# Drafting Tales

Summer DB entity ID: a9ec2116\-cd38\-4a04\-ad8f\-7db13b95f97d

Steam App ID: 976030

In Drafting Tales you are new writer working from your apartment\. Your goal is to become a well\-known and successful author\!  You produce works of literature, whose quality depends on the genre/topic combinations that you choose and the effort points that you allocate to your work’s literary elements\.  As you gain experience, you unlock new work types, genres, topics and purchasable items which provide you with perks, allowing you to improve your works and progress in the game\. Key Features     Write articles, short\-stories, non\-fiction and novels\.    Select genre/topic combinations and allocate effort points to your work’s literary elements\.    Discover the ideal genre/topic and effort point combinations by asking your peers for feedback\.    You have limited inspiration, so you'll need to develop appropriate strategies to maximise the number of works you produce and keep up with your expenses\.    Query agents and publishers\.    Get your works published, receive reviews and gain fans\.    Customise and self\-publish your books\.    Post your articles and short\-stories to your website\.    Get nominated for awards\.    Earn money, purchase items from the store and upgrade to a new home\.    Retire rich and famous on your yacht\!

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Istotex

- Publisher: Istotex

- Release date: Dec 11, 2020

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy

- Categories: Single\-player, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/976030/ss\_c3b872367e7c59f8cd2413e48c7034c21cd20412\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1754564605, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/976030/ss\_ef04241642d4d4a5bc1a8f455ea25cbd4987128d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1754564605, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/976030/ss\_13790115172fd9e10bcd193712a3dfba81b85996\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1754564605, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/976030/ss\_ee32fddf67bed2bdd2aff711d38d8d8a89d9f745\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1754564605, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/976030/ss\_5382a429472ca11f1b2db86c907a69de044399ca\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1754564605, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/976030/ss\_28bbf3e5216bffca4a3d155ce018819b20aea755\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1754564605, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/976030/ss\_e421ee95f54e192dcdcad0c250454fabee06a24a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1754564605, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/976030/ss\_c50242b5da5b29196b6a9ead0ae031dba135b4c5\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1754564605, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/976030/ss\_fa01f6c9f7293a678d85e605d03dd2bd37f9e38c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1754564605, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/976030/ss\_7e0cbad161bbbb04bc481f454345d6ad3e5b4892\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1754564605, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/976030/ss\_42e31a83d8f607dee52b51f6de9cbc87440e2444\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1754564605

- Price: 1299 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 88

- Steam positive reviews: 61

- Steam negative reviews: 27

- Steam positive percentage: 69.31818181818181%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T22:28:06\.472721\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T22:28:08\.276368\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T22:28:07\.481445\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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