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The Book of Unwritten Tales
In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“A fun adventure game with a great sense of humor. If you enjoy classic point-and-click adventures with clever puzzles and charming writing, this delivers. It doesn't take itself too seriously and that's what makes it great.”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“This is basically Monkey Island meets Lord of the Rings. It's a classic point and click adventure game in a fantasy setting, with a ton of tongue-in-cheek and troperiffic humor. It's quite long (although not 25 hours long like my total playtime might suggest), but a lot of fun,…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“The Book of Unwritten Tales is a lovable mess that could have been more There’s a certain charm to The Book of Unwritten Tales that’s hard to dismiss. It wears its point-and-click heritage on its sleeve, and you can tell the developers poured their hearts into it – but as the…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:42 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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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
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
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://
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://
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
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Adventure · Point & Click · Comedy · Singleplayer · Fantasy · Puzzle · Classic · Retro · Great Soundtrack · Story Rich · Funny · Cult Classic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German * * |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://bout.kingart-games.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP 3 (32bit) / Vista SP 2 / Windows 7 SP 1 Processor: Pentium IV 2 GHz / Athlon 2.4 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Direct-X 9c compliant video card with 128 MB RAM, PixelShader 2.0 DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 6 GB HD space