The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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The Bookwalker is a narrative adventure in which you play as Etienne Quist, a writer-turned-thief with the ability to dive into books. Use your powers to journey between reality and book worlds, and steal legendary items like Thor's Hammer and Excalibur to restore your ability to write.

The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales is a adventure, singleplayer and atmospheric game developed by DO MY BEST and published by tinyBuild.
Released on June 22nd 2023 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 2,055 reviews of which 1,897 were positive and 158 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.00€ on Instant Gaming.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7 and up
  • Processor: Dual-core
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GTX 760 and up
  • Storage: 12 GB available space

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Dec. 2024
I'm not sure ANY review can give this game justice, THAT'S HOW GOOD IT IS! In almost every way possible. Sure it's kind of simple on the graphics, but once you really dive in, only then do you begin to realize its genius. The game falls into chapters, each one with enough variety to keep the full game interesting, but with common elements to keep it familiar. It's pretty cozy, has a good sense of humor and you get a nice companion to keep you company and always has great advise. My wishlist for the next game would be to add a map, definitely include hotspots and add subtitles for when the phone is ringing as I sometimes play with the volume down (would help the deaf as well). Maybe allow for some more interactions around the apartment, rest of the building and even neighborhood! I can't wait to see what's next!!
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Oct. 2024
Despite the vaguely YA trappings of a story about a creative inflicted with writer's block as capital punishment, The Bookwalker is a game that more closely resembles books like Kafka's The Trial, Dostoyevsky's Notes From a Dead House and Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading in its telling of a failure hero who wants to escape his shackles under an everpresent yet unseen bureaucracy but struggles to abide by the anti-societal pragmatism rejecting his fate comes to demand Roderick is also best lantern friend
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Oct. 2024
Its one of those games which I really, really enjoyed and couldn't stop playing... until the game just ended hahaha. The concept is really cool , the art is amazing and basically I enjoyed every second of it. Really exited to keep a close eye on the developer and see what they come up with next <3
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Sept. 2024
A super interesting adventure game. There's no real challenge so it's a pretty laid back experience. The stories are engaging and the change of pace between first-person, isometric and combat sections are nice. For its current price, it's a steal.
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Aug. 2024
I didn't really know what to expect with this game but I was blown away. It is fantastic. The story is original and the characters are compelling and I really found myself rooting for them. I loved the mix of first person to point and click. It had challenging gameplay and the combat required strategy. My only con for this game is I wish it was longer. One of the best games I've played in a while it is absolutely a hidden gem and a must play. Please anyone reading please buy this game you wont regret it.
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The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales
8.8
1,897
158
Online players
21
Developer
DO MY BEST
Publisher
tinyBuild
Release 22 Jun 2023
Platforms
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