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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. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“What the hell was I doing in 2012? The Book of Unwritten Tales is an old-school fashioned point-and-click (P&C) adventure which essentially catches you off guard right from the beginning. As the story unfolds from a simple quest in finding and retrieving a secret powerful…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“The Book of Unwritten Tales is a 3D point-and-click adventure game set in a fantasy world. The game consists of 5 fairly lengthy chapters, although the last chapter was very short compared to the others. The Steam page says the game has about 20 hours of gameplay, but it only…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Point-and Click Adventure re-vitalised and re-thought The Book of Unwritten Tales was the first game by the German development studio King Art to be released internationally, in 2012. It put this adventure games-developer firmly on the map, and has been praised for adding a…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs playedPlayer activity
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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 2026-05-12.
| 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 * * |
| 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