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Whisper Books
Whisper Books is a collection of high-profile visual novel, artistically expressed based on literature, with hand-painted illustrations, dubbing and interactive options. The gameplay is weak relative to storytelling, suitable for players and readers who like stories.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“I've been going through a weird phase since Where Winds Meet came out I've been looking for anything Romance era related and I came across Whisper brooks, it's a competent visual novel for sure. The story is simple but effective investigation, mystery, unsettling little…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“A visual novel game that has two different stories currently and at least one on the way to be released. Whisper Books has an interesting way of combining different cultures, like Aztecs, ancient Chinese and Vikings. The stories were actually pretty interesting, but the way…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Can't recommend playing this in English. This is poorly-translated.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Whisper Books is about to become a free game
We have decided to change Whisper Books to a free game on January 13, 2024. This move is to facilitate more players to experience this game and avoid it being buried in commercial competition. Perhaps
July 7 Update Notes
1. Copywriting revisions in English, Russian, and Japanese have been completed. 2. Three image detail adjustments. 3. Added back button at the end of each story.
July 5 Update Notes
1. The description of the game features of Whisper Books has been further strengthened. 2. Most of the copywriting of the "Choice Point" has been improved to make the content expression more immersive
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Hand-drawn · Dynamic Narration · Drama · Story Rich · Idler · Text-Based · Adventure · Cinematic · Singleplayer · Word Game (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · In-App Purchases · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese * * |
| Achievements | 6 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Microsoft Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i3 Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA@ GeForce@ GTX 460 DirectX DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: Required