The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles

The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles

Steam Deck Verified

KING Art · Adventure · Dec 5, 2012

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

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

84%
Very Positive
468 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 107 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 31 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 468 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 252 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
38% of themes are praise37% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
As with the previous game, you can switch between both characters in order to solve the puzzles that will help you both escape from the frozen wastes.
107 of 252 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Of course, there are also good aspects to find: The graphics are nice, the voice work solid, and I enjoyed the geeky references.
22 of 252 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The voice acting features some lively performances that could have easily been lifted from a Saturday morning cartoon.
18 of 252 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 love3 themes
Story and characters107 reviews
Graphics22 reviews
Audio18 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty34 reviews
91%
Gameplay18 reviews
78%
Interface13 reviews
85%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes31 reviews
58%
Bugs15 reviews
87%

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
84%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
34
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.