The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales
- Developer
- Do My Best
- Publisher
- tinyBuild
- Released
- 22 June 2023
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £12.79
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One
Genres: puzzle , role playing rpg , turn based strategy tbs , adventure , indie
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.
Best gaming PC for The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by tinyBuild on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 and up | Windows 7 and up |
| CPU | Dual-core | Dual-core |
| RAM | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | GTX 760 and up | GTX 1060 |
| Storage | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| DirectX | — | — |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Dual-core and your GPU is at or above GTX 1060, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.
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