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In The Book of Unwritten Tales its a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbours the dark secret of a powerful artefact. Whoever calls this artefact his own, will determine the fate of the world.
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About The Book of Unwritten Tales
About this game
In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbours the dark secret of a powerful artefact. Whoever calls this artefact his own, will determine the fate of the world.
While the Army of the Shadows sends out its best and most devious agents to discover the secret, the Alliance's four heroes find themselves involuntarily drawn into the crisis...
Features:
- Humorous Point & Click homage to the RPG and fantasy genre
- About 20 hours of gameplay in a massive game world with detailed graphics
- Multi-character gameplay: Play as Wilbur, Nate, Ivo, and the Critter - in turn or simultaneously - and use the skills of your heroes wisely
- Meet numerous crazy characters - from two-headed ogres and vegetarian dragons to good-natured zombies
- Solve over 150 mind-boggling puzzles and discover more than 300 items that can be used and combined
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- July 30, 2012
- Developer:
- KING Art
- Publisher:
- THQ Nordic
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Franchise:
- The Book of Unwritten Tales
- Link:
- Play Style:
- Singleplayer
- Feature:
- Singleplayer
Product Requirements
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
Recommended:
- OS:Windows XP SP 3 (32bit) / Vista SP 2 / Windows 7 SP 1
- Processor:3 GHz
- Memory:4 GB RAM
- Graphics:Direct-X 9c compliant video card with 256 MB RAM, PixelShader 2.0
- DirectX®:9.0c
- Hard Drive:6 GB HD space
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- 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
Product Requirements
Critic Reviews
83
Based on 32 Critics
The Book of Unwritten Tales Statistics
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0% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
0% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
Difficulty Statistics
Difficulty Rating
Simple
5.88%
Easy
26.47%
Just Right
58.82%
Tough
8.82%
Unforgiving
0%
Relax & enjoy! 58.82% of players consider this game to be Just Right
Completion Statistics
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Play Behaviour
Tried It
4.21%
Played It
7.37%
Halfway
5.26%
Beat It
51.58%
Conquered It
31.58%
Completionist! 31.58% of players have Conquered It
Frequently Asked Questions
Somewhere in the middle. 32% of GameFAQs users said The Book of Unwritten Tales is Simple or Easy. 59% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 9% of GameFAQs users said The Book of Unwritten Tales is Tough or Unforgiving.
Yes, The Book of Unwritten Tales is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that The Book of Unwritten Tales is Playable on Steam Deck. This game is functional on Steam Deck, but might require extra effort to interact with or configure.
- All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
- In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
- This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
- This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
- Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
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
Recommended:
- OS:Windows XP SP 3 (32bit) / Vista SP 2 / Windows 7 SP 1
- Processor:3 GHz
- Memory:4 GB RAM
- Graphics:Direct-X 9c compliant video card with 256 MB RAM, PixelShader 2.0
- DirectX®:9.0c
- Hard Drive:6 GB HD space
Minimum:
- 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
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 17 hours. 94% of users played The Book of Unwritten Tales for over 12 hours.
Yes, The Book of Unwritten Tales has broad critical consensus. 88% of critics on Metacritic recommend The Book of Unwritten Tales. The Metascore is 83 out of 100.
The Book of Unwritten Tales was released on July 30, 2012
Yes, The Book of Unwritten Tales supports MacOS.
Yes, The Book of Unwritten Tales supports Linux.
The Book of Unwritten Tales is published by THQ Nordic
The Book of Unwritten Tales was developed by KING Art
Fanatical users tagged The Book of Unwritten Tales as Adventure, Point & Click, Puzzle, and Story Rich
Fanatical users tagged The Book of Unwritten Tales as Comedy, Fantasy, Classic, and Great Soundtrack
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Book of Unwritten Tales as Adventure
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Book of Unwritten Tales as Point & Click
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Book of Unwritten Tales as Puzzle
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