Games like The Book of Unwritten Tales
If The Book of Unwritten Tales is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, Day of the Tentacle Remastered and Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its engaging puzzles, nostalgic charm and tongue in cheek humor. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About The Book of Unwritten Tales: In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact.
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
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Shares point and click adventure, puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Top pick for The Book of Unwritten Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
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Shares a whimsical mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Second-strongest match for The Book of Unwritten Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™
WHY THIS
Shares point and click adventure and an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Third-strongest match for The Book of Unwritten Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood, and the now zombie pirate LeChuck, return in what has long been considered one of the greatest LucasArts adventure games of all time.
The Longest Journey
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Shares point and click adventure, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Ranked #4 for The Book of Unwritten Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
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Shares point and click adventure, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Ranked #5 for The Book of Unwritten Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
From the creators of the award winning games “The Whispered World” and “Deponia” comes this extraordinary game Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes.
Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Ranked #6 for The Book of Unwritten Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please! are a couple of rip-roaring point-and-click adventure games . With tongue firmly in cheek, sit back, relax, and put your mind to work solving puzzles, and reading some very funny dialogue. It's like a book, only good!
Armikrog
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Ranked #7 for The Book of Unwritten Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Armikrog is a unique stop motion clay animated point and click adventure game from the creators of Earthworm Jim and the Neverhood. Unravel the mysteries of the fortress that holds Tommynaut and his blind alien talking dog Beak-Beak captive through exploration and puzzle solving!
The Night of the Rabbit
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Ranked #8 for The Book of Unwritten Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Lose yourself in a tale of magic and wonder, where anything is possible and where nothing is quite as it seems: join young Jerry and follow a peculiar white rabbit to the wondrous realm of Mousewood, a land where critters can speak and where mystery abounds.
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The Walking Dead
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Reviewers of The Book of Unwritten Tales cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
Return to Monkey Island
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Shares a whimsical mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Reviewers of The Book of Unwritten Tales cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
WHY THIS
Shares point and click adventure, puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Reviewers of The Book of Unwritten Tales cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
Dear Esther
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
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Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure
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Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
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Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.
World of Witchcraft
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Reviewers of The Book of Unwritten Tales cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Immerse yourself in a world where ambition, magic, and lust intertwine.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Book of Unwritten Tales at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under The Book of Unwritten Tales on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
PEAK
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Priced ~60% under The Book of Unwritten Tales on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Inscryption
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Priced ~60% under The Book of Unwritten Tales on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Noita
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Priced ~60% under The Book of Unwritten Tales on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~95% under The Book of Unwritten Tales on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Papers, Please
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Priced ~50% under The Book of Unwritten Tales on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Iron Harvest
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Another title from KING Art, the studio behind The Book of Unwritten Tales.
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
The Dwarves
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Another title from KING Art, the studio behind The Book of Unwritten Tales.
A few heroes are facing hundreds of foes – are you even able to lead the coolest fantasy people to victory against the dark hordes? Explore a vast world, fight tactical real-time battles, and experience the fantastic story based on the bestseller "The Dwarves".
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
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Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Another title from KING Art, the studio behind The Book of Unwritten Tales. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Every world needs its heroes. However unlikely they may seem. Join Wilbur, Ivo, Nate and Critter in another classic point-and-click adventure in the wicked world of Aventásia. Help them fulfill their destiny. A destiny as yet unwritten.
The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Another title from KING Art, the studio behind The Book of Unwritten Tales. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
'The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story, combining thrill-of-the-chase whodunit with the risk and reward of a heist story. Paris, 1960.
Black Mirror
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Another title from KING Art, the studio behind The Book of Unwritten Tales. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Scotland, 1926. Following the death of his father, David Gordon visits his ancestral home for the first time in his life. A life that is soon threatened by the dark secrets that claimed the sanity of many Gordons before him. Black Mirror Castle demands an offering.
The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles
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Shares a whimsical mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Another title from KING Art, the studio behind The Book of Unwritten Tales. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Enjoy a thrilling and hilarious point-and-click adventure in the fantasy world of Aventasia
The Raven Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Another title from KING Art, the studio behind The Book of Unwritten Tales. Shares Adventure with The Book of Unwritten Tales.
London, 1964. An ancient ruby is stolen from the British Museum. At the crime scene: a raven feather. Is somebody trying to follow in the footsteps of The Raven, the legendary master thief who disappeared years before?
Battle Worlds: Kronos
WHY THIS
Another title from KING Art, the studio behind The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Battle Worlds: Kronos is a classic turn-based strategy game in the tradition of Battle Isle, Advance Wars and Panzer General. Have you ever wondered what games like that would look like today? Well, we did. As a result, we decided to develope Battle Worlds: Kronos.
Frequently asked about The Book of Unwritten Tales
- Does The Book of Unwritten Tales run on Steam Deck?
- The Book of Unwritten Tales is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does The Book of Unwritten Tales cost?
- The Book of Unwritten Tales is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Book of Unwritten Tales?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Book of Unwritten Tales are The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, Day of the Tentacle Remastered, Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™.
- Who developed The Book of Unwritten Tales?
- The Book of Unwritten Tales was developed by KING Art and published by THQ Nordic.
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