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The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales

DO MY BEST · tinyBuild · 2023-06-22

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric

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.

The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2023, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 2825 reviews).

6
playing now
91%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
4.51★
PlayStation Store rating (268 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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
  • · 6 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 8% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 57k–127k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,825 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$3.74-75%
WinGameStore$3.74-75%
GameBillet$3.75-75%
GamersGate$3.75-75%
GOG$3.89-74%
GOG$3.89-74%
Microsoft Store$14.99

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 131 of 164 observed days · $1.50 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

1712026-09-15 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 17 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1435Jun 2023Aug 2026Jun 2023 — avg 143 · peak 307Jul 2023 — avg 31 · peak 149Aug 2023 — avg 12 · peak 39Sep 2023 — avg 7 · peak 27Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 20Nov 2023 — avg 10 · peak 31Dec 2023 — avg 11 · peak 31Jan 2024 — avg 10 · peak 31Feb 2024 — avg 10 · peak 37Mar 2024 — avg 8 · peak 29Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18May 2024 — avg 8 · peak 26Jun 2024 — avg 7 · peak 27Jul 2024 — avg 8 · peak 23Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 43Sep 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20Nov 2024 — avg 34 · peak 91Dec 2024 — avg 29 · peak 73Jan 2025 — avg 20 · peak 48Feb 2025 — avg 16 · peak 38Mar 2025 — avg 11 · peak 27Apr 2025 — avg 9 · peak 23May 2025 — avg 11 · peak 27Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 22Aug 2025 — avg 12 · peak 34Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 24Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 27Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Jan 2026 — avg 10 · peak 33Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 28Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 23May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 32Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 21Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.852023-06-192026-10-142023-06-19 — best price $14.992023-07-17 — best price $12.442023-09-12 — best price $14.992023-11-01 — best price $11.992023-11-30 — best price $10.192024-01-18 — best price $9.742024-02-19 — best price $8.282024-03-22 — best price $11.012024-04-20 — best price $6.852024-05-21 — best price $8.842024-06-30 — best price $8.992024-08-08 — best price $14.992024-09-24 — best price $7.642024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-12-17 — best price $14.992025-01-26 — best price $5.992025-03-14 — best price $5.992025-04-23 — best price $5.992025-06-18 — best price $5.992025-07-31 — best price $14.992025-09-04 — best price $14.992025-10-27 — best price $3.742025-11-30 — best price $14.992026-01-16 — best price $3.452026-03-04 — best price $3.742026-04-23 — best price $14.992026-05-30 — best price $3.752026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-13 — best price $3.742026-09-03 — best price $3.892026-09-18 — best price $3.742026-10-03 — best price $3.892026-10-14 — best price $3.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2102026-05-27 — 13 pageviews2026-05-31 — 10 pageviews2026-06-04 — 10 pageviews2026-06-08 — 7 pageviews2026-06-12 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 7 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 13 pageviews2026-06-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-02 — 4 pageviews2026-07-06 — 7 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 5 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-26 — 17 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 7 pageviews2026-08-07 — 14 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 21 pageviews2026-08-27 — 6 pageviews2026-08-31 — 5 pageviews2026-09-04 — 9 pageviews2026-09-08 — 6 pageviews2026-09-12 — 8 pageviews2026-09-16 — 3 pageviews2026-09-20 — 9 pageviews2026-09-24 — 6 pageviews2026-09-28 — 15 pageviews2026-10-02 — 6 pageviews2026-10-06 — 9 pageviews2026-10-10 — 7 pageviews2026-10-12 — 1 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-07-10, latest 2023-08-04 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

NoirMysterySurrealThrillerAdventureDetectiveIsometricLore-RichDystopian Story Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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