The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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

The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles is a adventure, point & click and fantasy game developed by KING Art and published by THQ Nordic.
Released on December 05th 2012 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 2 languages: English and German.

It has received 448 reviews of which 373 were positive and 75 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.50€ on Gamivo.

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

Adventure Point & Click Fantasy Indie Comedy Singleplayer Funny Puzzle

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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
MacOS
  • OS:Mac OS X 10.6/Mac OS X 10.8/Mac OS X 10.7
  • Processor:2.4 GHz Intel Mac Core Duo
  • Memory:1500 MB RAM
  • Graphics:Intel GMA-950-Grafikkarte with 256MB VRAM or better
  • Hard Drive:6 GB HD space
Linux
  • OS:Ubuntu 12.04 or above
  • Processor:2.4 GHz
  • Memory:1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL compatible graphic card with 128 MB RAM, Pixelshader 2.0


  • Hard Drive:6 GB HD space

User reviews & Ratings

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June 2025
Note: This is sort of a prequel to the [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/215160/The_Book_of_Unwritten_Tales/]Book of Unwritten Tales , containing some backstory about one of the main characters in the first game. It's not really necessary to play that game first story-wise. Recommended for: If you liked the first Book of Unwritten Tales, then you will definitely like this game. The game is shorter but still of decent length. Gameplay, story, voice acting and the humor are about the same. If you didn't play The Book of Unwritten Tales first, this game is a traditional point'n click fantasy adventure. Gameplay is the typical "using the correct item on the correct thing" no other kinds of puzzles. Decent story, characters, and voice acting. The game has lots of humor, much of it based on pop culture. My experience: I had a nice time with The Critter Chronicles. It did felt more like an expansion or large DLC of The Book of Unwritten Tales to me. I also think that many of the jokes about other media can be lost on the younger generation of gamers. For instance, a good chunk of the humor is about movies and point'n click adventures from a few generations ago, so if you've never watched or played those you won’t get all the references. Technical: I would like to mention that the first time I played this game many years ago on an older PC I had a game-breaking bug. Unfortunately, I don't remember the details but I do know that it was a problem for many other people at the time. There is a [url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/221830/discussions/0/828924672590258629/]pinned discussion on the Steam forums with possible solutions if you encounter problems. This time playing, I encountered zero issues. (Win10, 7800X3D, RX7800XT) Personal Rating: 3/5
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Jan. 2025
This is a great humorous point and click adventure game set in the same universe as the others in the series featuring many of the characters that appear through the series. They are worth the buy if you enjoy these types of games. It features a great set of comical characters in a fantasy world with some references to other fantasy stories and some challenging yet not to difficult puzzles. It is worth the full price but it goes on sale often enough, and I picked up the whole bundled series on sale. In my personal opinion the sale was an absolute steal for what you get.
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Nov. 2024
A delightful prequel! The Critter Chronicles offers more of the same humor and charm that made the original so fun. Love the new characters and clever puzzles—perfect for fans of point-and-click adventures!
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Aug. 2024
I've loved all of the games in this series and I wish I could find other games that are like it. I think it's spoiled me for future point and click adventures. This was such utter fun to play.
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The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

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

The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles received 373 positive votes out of a total of 448 achieving a rating of 7.80.
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The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles was developed by KING Art and published by THQ Nordic.

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

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

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

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

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

The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles PEGI 12
19.99€ -98% 19.99€ 0.50€
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Release 05 Dec 2012
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