The Game Census
The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales cover art

The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales

DO MY BEST · tinyBuild · 2023-06-22

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 22, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 22, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 22, 2023 (Xbox One), Jun 22, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jun 22, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

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.

4
playing now
92%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales is a 2023 adventure game developed by Do My Best Games and published by TinyBuild Games. Players steal items from dimensions where books are real, blending elements of point-and-click adventure games and role-playing video games.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 220 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 56k–126k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,804 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.37-78%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.67-76%
Humble Store$3.74-75%
IndieGala$3.74-75%
WinGameStore$3.74-75%
GamersGate$3.75-75%
GOG$3.89-74%
GOG$3.89-74%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.24 at Fanatical (2026-07-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 99 of 132 observed days · $1.13 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34334320232026Week of 2023-06-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2112026-08-07 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.852023-06-192026-08-302023-06-19 — best price $14.992023-07-12 — best price $12.442023-08-21 — best price $10.312023-10-02 — best price $10.042023-11-06 — best price $9.592023-11-30 — best price $10.192024-01-09 — best price $14.992024-02-08 — best price $8.922024-03-05 — best price $9.742024-03-25 — best price $13.052024-04-20 — best price $6.852024-05-16 — best price $14.992024-06-07 — best price $13.052024-07-16 — best price $8.992024-08-15 — best price $8.992024-09-24 — best price $7.642024-10-25 — best price $7.502024-12-03 — best price $11.012025-01-05 — best price $11.012025-02-03 — best price $12.712025-03-14 — best price $5.992025-04-17 — best price $4.582025-05-20 — best price $5.992025-06-30 — best price $6.002025-08-07 — best price $3.742025-09-04 — best price $14.992025-10-15 — best price $3.742025-11-16 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $2.852026-01-23 — best price $3.742026-03-04 — best price $3.742026-04-11 — best price $14.992026-05-14 — best price $3.892026-06-13 — best price $11.892026-07-14 — best price $13.202026-08-13 — best price $3.742026-08-30 — best price $3.37
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2112026-05-27 — 13 pageviews2026-05-30 — 8 pageviews2026-06-02 — 6 pageviews2026-06-05 — 3 pageviews2026-06-08 — 7 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1 pageviews2026-06-17 — 6 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-23 — 7 pageviews2026-06-26 — 12 pageviews2026-06-29 — 15 pageviews2026-07-02 — 4 pageviews2026-07-05 — 9 pageviews2026-07-08 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 5 pageviews2026-07-17 — 5 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1 pageviews2026-07-23 — 8 pageviews2026-07-26 — 17 pageviews2026-07-29 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 10 pageviews2026-08-04 — 7 pageviews2026-08-07 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 5 pageviews2026-08-13 — 1 pageviews2026-08-16 — 10 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-22 — 11 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
63.8%
earned "Alternate Solution"
28.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2,3569%37

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

Player tags

NoirMysterySurrealThrillerAdventureDetectiveIsometricLore-RichDystopian Story Rich

Census log

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

Players also track

Savage LandsReverse CrawlOmensight: Definitive EditionPLANET ALPHAForgotton AnneGreedFallSwords & Souls: NeverseenEternity: The Last Unicorn

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗Discord ↗