Book Shooter

Book Shooter

Released Aug 2025

《Book Shooter》is a tower defense roguelike game where YOU become the magic tome! Transmigrated into a fantasy world, you inhabit legendary books like An Actor's Work, The Bible, and A Brief History of Time. You will face many enemies, come and fight!

86% positive · 149 reviews
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Evaluation

Book Shooter launched its official 1.0 version on August 22, 2025, with 38 magical books, 11 Magic Colleges, and a full set of core systems. Since launch, SOS GameLab has maintained a consistent update cadence. In the first weeks following release, multiple feature and balance patches shipped. On October 17, 2025, a major update introduced the Creative Workshop — a full MOD creation and Steam Workshop integration system — representing the most substantial post-launch addition. Further feature patches followed in January 2026 (new passive spells and bug fixes) and March 26, 2026 (five additional new spells and text fixes). Across the post-launch period, the developer has shipped one named major content update and multiple feature patches adding new spells, passive abilities, difficulty modes, and gameplay systems. The developer has not announced specific future content, nor have they stated that development is complete. The most recent communication was on March 26, 2026 — approximately six months before today's date of September 24, 2026. The established interval between the major content drops and feature patches has ranged from a few weeks to about three months, placing the current six-month silence at or near the outer edge of that pattern. There is no announcement of a winding-down of development, but the silence since March 26, 2026 is notable. On balance, the sustained update history across the first year of release supports ongoing development, though the gap since the last update is worth watching.
Evidence
Major update: Creative Workshop goes live, enabling MOD creation and customization. Developer states they will continue to release official MODs in the future.
news post · Oct 17, 2025 source content shipped
high
Official 1.0 launch of Book Shooter with 38 magical books, 11 Magic Colleges, and core game systems including Steam Workshop support teased.
news post · Aug 22, 2025 source content shipped
high

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
YuetteGames
Achievements
71
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

《Book Shooter》is a magic shooting game similar to rogue, tower defense, and vampire survival.

In the mysterious forbidden area, you are awakened as a book, with a Bible that can do magic, advanced mathematics that can fight, and a The Emperor's New (Clothes×)Book!

The gods in the forbidden area want to devour you all the time. Open the magic book to learn magic, defeat the gods, and get the forbidden power.

  • You can freely match books, title pages, colleges, and concentration

  • Progressive challenges, diverse enemies and rewards, powerful enemies are waiting for you to challenge

  • Fight the final boss, it's time to test you, remember not to panic!

  • Defeat the boss, get mysterious drops and ink, it's time to start the Elemental Academy!

Last evaluated Sep 24, 2026
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