Games like Writer. Chapter 1
If Writer. Chapter 1 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Clink, SNAP SNAP and Need For Scream — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Writer. Chapter 1: You, the legendary writer, the “King of Horror,” find yourself at the center of a nightmare. A mysterious place, frighteningly familiar, hides sinister secrets. Explore locations, solve riddles, escape from the monster, collect a story that will become a new masterpiece... if you survive.
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Steam players who put hours into Writer. Chapter 1 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Clink
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Top pick for Writer. Chapter 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
SNAP SNAP
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Writer. Chapter 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
Having collected information about the “unusual corpse” for your journalistic investigation, you return home from the morgue. Something is wrong... The house has changed and there is a creature wandering in it that is afraid of the camera flash. Solve puzzles to get out of the house and survive.
Need For Scream
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Writer. Chapter 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
The year is 2010. You're going on a study exchange to Russia from the United States. You're also running your own blog, and everything is going great—until 2014... that is, until you learn about the cursed village and decide to go there to film a video for your followers.
QR DEAD
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Ranked #4 for Writer. Chapter 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
Your phone is the key to solving the mystery. Scan QR codes, they hold hidden clues. Find herbs for the infusion to save your grandfather. But be careful. A fog has engulfed the village, and a monster with a crossbow for a hand roams within. You are only safe at the altar. Why is it chasing you?
RESTORER
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Ranked #5 for Writer. Chapter 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Alone in the house
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Ranked #6 for Writer. Chapter 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Writer. Chapter 1.
"Alone in the house" is a short horror game. In this chilling horror game, you return to an empty house. Your mother has left a message with tasks for you to complete. As you fulfill each task, eerie events unfold around you. Will you uncover the dark secrets, or succumb to the fear?
KaraDedeler 1989
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Ranked #7 for Writer. Chapter 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
Journalist Mustafa, who heard the news of the "jinn" raid in one of the remote villages of Turkey in 1988, immediately got in his car to investigate the incident and set off.
Paranormal Torment
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Ranked #8 for Writer. Chapter 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
Paranormal Torment is a psychological horror game in the spirit of P.T., where you're trapped in a loop of memory and guilt, forced to relive a tragedy over and over again. He's still waiting for you to come back...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Writer. Chapter 1 at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Writer. Chapter 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Writer. Chapter 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Writer. Chapter 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under Writer. Chapter 1 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~60% under Writer. Chapter 1 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Writer. Chapter 1.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Writer. Chapter 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Writer. Chapter 1.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Writer. Chapter 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
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Priced ~60% under Writer. Chapter 1 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Writer. Chapter 1.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Writer. Chapter 1.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Writer. Chapter 1.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Writer. Chapter 1.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Writer. Chapter 1.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Beshbarmak games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Fuck You Witch
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Another title from Beshbarmak games, the studio behind Writer. Chapter 1. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
Your best friend has confessed her love for you... but the problems don't stop there. You've started to hallucinate. All this interferes with sleeping and eating, and in general disrupts your ideal lifestyle. Yell obscenities at the witch, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Qazaq steppes
10:59
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Another title from Beshbarmak games, the studio behind Writer. Chapter 1. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
You wake up with a bad hangover and don’t recognize your home. You see a boy and you understand... that something is wrong with him. Someone's presence causes anxiety, fear and is about to plunge you into the realm of horror. But you don’t lose hope and try to get out of this nightmare.
Clink
WHY THIS
Another title from Beshbarmak games, the studio behind Writer. Chapter 1. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
Twelve Sticks
WHY THIS
Another title from Beshbarmak games, the studio behind Writer. Chapter 1. Shares Indie with Writer. Chapter 1.
Play hide-and-seek with friends online, hide from the monster, or play as a monster and catch other players. Get scared, have fun, collect points, buy upgrades, and most importantly, have fun.
SNAP SNAP
WHY THIS
Another title from Beshbarmak games, the studio behind Writer. Chapter 1. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
Having collected information about the “unusual corpse” for your journalistic investigation, you return home from the morgue. Something is wrong... The house has changed and there is a creature wandering in it that is afraid of the camera flash. Solve puzzles to get out of the house and survive.
QR DEAD
WHY THIS
Another title from Beshbarmak games, the studio behind Writer. Chapter 1. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
Your phone is the key to solving the mystery. Scan QR codes, they hold hidden clues. Find herbs for the infusion to save your grandfather. But be careful. A fog has engulfed the village, and a monster with a crossbow for a hand roams within. You are only safe at the altar. Why is it chasing you?
VIDeoPHOBIA
WHY THIS
Another title from Beshbarmak games, the studio behind Writer. Chapter 1. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
You are in a room without windows or doors. The TV dimly illuminates the room. What is this, a box? How to open it? After solving the riddle, you find the TV remote control. Click... a door appeared. You step into the darkness and hear laughter... turn around and find out what's behind the screen.
Need For Scream
WHY THIS
Another title from Beshbarmak games, the studio behind Writer. Chapter 1. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
The year is 2010. You're going on a study exchange to Russia from the United States. You're also running your own blog, and everything is going great—until 2014... that is, until you learn about the cursed village and decide to go there to film a video for your followers.
Frequently asked about Writer. Chapter 1
- How much does Writer. Chapter 1 cost?
- Writer. Chapter 1 is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Writer. Chapter 1?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Writer. Chapter 1 are Clink, SNAP SNAP, Need For Scream.
- Who developed Writer. Chapter 1?
- Writer. Chapter 1 was developed by Beshbarmak games.
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