The Book of Unwritten Tales

About

The Book of Unwritten Tales is a point-and-click adventure where you control four separate characters. Switching between them is key to solving puzzles that often require teamwork. Explore 60 locations filled with 250 interactible items and 40 NPCs while figuring out a story about a war-torn world and a powerful artefact. The game's brain teasers are woven into a narrative that typically takes 20 hours to finish. The standout is its use of multiple protagonists letting you switch between two or three at a time to solve puzzles that demand coordination. Players praise the clever integration of story and challenges though the 20-hour runtime means it's a commitment. A mix of humor and dark fantasy keeps the tone fresh even as the story leans into familiar adventure game tropes.

Storyline

In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbours the dark secret of a powerful artefact. Whoever calls this artefact his own, will determine the fate of the world. While the Army of the Shadows sends out its best and most devious agents to discover the secret, the Alliance's four heroes find themselves involuntarily drawn into the crisis...