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The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles

The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles

Enjoy a thrilling and hilarious point-and-click adventure in the fantasy world of Aventasia

Released Dec 5, 2012 Developer KING Art Publisher THQ Nordic Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux AdventurePoint & ClickFantasyIndieComedy
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

84.2%positive467 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Not as good as the magnificent parts 1 and 2 of the series, but very nice nonetheless. Interestingly, it plays perfectly in 4k.”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“The game has the same graphics as the original first title, but it has more puzzles than the original. Sometimes it’s a bit annoying that you can’t solve things straight away, but well… it’s an old‑school adventure game, so I guess that’s how it’s supposed to be. With the bottle…”

— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“So there I was, freezing my pixels off in the northern lands for the umpteenth time, watching Nate Bonnett and his insufferably rhyming buddy Critter walk across the same three screens I’d already visited a hundred times before, and I thought: you know what? This is actually a…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

34achievements
49.6%median completion
12.4%rarest: Baby Olympics
78.3% of players 77.3% of players 76.1% of players 74.3% of players 70.1% of players 68.1% of players 66.4% of players 66.2% of players 64.8% of players 61.6% of players 59.3% of players 59.1% of players 58.4% of players 53.6% of players 51.3% of players 50.3% of players 50.1% of players 49.6% of players 47.8% of players 42.9% of players 42.8% of players 39.2% of players 38.4% of players 34.0% of players 33.0% of players 32.2% of players 30.8% of players 30.7% of players 28.1% of players 26.3% of players 25.9% of players 23.7% of players 22.7% of players 12.4% of players 78.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
78.3%Chest Buster — Open the captains little chest.
77.3%Prying Pointer — Hidden achievement
76.1%Drag Queen — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
12.4%Baby Olympics — Hidden achievement
22.7%Hard Mode Hero — Finish the fifth chapter in hard mode.
23.7%Master Magician — Finish the fourth chapter in hard mode.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99−75% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$19.99base price
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US4.99 USD−75%
EU4.99 EUR−75%
UK4.49 GBP−75%
Australia7.23 AUD−75%
Canada5.49 CAD−75%
Japan495 JPY−75%
Brazil8.74 BRL−75%
China17.00 CNY−75%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$1.7 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$6.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 20, 2015
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 is now available!

Dear Adventure fans, we are so glad to announce that The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 has left Early Access status and is now available. http://store.steampowered.com/app/279940/ We have also added a new

Feb 20, 2015
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 is now available!

Dear Adventure fans, we are so glad to announce that The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 has left Early Access status and is now available. http://store.steampowered.com/app/279940/ We have also added a new

Sep 08, 2014
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 Early Access version now available!

Dear adventure fans, dear The Book of Unwritten Tales community, It is such a pleasure to let you know that The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 is finally available on Steam as Early Access version. http://

Sep 08, 2014
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 Early Access version now available!

Dear adventure fans, dear The Book of Unwritten Tales community, It is such a pleasure to let you know that The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 is finally available on Steam as Early Access version. http://

Feb 11, 2014
Nordic Games announces The Book of Unwritten Tales 2!

KING Art launches Kickstarter to push boundaries of the point and click genre Vienna, AUSTRIA (February 11th 2013) – Nordic Games and KING Art have today announced a unique collaboration which will se

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Point & Click · Fantasy · Indie · Comedy · Singleplayer · Funny · Puzzle (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , German * *
Achievements34
Official sitehttp://bout.kingart-games.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windowns XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8 Processor: 2.4 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9c compatible graphic card with 128 MB RAM, Pixelshader 2.0 DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 6 GB HD space