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Monk Took Book

SquarePlay Games

A game about organizing, stacking and remembering where you put hundreds of books in a cozy-creepy medieval library. Play solo or with up to three fellow monks.

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Welcome, Novice, to Holy Island, home to the greatest monastic library of the Dark Ages! You are tasked with running this revered place of learning, and completing our Legendary Collection...

Every morning new books are delivered, each bearing a distinct symbol upon their cover. Remember them well! Then place them upon shelves according to thine own design.

Cometh the night, you must deliver the Scribes their chosen tomes. Recall where thy books are placed, for this is a test of thine memory!

The Abbot shall reward thy toils with Blessings. Spend them on Perkes to Level Up thy Strength, Speed and Carpentry skill. Or expand the Collection by raising new and lofty shelves or unlocking new chambers.

After dark, vermin, spirits and all manner of beasts shall assail thy Collection. Take up thy dagger, crossbow or holy cross to preserve thy labours. Then use the quill to restore any damaged books. Note that thou can reduce or disable thy foes if a more chilled experience is desired.

Immerse thyself in a host of systems-based emergent gameplay, including simulated flame and combustion, water dousing by pail, the chaotic physics of tumbling and thrown books, a day and night cycle, ballistic weapons and melee combat.

Revel in a myriad of features and Quality of Life benefits with thy brethren:

  • Explore a hand-crafted monastic library

  • Carry books in great stacks or throw them vast distances

  • Play first or third person

  • Up to four players

  • Granular difficulty options: reduce, increase or disable some or all enemies

  • Control book rates for a more chill experience

  • Proximity voice chat

  • Public and private lobby

  • Steam invites

  • Copy/paste lobby join codes

  • In game text chat

  • Full key rebinding

  • Manual and autosave

  • FoV slider

  • Headbob slider

  • Gamma slider

  • Window or fullscreen mode

  • Widescreen support

  • Delight in the harmony of ordered shelves, the quiet rustle of parchment and the mirth of shared labour!

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  1. Monk Took BookSteam patch notes

    Hotte Fixe 1.0.2.5 hath gone live

    Greetings Novices, The abbot thanks thee for thy reports of bugs. And thy assistance. Hotte Fix 1.0.2.5: -Fixed an issue where selling a perk before buying one in that session…

  2. Monk Took BookSteam patch notes

    Hotte Fixe 1.0.2.4 hath gone live

    Greetings Novices! Notice, you can file any bugs in game by pressing F1 while playing. Hotte fixe 1.0.2.4: -further work on colliders around check out desk to prevent books…

  3. Monk Took BookSteam patch notes

    Hotte Fixxe 1.0.2.3 hath been deployed

    Greetings Novices, Apologies to clog up your bandwidth with a further update so soon. But I wanted to make a small speculative fix to address a problem a few people reported,…

  4. Monk Took BookSteam patch notes

    Thy Hotfix 1.0.2.2 hath been deployed

    Greetings Novices! Thanks to everyone who picked up the game, we really appreciate your support! Just a quick one - I've got a hotfix that fixes a rare bug that was causing books…

  5. Monk Took BookSteam announcement

    Monk Took Book hath launched!

    Greetings Novices! Monk Took Book hath launched today! And with it, our definitely hilarious new Launch Trailer: We hope you enjoy your time at the Abbey, even if it does rain…

  6. Monk Took BookSteam announcement
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  8. Monk Took BookSteam announcement

    Next Fest: Major Demo Update

    Greetings! We have a new Major Update for the our co-op demo for this Summer's Next Fest 2026. Check out the new trailer below! Let's take a closer look at what's in the new…

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