The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales
Fair · Narrative · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 7h
- Value
- $2.14/hr
- Reviews
- 91% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, GTX 760 and up, 12 GB of storage. Windows only.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $3.74, set in June 2025. Its cuts run 60 percent off as a rule. There have been 33 in the 3 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 7 percent on value. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, NORCO ($14.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats The Almost Gone ($9.99, scores 49).
This site sampled 453 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written June 2023 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 74 percent of the 134 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
64% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
4 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 06:07 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This was mostly a point and click with a few simple turn-based battles which I enjoyed to the end. I'm not a big point and click enthusiast, but the story was fine and the experience felt the length it should be, didn't overstay. There are some fun ideas in an entertaining environment, sort of a literature heist. After finishing at just under 7hrs I am not sure if I will try the few optional events, perhaps. I feel...
Some logical lapses notwithstanding, I loveddd it. Really original, I would absolutely read this if it was a book.
I have nothing but praise for this game. The art style, level design/gameplay, and the characters are all amazing.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1432100/the-bookwalker-thief-of-talesReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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