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Orthogonal Games · 2013 · 74 % positive of 1,024

24 games that play like The Novelist and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life, Mists of Aiden and Hazy Mind.

Player tags

  • Story Rich
  • Choices Matter
  • Atmospheric
  • Stealth
  • Indie
  • First-Person
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Multiple Endings

At a glance

What games like The Novelist have in common

  • The tags they share most often with The Novelist: Story Rich (19 of 24), Interactive Fiction (14) and Choices Matter (13).
  • They came out between 2013 and 2024, 22 of them after The Novelist (2013).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Scarlet Hollow (98 % positive of 3,071).
  • Gone Home and Bucket Detective both play and look like The Novelist.

By gameplay

Plays like The Novelist

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Bucket Detective86 % positive of 265Shared: Story Rich · First-Person · Walking Simulator
  2. Answer Knot89 % positive of 702Shared: First-Person · Interactive Fiction · Walking Simulator
  3. Oxenfree91 % positive of 11,840Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
  4. Tell Me Why82 % positive of 13,883Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
  5. This Is Not Your House84 % positive of 180Shared: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Multiple Endings
  6. I Saw Black Clouds62 % positive of 591Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction
  7. Along the Edge91 % positive of 361Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction
  8. Scarlet Hollow98 % positive of 3,071Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction
  9. Buried: An Interactive Story95 % positive of 159Shared: Interactive Fiction · Indie · Adventure
  10. Eternal Threads86 % positive of 728Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction
  11. Dear Esther75 % positive of 6,122Shared: Story Rich · First-Person · Interactive Fiction
  12. Insomnis91 % positive of 259Shared: Choices Matter · First-Person · Multiple Endings

By look

Looks like The Novelist

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Lorelai90 % positive of 1,459
  2. Journal78 % positive of 350
  3. [Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備89 % positive of 862
  4. Somewhere in the Shadow79 % positive of 708
  5. Escape until Friday83 % positive of 193
  6. Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise71 % positive of 414
  7. ALONE?41 % positive of 186
  8. Bucket Detective86 % positive of 265
  9. Burnhouse Lane93 % positive of 971
  10. The Visitor75 % positive of 207
  11. Little Kite85 % positive of 166
  12. The Stanley Parable92 % positive of 44,982

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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