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

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Release DateJul 31, 2012
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)90.4% (very positive) Top 25% / 91.4%  Top 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)85.9% Top 10% / 87.2%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.4K  Top 10% / 2K  Top 10%
Curators70 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time16.4 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar49 minutes  Top 30%
Followers4.1K  Top 15%
Owners± 251.8K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 94.1K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 741.7K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of The Book of Unwritten Tales steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see The Book of Unwritten Tales's Steam rating and reviews between July 2012 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 97.1% (November 2012) and 91% (August 2019).

With 2K reviews Top 10%, The Book of Unwritten Tales could be an indie success or even a small AAA success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for The Book of Unwritten Tales and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of The Book of Unwritten Tales's reviewers. The most popular language is English (61%), followed by German (16%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 26 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has 2 translations (English and German), it could have been more popular if it was translated in more languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying The Book of Unwritten Tales percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in The Book of Unwritten Tales, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 22 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.8 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. The negative review time is high (median is 9 hours), it can be a sign that The Book of Unwritten Tales crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Fun and interesting characters
  • Voice acting
  • Art style
  • Classic point and click adventure genre
  • Decent story and adventure
  • Well-done graphics and backgrounds
  • Logical puzzles
  • Good soundtrack
  • No bugs
  • Charming game
  • Weak, rushed ending
  • Game has no 16:9 aspect ratio
  • Obnoxious voice acting for one character
  • Humour too childish
  • Too short
  • References may make some players uncomfortable
  • Characters move slowly
  • Heavy use of references
  • Unequal character development
  • Abrupt ending

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 90.4%  Top 25% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of The Book of Unwritten Tales's review data provided by Steam. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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