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The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles

KING Art · THQ Nordic · 2012-12-05

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 05, 2012 (Mac), Dec 05, 2012 (Linux), Dec 05, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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

The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2012, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 467 reviews).

3
playing now
84%
positive of 467 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
8.1h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles is a point-and-click adventure video game created by German developer King Art Games. It is a prequel to The Book of Unwritten Tales that was released in 2009.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 80% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 28,833 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 467 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at MacGameStore (2025-02-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 70 of 134 observed days · $18.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$27.77$1.792015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $7.992015-04-09 — best price $15.412015-06-19 — best price $3.992015-09-12 — best price $19.992015-12-12 — best price $13.992016-03-11 — best price $4.992016-08-04 — best price $5.562016-12-07 — best price $4.992017-06-20 — best price $19.992017-11-16 — best price $4.992018-04-23 — best price $24.542018-07-30 — best price $23.332018-12-01 — best price $19.992019-04-26 — best price $19.992019-08-26 — best price $19.992019-12-09 — best price $19.992020-02-17 — best price $5.002020-06-17 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $4.992021-03-13 — best price $4.992021-07-15 — best price $5.002021-11-24 — best price $4.992022-02-07 — best price $19.992022-06-13 — best price $19.992022-09-08 — best price $4.392022-12-22 — best price $4.992023-03-31 — best price $4.992023-07-18 — best price $19.992023-11-16 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-06-12 — best price $9.992024-11-01 — best price $4.992025-01-13 — best price $4.442025-05-12 — best price $4.992025-09-22 — best price $4.992026-01-02 — best price $4.992026-04-29 — best price $19.992026-08-10 — best price $17.992026-09-24 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1102026-05-31 — 8 pageviews2026-06-04 — 0 pageviews2026-06-08 — 8 pageviews2026-06-12 — 4 pageviews2026-06-16 — 5 pageviews2026-06-20 — 11 pageviews2026-06-24 — 3 pageviews2026-06-28 — 6 pageviews2026-07-02 — 4 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-10 — 7 pageviews2026-07-14 — 6 pageviews2026-07-18 — 4 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-26 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 8 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-19 — 2 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 8 pageviews2026-08-31 — 3 pageviews2026-09-04 — 4 pageviews2026-09-08 — 3 pageviews2026-09-12 — 6 pageviews2026-09-16 — 6 pageviews2026-09-20 — 6 pageviews2026-09-24 — 5 pageviews2026-09-28 — 7 pageviews2026-10-02 — 2 pageviews2026-10-06 — 7 pageviews2026-10-09 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
78.2%
earned "Chest Buster"
49.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2012-12-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,40722%34

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FunnyIndieComedyPuzzleFantasyAdventureSingleplayerPoint & Click

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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