Single-player games like The Novelist
Below are 11 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 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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The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Novelist.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
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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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While We Wait Here
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Novelist.
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to 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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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Novelist.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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Roadwarden
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Novelist.
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
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Ghost on the Shore
Single-player alternative to The Novelist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Novelist.
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
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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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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.