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The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales (2023)

Do My Best

PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

3.63 from 51 ratings

876 members have it in their collection · 6 playing now · 643 backlogged · 31 wish listed

How long? Main story 7h · with extras 7h · 100% 8h (from 5 logged playthroughs)

The Bookwalker is a narrative adventure where you play as Etienne Quist, a writer-turned-thief with the ability to dive into books. Use your powers to traverse reality and book worlds, and track and retrieve famous items like Thor's Hammer and the Excalibur in exchange for your creative freedom.
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Details

Developers
Do My Best
Publishers
tinyBuild
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Mystery
Events
Xbox Games Showcase 2023 Extended, Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2023, Guerrilla Collective Showcase 2023
Steam
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Release dates

  • Jun 22, 2023 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
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Rating distribution

5 stars
8
4 stars
22
3 stars
15
2 stars
6
1 star
0
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Community All Reviews Statuses

Jasyla

Status Jasyla Jul 27, 2023

The concept of this game is really good, and I like a lot of the writing, but playing it is another story. The controls, just getting in the correct position to look at items, are so finicky. The UI is also a bit hard to parse in combat. And not having an option to invert Y when a portion of …

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The concept of this game is really good, and I like a lot of the writing, but playing it is another story. The controls, just getting in the correct position to look at items, are so finicky. The UI is also a bit hard to parse in combat. And not having an option to invert Y when a portion of the game takes place in 1st person with a player controlled camera? Inexcusable.

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cakeatjobs

Status cakeatjobs Jul 11, 2023

Playing on gamepass/Xbox which seems to have some issues. Controls are a little finicky and I've just reached a point in chapter 3 where it seems I can't progress until a patch update is released. But the dev twitter says they're trying to get that out ASAP so withholding any judgement until then because up until this point it's been …

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Playing on gamepass/Xbox which seems to have some issues. Controls are a little finicky and I've just reached a point in chapter 3 where it seems I can't progress until a patch update is released. But the dev twitter says they're trying to get that out ASAP so withholding any judgement until then because up until this point it's been REALLY compelling. Reminds me of oneshot, not in gameplay but in how much it's just sucked me into it's world and story. Something about how the music and environments and dialogue are meshing is just shy of magic. Hopefully this patch comes soon so I can finish and start recommending it to people!

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