Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
It's at its lowest recorded price, $3.74.
- Story and characters: 227 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 81 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 3k player reviews · updated 5 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
The other, perhaps the very nature of these games—text-heavy and narrative-driven; and what better excuse is there to show off your writing chops and how big of an erudite you are than setting a game in not one, not two, but six (made up) books.
Playability & Replayability
If you had your interest piqued by The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales, chances are, it was because of its art style and certain UI elements heavily reminding you of Disco Elysium.
Game difficulty: Easy, most levels are simple to solve.
While The Bookwalker ran very well on the Steam Deck, I wound up doing the bulk of my playthrough on my PC.
I will also note here that the interface to enter each level/book is a brilliant touch.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $3.74 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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