The Book of Unwritten Tales

The Book of Unwritten Tales

Steam Deck Playable

KING Art · Adventure · Jul 31, 2012

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $4.99.

91%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 205 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Linux compatibility: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
56% of themes are praise11% are divided33% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I don't think I was active in the game for a full 22 hours (typically paused the game to run out and came back later type of thing,) but it was lengthy with a good story, cute characters, and hilarious dialogue.
205 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
+Graphics: You can choose resolution and with a little help from a modern card it looks nice enough.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The voice acting is really good!
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The developers have done a good job of programming the navigation in this game, it is quite polished and is primarily mouse-driven with a minimum of keys required to play, which makes for some fairly quick gameplay when it is needed.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
You'll have to combine items in your inventory, combine with things in the world and solve other various puzzles to advance.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters205 reviews
Graphics68 reviews
Audio63 reviews
Gameplay27 reviews
Interface20 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty28 reviews
93%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs13 reviews
54%
Crashes7 reviews
71%
Linux compatibility7 reviews
100%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $4.99 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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