Single-player games like The Novelist
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Novelist, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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The Story of The Flood
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Novelist.
Gods decide to bring the flood of water upon the earth. Salvage what you think is valuable and bring it back to base. It's a psychological test of the apocalypse, also an interactive experiment about trade-offs.
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AI Dungeon
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Novelist.
An AI-powered text-based RPG like you've never played before. Write stories, interact with realistic characters, and experience virtually infinite worlds and genres. Escape to alternate universes where you direct the action and anything is possible!
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Wheels of Aurelia
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Novelist.
A narrative road trip game set in the roaring Italian 70s, it tells the story of Lella, a restless woman driving on the roads of the western coast of Italy, the famous “Via Aurelia”.
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White Day 2: The Flower That Tells Lies - Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Novelist.
Return to Yeondu High School and uncover the dark truth that remained hidden in this direct sequel to the Korean horror classic. Investigate bizarre phenomena, evade bloodthirsty killers, and unravel a twisting narrative spread across three unnerving episodes.
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The Assembly
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Novelist.
A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.
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Those Who Remain
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Novelist.
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.
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Grotto
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Novelist.
Grotto is a mystical, narrative-focused experience. You are the Soothsayer. The one capable of talking with the stars and unveiling their messages. In a time of turmoil, the tribe of the valley turn to your powers of divination and come to you for guidance.
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Thirty Flights of Loving
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Novelist.
This surprising first-person story tells the tale of a heist gone wrong. Encounter high-flying schemers, lovelorn criminals, and more stray kittens than you can shake a stick at.
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Novelist.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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Gone Home
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Novelist.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Novelist.
Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.
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Near Death
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Novelist.
Stranded at an abandoned Antarctic research base with no hope of rescue, you must battle a deadly blizzard in a desperate fight to find your way home.