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Amanita Design is a Czech development studio that was founded in 2003, and which started its era with the release of the title Samorost. It specializes in 2D point-and-click adventures, which include not only the three-part Samorosta series, but also Machinarium, Botanicula, Chuchel or Pilgrims or the latest Creaks, where the last two games are available as part of an Apple Arcade subscription. For Samorost's one-year anniversary, the developers remastered it and re-released it. Even on iOS and completely free. 

Samorost 

Although the series has three parts, the first one only got a look at iOS with its remaster. Not only has the game's graphics been improved, but it also includes cleaned sounds and new music from Floex's in-house composer, aka Tomáš Dvořák. But the story is the same, so it's still about helping a space sprite to save his home asteroid. Don't expect any miracles from this, because the original title was created "only" as the final thesis of Jakub Dvorský, the founder of Amanita, at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague in the studio of Film and Television Graphics under Jiří Barta. 

  • Reviews: No rating yet 
  • Size: 64,9 MB  
  • Price: Free  
  • In-app purchases: Not  
  • Čeština: Yes  
  • Family sharing: Yes  
  • Platform: iPhone, iPad, Mac 

Download in the App Store


Self-sufficiency 2 

Compared to the first part, the animator Václav Blín was also invited to create the game, who later became a permanent member of the studio. The hero of the game is again, as in the previous part, a small dwarf whose dog is kidnapped by aliens and he sets out to save it. The first half of the game takes place on the home planet of these thieves, while in the second half you try to save from another planet, on which you and your dog crash after successfully rescuing him. At the time of release, i.e. in 2005, the first part of the game was free as a demo version. At the same time, Floex also released a soundtrack for the game, which was part of the CD distribution. 

  • Reviews: 3,9  
  • Size: 117,7 MB  
  • Price: Currently discounted for CZK 25 
  • In-app purchases: Not  
  • Čeština: Yes  
  • Family sharing: Yes  
  • Platform: iPhone, iPad  

Download in the App Store


Self-sufficiency 3 

So far, the last part of the series was released only in 2016, when the studio prioritized work on other hits before it, specifically the already mentioned Machinaria (2009) or popular Botany (2012). These are the first and second regular games of the studio, while the other titles are more like short adventures or interactive music videos. Samorost 3 is thus also the third regular game of Amanita, and here again you follow the story of a small, already well-known sprite. On your cosmic journey, you will explore nine planets, get to know their strange inhabitants and solve the mystery of the magic flute. 

  • Reviews: 4,9 
  • Size: 1,3 GB  
  • Price: Currently discounted for CZK 49 
  • In-app purchases: Not  
  • Čeština: Yes  
  • Family sharing: Yes  
  • Platform: iPhone, iPad  

Download in the App Store

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