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The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles

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App ID 221830
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher THQ Nordic
Franchise The Book of Unwritten Tales, THQ Nordic
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies OGRE Engine
Last Changenumber 27924129
Last Record Update 11 March 2025 – 23:16:43 UTC ()
Release Date 5 December 2012 – 16:51:00 UTC ()
❓ 78.00%
449 reviews
2
In-Game

Enjoy a thrilling and hilarious point-and-click adventure in the fantasy world of Aventasia

Additional Information

Developer KING Art
gamedir ValveTestApp221830
metacritic_name The Book of Unwritten Tales: Critter Chronicles
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metacritic_score 73
NoServers No
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-book-of-unwritten-tales-critter-chronicles?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
state eStateAvailable
ValidOSList Windows macOS Linux
VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
thirdpartycdkey Yes
Publisher THQ Nordic
Store Release Date 5 December 2012 – 16:51:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Store Asset Modification Time 1 July 2019 – 06:49:08 UTC () (1561963748)
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library_heroen
library_logoen
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pinned_positionCenterCenter
width_pct100
height_pct100
review_score 8
review_percentage 83
Detected Technologies (?) OGRE Engine, Lua SDK, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK
First seen on SteamDB 16 March 2013 – 15:15:27 UTC (), in changelist #177671

Supported Languages

2 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🗺️ Adventure 🔎 Point & Click 🎭 Fantasy 🌱 Indie 🤡 Comedy 👤 Singleplayer 😃 Funny

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Assets

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small_capsule
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header_image
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library_assets_full
library_capsule ↴
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library_hero ↴
image/englishlibrary_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
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logo_position/width_pct100
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Assets
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timestamp30 August 2024 – 10:09:40 UTC
Trailers
2028188 ↴
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timestamp1490802959
2028189 ↴
trailer_nameCritter Chronicles Gameplay Trailer
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2028132 ↴
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timestamp1490802978

Launch Options

0. Play The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles
Executable CritterChronicles.exe
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Play The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles
Operating System   windows
1. Play The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles
Executable Critter Chronicles.app
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Play The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles
Operating System   macos
2. Play The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles
Executable boutvc.sh
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Play The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles
Operating System   linux

Configuration

Key Value
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installdir The Critter Chronicles
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installscriptoverride 1

Install Configuration

Run process

Key Value
directx
process 1%INSTALLDIR%\thirdparty\DirectX\DXSETUP.exe
command 1/silent
descriptionMicrosoft DirectX
nocleanup1
openal
process 1%INSTALLDIR%\thirdparty\OpenAL\oalinst.exe
command 1/s
descriptionCreative Labs OpenAL
nocleanup1
vcredist 2008
process 1%INSTALLDIR%\thirdparty\vc2008\vcredist_x86_2008.exe
command 1/q
descriptionMicrosoft Visual C++ 2008 Redist
nocleanup1
vcredist 2010
process 1%INSTALLDIR%\thirdparty\vc2010\vcredist_x86_2010.exe
command 1/q
descriptionMicrosoft Visual C++ 2010 Redist
nocleanup1
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