Single-player games like Writer. Chapter 1
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Writer. Chapter 1, 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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Clink
Single-player alternative to Writer. Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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Fuck You Witch
Single-player alternative to Writer. Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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
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Lair of Torment
Single-player alternative to Writer. Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...
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Too Well Hidden
Single-player alternative to Writer. Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Writer. Chapter 1.
A found footage horror game about two sisters who often play hide and seek in their family home, recording everything with their mother's VHS camera. What begins innocently, soon turns disturbing, when it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong.
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EarWorm
Single-player alternative to Writer. Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.
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The Strange Lights
Single-player alternative to Writer. Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
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April 24th
Single-player alternative to Writer. Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Writer. Chapter 1.
The main character is an experienced journalist who always strives to uncover the truth. He manages to gain access to the house, which is guarded by the police.
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Find Yourself
Single-player alternative to Writer. Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Writer. Chapter 1.
Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.
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10:59
Single-player alternative to Writer. Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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SNAP SNAP
Single-player alternative to Writer. Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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QR DEAD
Single-player alternative to Writer. Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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VIDeoPHOBIA
Single-player alternative to Writer. Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Need For Scream
Single-player alternative to Writer. Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.