The Book of Unwritten Tales: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

The Book of Unwritten Tales (2009) is a point-and-click, adventure video game developed by KING Art, available on PC, Mac. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 65/100 on IGDB.

What is The Book of Unwritten Tales about?

The game challenges the player with a series of puzzles and brain teasers presented as a traditional point and click adventure game. The puzzles are embedded in an adventure story that will take most players an average of twenty hours to complete. There are 60 locations to explore with a total of 40 non-player characters and about 250 interactible items.

A notable feature of The Book of Unwritten Tales is that the player takes control of four different characters. In some scenes it is possible to switch between two or three active characters. Making explicit use of this mechanic some puzzles require the playable characters to exchange items or otherwise cooperate.

Key details

The Book of Unwritten Tales was released in 2009 and supports single player. Platforms: PC, Mac. Developer: KING Art.

Should you play The Book of Unwritten Tales?

Reviews are mixed, but The Book of Unwritten Tales retains a dedicated player base among point-and-click, adventure fans.