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In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact.

The Book of Unwritten Tales is a adventure, point & click and comedy game developed by KING Art and published by THQ Nordic.
Released on July 31st 2012 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 2 languages: English and German.

It has received 2,094 reviews of which 1,909 were positive and 185 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.54€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified The Book of Unwritten Tales into these genres:

Adventure Point & Click Comedy Singleplayer Fantasy Puzzle Classic Retro Great Soundtrack Story Rich Funny Cult Classic 1990's Indie Atmospheric Escape Room

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System requirements

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Windows

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

MacOS

OS:Mac OS X 10.6/Mac OS X 10.7
Processor:1.4GHz Intel Mac Core Duo
Memory:1500 MB RAM
Graphics:Intel GMA-950-Grafikkarte with 64MB VRAM or better
Hard Drive:6 GB HD space

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April 2026

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, with snappy dialogue and likeable characters.

April 2026

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 old saying I am making up now goes, love alone is never enough. Let’s start with what works. The art direction is genuinely lovely – whimsical, colorful environments that feel ripped from a storybook. The voice acting is decent, and some NPCs are funny. If you’re looking for a gentle, low-stakes adventure to unwind with, this game will happily hold your hand and guide you through its world. The problem is that it never really lets go of that hand. The puzzles are simple. Too simple. I’ve played a lot of point-and-click adventures, and this might be one of the easiest I’ve ever come across. You’ll rarely feel that satisfying “aha!” moment. Then there’s the cast. Four playable characters, but only one of them – the gnome – is written quite well. The others? Forgettable. Two of them barely get any screen time; you control them for such short sessions that you’ll wonder why they’re even playable at all. There’s no balance. It feels like the game started as a solo gnome adventure, then someone in a meeting said, “What if we added more heroes?” and nobody had the heart to say no. Honestly, an adventure focused entirely on the gnome would have worked much better. The time-travel gimmick near the end is painfully predictable. You’ll see the twist coming from a mile away – it’s a textbook deus ex machina, and a cheap way to force you to replay sections from a slightly different angle (simpliest way to make the game longer reusing assets). And the game has the nerve to pull the Monkey Island 2 joke not once but twice: entire puzzle sequences get solved offscreen while you watch. It’s not clever. It’s lazy. Worst of all, the storytelling feels slapdash. Large chunks of the plot are simply told to you – narrated in a rushed, almost embarrassed way, as if the writers ran out of time or ideas. The overall plot is painfully banal. And when the credits roll, you’re left with a sackful of loose ends: Who is the real Archmage? What happened to Critter? Where was the artifact hidden? And for the love of all that is point-and-click, what the hell is Critter? The game never bothers to explain. The three main heroes never develop a real bond. They’re just sort of… there. Thrown together by chance, existing in the same scenes without ever truly connecting. So where does that leave us? The Book of Unwritten Tales is a mediocre game, but a pleasant one in fits and starts. It’s like a bedtime story told by a well-meaning uncle who keeps forgetting key details and making up the rest on the spot. You can feel the love, absolutely. But love, as we’ve established, isn’t always enough. Would I recommend it? If you’re a hardcore adventure game fan, you’ll probably find it too easy and too shallow. But if you’re in the mood of something cozy, undemanding, and occasionally funny – and you don’t mind plot holes – then sure. Give it a shot. Just don’t expect a masterpiece. Expect a warm, flawed hug from a game that tried its best.

Dec. 2025

If you were a fan of Monkey Island then your will enjoy the graphics, puzzles and humour in this game.

Oct. 2025

Reviewing games I played a long time ago: A fun point and click adventure game that pays homage to the classics. I think it's one of the most solid adventures from the so called "revival era" of the genre. It's nice to look at, puzzles are easy and relaxed and the sense of adventure kinda reminds of The Longest Journey. Plays flawlessly on the Deck.

June 2025

Wow what a great Point-and-Click Adventure this is. It has the most wonderful hand drawn scenes, which you just don't see these days. The puzzles and dialogue were fun and the adventure is suitably long. Recommended!

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The Book of Unwritten Tales is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

The Book of Unwritten Tales is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

The Book of Unwritten Tales received 1,909 positive votes out of a total of 2,094 achieving a rating of 8.70.

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The Book of Unwritten Tales was developed by KING Art and published by THQ Nordic.

The Book of Unwritten Tales is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Book of Unwritten Tales is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Book of Unwritten Tales is playable and fully supported on Linux.

The Book of Unwritten Tales is a single-player game.

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The Book of Unwritten Tales does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

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