The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles
Release date: Dec 5, 2012
Developers: KING Art
Publishers: THQ Nordic
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, German

The Critter Chronicles tell the story of how adventurer Nate Bonnett and Critter, his hairy sidekick, first met, all set before their appearance in Wilbur’s and Ivo’s adventure in The Book of Unwritten Tales. Enjoy a thrilling and hilarious point-and-click adventure in the fantasy world of Aventasia. Travel from the Northlands to the Mage’s Tower of Seastone and experience a story that offers tremendous fun for seasoned players of “The Book of Unwritten Tales” and newcomers alike. Key Features Play as both Nate and Critter: You and you alone decide with whom you want to spend more time. Meet new characters such as animal rights activist Petra, a schizophrenic Yeti, and the “Critters”. Choose between two levels of difficulty: “Normal” (approximately the same difficulty as BOUT) and “Hard” (for true veteran adventurers). Enjoy high-resolution backgrounds, improved animations and sounds! Real-time lightning of 3d-models and objects (including volumetric lighing) Soft raytraced shadows of real-time objects on the backgrounds Support of all screen resolutions up to 1920x1200 and wide-screen support Improved animations with facial animation and lip movement Watch a beautiful and emotional tale unfold in about 10-12 hours of playing time. Stand alone add-on to the highly acclaimed 'The Book of Unwritten Tales' 

Press reviews: 'Critter Chronicles is definitely one of the best adventure games in the entire world. It has a nice, simple story, fantastic dialogue, great sense of humor, exceptionally likable characters, excellent English dubbing and really pretty graphics.' 9/10 – GRY Online 'Critter Chronicles took me about a dozen hours to complete, and I consistently found it to be enjoyable during that time. The puzzles work well and are sometimes challenging, the writing is amusing enough that the game is entertaining to watch as well as play, and the voice acting is once again terrific.' 83/100 – Game Over 'A top shelf adventure game with great puzzles, a smart sense of humor, and penguins!' 4.5/5 – Gamezebo