonopolis for me delivered in tons. It is an exploration adventure, that is a work of visual and auditory art in itself, with clever puzzles. The story may seem "simple", kind of like how Machinarium was a "fairly simple story plot". The story may be familiar in a way, but what truly sets this "version of that story" apart is how the studio treats its storytelling in general. The world is so conceptually imaginative and we are given just enough lore to understand what is happening to this strange city, but not too much, so we don't focus on it and instead enjoy the sights and incredible machines! The art is stunning, the whole city feels like a giant puzzlebox, the music of Floex is impossible to resist. I was very immerced throughout. I especially liked how the solutions to some of the puzzles were so creative i was laughing, pure joy. The best puzzle for me was the water performance. Amanita has another very short game that is a musical "pop-up" exploration adventure, but in Phonopolis they took it to another level. Short game, but I was I was surprised to see I didn't even get half of the achievments, so that's one more playthrough for me. I plan to take my time enjoying the music and the details. Thank you Amanita team for this game and for all your hard work.
反乌托邦世界观,美术和音乐依旧在线,比机械迷城更侧重叙事。虽然谜题设计不如机械迷城,但部分关卡还是有亮眼之处的,做布丁太开心了。
Very charming and nice puzzle game, a few issues regarding the synching of the audio, but other than that, I had a really good time playing this game
面白かった!!町を洗脳する独裁者に立ち向かうシンプルで王道な物語です。ダンボール?絵本?のようなおしゃれな質感でキャラクターたちが動き、見ているだけで楽しいです。音楽も独特で聞き飽きませんでした。 パズルは直感的に動かせてパズル苦手な自分でもギリ解けるレベルでほどよかったです。 とにかくどのステージもおしゃれで、とても力の入った作品だと感じました。どうしても詰まったら放置してると主人公がヒントを呟くので、そこも助かりました。おすすめです!
26年还能玩到剧情如此复古老套的朋克怎么不算是另一种新颖呢,,,不过美术很好,奔着美术玩完了,游戏性不是很好
The good: Beautiful stop motion game. Visually and audibly very appealing. Great dubbing from the narrator. The bad: First playthrough took me 2,5 hours. There are 3-4 good puzzles; the rest is middling at best. The game either holds your hand or doesn't explain enough. I'm missing the freedom to explore the city and find my own clues. This game just serves you the plot as the amplions tell the citizens what to do —no space for your own ideas about where to go or what to do. Overall, brain-absent gameplay.
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian +6 more
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