Book of Travels

I don't mind that the game failed. I don't mind they couldn't deliver. I *do* mind that they couldn't even implement a peer to peer system instead of turning it into a purely single player offline experience. I paid 20+ for this and now it's 5? Bit of a piss take really.

A cancelled story-focussed "indie MMO" with some very interesting ideas. Sadly, development has been stopped and they're pulling the plug on all online components in a few weeks from the time of writing. This could have been something amazingly unique and uniquely amazing, but in its current state I cannot recommend it to anyone.

I decided to support Book of Travels something like 4 years ago, even tho the price (30€) was a bit high for an Early access title, but I did it because I saw huge potential in the game. I played 20 hours and, as I imagined, the game was lacking a lot of mechanics and areas but that was fine. Many years after that, the game is still lacking content to be considered somewhat finished, but the devs announced they will stop working on it... I mean, it's ok making the game offline if that makes it sustainable, but completely stopping to work for new content?? How should a new player trust the developers and buy a future game from them??

Book of Travels has a beautiful atmosphere, but the unfinished systems and removed features that were never added back completely killed it for me. It feels like the game was abandoned halfway through its own vision. I can’t even justify spending $4 on this. I’d honestly rather burn the money or give it to someone who actually needs it than support developers who left the game in this state. - Book of Travels is going offline, July 31, 2026

It looks gorgeous and unique, but they forgot to make a game.

well this was a game i'd been looking at and wanting to play for years ever since i heard about it, and now its 1$ and i see they're stopping development, but from the 25 minutes i played it feels barely finished. "Your money or your life," says the bandit, only to stand there and do absolutely nothing when you refuse. They just allow you to walk off. Wow, great game! TLDR: This game feels like a completely unfinished tech demo and is barely a game to speak of, with nonfunctional systems everywhere you can possibly look, and half of the game broken or purposefully removed according to the developers... who then declared that the game was permanently unfixable and that they were going to cease development on it... i can't say i have respect for them with that in mind, as this is barely a game, moreso a tech demo, and 1$ is a fair price for that. for what it's worth, it's a pretty game, but that's about it. it's largely unfunctional in a way that reminds me of some roblox games. maybe modders can fix the game for the developers and actually make something worth playing, but that'll take a very long time.

Another failed Early Access title. This game will never be finished/realized and I'll eat the mistake of handing over money before it was completed. A reminder to never buy into Early Access. Might and Delight has lost any faith I had in them as a developer and I will not buy their games ever again.

"Book of Travels is all about the journey," they said. Then they cut that journey short by abandoning its development. 100 hours into Early Access, my character was level 9 with over 100k value worth of goods (it would've been even more if they hadn't reworked the inventory system). I was eagerly waiting for the new content, the new regions they promised, and then suddenly: "Server shutdown. Thanks for playing. Lmao" That's it. Where's all the new content? Where are the cities and lands we were promised to explore? A vision cut short.

I am beyond sad about the recent news of the servers closing. This was supposed to be a poetic, online multiplayer game. This was supposed to be a world to explore, with lore, incredible music and magnificent art. Instead we got but a glimpse of these things, and we will never see it complete. This game was supposed to be about emotions too, but the only emotion it makes me feel is emptiness. By all means support the artists and people who had vision for this project... But it seems like these people have already left the studio. Cursed be management and every decision that lead to the lay-offs at Might & Delight, and the end of this wonderful project.