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The Bookwalker

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App ID 1432100
App Type Game
Store Name The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales
Developer
Publisher tinyBuild
Franchise tinyBuild
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29684718
Last Record Update 21 June 2025 – 18:38:46 UTC ()
Release Date 22 June 2023 – 15:56:50 UTC ()
😎 87.83%
2k reviews
9
In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer DO MY BEST
controller_support full
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher tinyBuild
Store Release Date 22 June 2023 – 15:56:55 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.com/invite/n22bmxU78m
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 22 June 2023 – 15:56:50 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 23 June 2023 – 15:39:26 UTC () (1687534766)
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schinese书行者
review_score 8
review_percentage 91
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, Game_Development_Kit SDK, SteamworksNET SDK, UnityBurst SDK, UnityHDRP SDK, UnityIL2CPP SDK, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 9 December 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 11675945
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 23 September 2020 – 16:15:00 UTC (), in changelist #9549978

Supported Languages

11 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes

Tags

🗺️ Adventure 👤 Singleplayer 🌫 Atmospheric 🌆 Isometric 📚 Story Rich 🕵️ Noir 🫠 Surreal 📖 Lore-Rich 🧝 Dark Fantasy 🤫 Mystery 🔎 Point & Click 🙌 First-Person ⛓ Dystopian 🕵️ Detective 🔪 Thriller 🗺 Exploration 📚 Narration 🧩 Puzzle 📚 Visual Novel 🎭 Drama

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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