The Book of Unwritten Tales

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App ID	215160
App Type	Game
Developer	KING Art
Publisher	THQ Nordic
Franchise	The Book of Unwritten Tales, THQ Nordic
Supported Systems	Windows macOS Linux
Technologies	OGRE Engine
Last Changenumber	28970267
Last Record Update	13 May 2025 – 23:47:39 UTC ()
Release Date	31 July 2012 – 17:00:00 UTC ()

😎 87.01%

2k reviews

In-Game

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

Additional Information

Developer

KING Art

gamedir

The Book of Unwritten Tales

metacritic_name

The Book of Unwritten Tales

icon

empty string

metacritic_score

NoServers

metacritic_fullurl

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-book-of-unwritten-tales?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f

state

eStateAvailable

ValidOSList

Windows macOS Linux

GameManualURL

https://store.steampowered.com/manual/215160/

VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed

Yes

sourcegame

Yes

DLCAvailableOnStore

Yes

Publisher

THQ Nordic

Store Release Date

31 July 2012 – 17:11:00 UTC ()

community_hub_visible

Yes

Primary Genre

Adventure (25)

Store Genres

Adventure (25)

Steam Release Date

31 July 2012 – 17:00:00 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

1 July 2019 – 06:21:16 UTC () (1561962076)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	CenterCenter
width_pct	81.50525087514586
height_pct	67.47803372120637

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

OGRE Engine, Lua SDK, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
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
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
category: Playable
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 2 November 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 502453

configuration:

supported_input	other
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	1
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	1
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

First seen on SteamDB

11 February 2013 – 10:51:30 UTC (), in changelist #179438

Supported Languages

5 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles	Achievements
English	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
French			Yes
Spanish - Spain			Yes
Korean			Yes

Assets

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clienticon

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clienttga

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icon

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logo

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logo_small

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clienticns

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LinuxClientIcon

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small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
logo_position/pinned_position	CenterCenter
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logo_position/height_pct	67.47803372120637

Assets

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small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
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library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	7970941b9969f0ba36aa8382757c5c46bb00b248.jpg
page_background_path	app/215160
timestamp	30 August 2024 – 10:08:12 UTC

Trailers

81899 ↴
trailer_name	The Book of Unwritten Tales Release Trailer
trailer_category	0
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trailer_480p/video/mp4	81899/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	81899/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	81899/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	215160/8486/be62fd868877d894c5fecf758262c83860273e37/1750481002/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	215160/8486/be62fd868877d894c5fecf758262c83860273e37/1750481002/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	81899/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	81899/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	8486
all_ages	true
timestamp	1490709214
81891 ↴
trailer_name	The Book of Unwritten Tales Trailer
trailer_category	0
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trailer_max/video/mp4	81891/movie_max.mp4
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microtrailer/video/mp4	215160/8417/6c2ec57b545b6299ccd39d195ebf8c443db675ea/1750481002/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	81891/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	81891/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	8417
all_ages	true
timestamp	1490709224
81892 ↴
trailer_name	The Book of Unwritten Tales Mummy Trailer
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	81892/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	81892/movie480.mp4
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trailer_max/video/mp4	81892/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	215160/8418/033a272d5874cd5980ca1531961e81f4b95ce538/1750481002/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	215160/8418/033a272d5874cd5980ca1531961e81f4b95ce538/1750481002/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	81892/movie.293x165.jpg
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trailer_base_id	8418
all_ages	true
timestamp	1490711560

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
215161	Windows The Book of Unwritten Tales PC Content	3.21 GiB	0 B
215162	macOS The Book of Unwritten Tales Mac Content	3.38 GiB	0 B
215163	Windows EnglishBOUT ENGLISH PC	2.24 GiB	0 B
215164	Windows GermanBOUT GERMAN PC	2.32 GiB	0 B
215165	macOS EnglishBOUT ENGLISH MAC	2.25 GiB	0 B
215166	macOS GermanBOUT GERMAN MAC	2.32 GiB	0 B
215167	Windows BOUT THIRDPARTY PC	107.71 MiB	0 B
215200	DLC 215200The Book of Unwritten Tales Extras DLC Content	316.93 MiB	0 B
215170	Linux The Book of Unwritten Tales Linux Content	3.39 GiB	0 B
215171	Linux EnglishBOUT ENGLISH LINUX	2.24 GiB	0 B
215172	Linux GermanBOUT GERMAN LINUX	2.32 GiB	0 B
215168	Windows FrenchBOUT FRENCH PC	2.24 GiB	0 B
215169	Windows Spanish - SpainBOUT SPANISH PC	2.24 GiB	0 B
215173	macOS FrenchBOUT FRENCH MAC	2.24 GiB	0 B
215174	macOS Spanish - SpainBOUT SPANISH MAC	2.24 GiB	0 B
215175	Linux FrenchBOUT FRENCH LINUX	2.24 GiB	0 B
215176	Linux Spanish - SpainBOUT SPANISH LINUX	2.24 GiB	0 B
215177	Windows KoreanBOUT KOREAN PC	2.26 GiB	2.25 GiB

Total size on disk is 39.81 GiB and total download size is 2.25 GiB.

Total size on disk is 5.56 GiB and total download size is 0 B, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		502453

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Name	Value
overridescddb	1
markdlcdepots	1
baselanguages
privatebranches	1

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