Library Tidying Game Monk Took Book Opens With 100% Positive Reviews
A two-person London studio has opened a sortslop title at a perfect review score by pairing free-form book sorting with a busy action layer at night.
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SquarePlay Games released Monk Took Book on Steam on September 4. Players sort books as apprentice monks in a medieval monastery library, with support for up to four players. Night brings undead, thieves, rats, and fires that require combat. All 98 user reviews are positive, earning a Very Positive rating. The game is 10 percent off at 1035 yen until September 18.
SquarePlay Games is a two-person studio in London run by Ali and Sarah, who previously made the city builder Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up and the survival craft game Space Trash Scavenger. Monk Took Book is a different shape: books arrive each morning with cover symbols but no titles or authors, so players sort them by the pictures. Scribes come to borrow specific books during the day, and at night undead, poltergeists, and thieves attack, joined by rats that gnaw the collection and spiders that web it. Players fight with swords and crossbows, or throw books. The game is 10 percent off at 1035 yen until September 18.
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