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Games like The Novelist

2013PC78 % positive5.19 €

You play an invisible ghost in a lake house, sneaking around to read the thoughts and wishes of novelist Dan, his wife and his son, then choosing whose needs come first. Each compromise shapes the family's story and the fate of his book.

Choices with consequences
Sneaking and hiding
Strong, story-driven narrative

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The closest matches for The Novelist are Beholder, Back to the Dawn and Do Not Feed the Monkeys. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Novelist special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Beholder 92% match – Choices with consequences
Newest alternative: Legion Was Here 81% match – released 2026

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Beholder

92 %Match

2016PCSteam Deck verified91 % positive13.79 €

As a state-appointed apartment manager in a totalitarian regime, you spy on tenants and make morally heavy decisions. Time, money and conscience are all scarce, and your choices lead to many different endings.

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Back to the Dawn

Sneaking and hiding

You are locked in a maximum-security prison and must uncover a conspiracy, work the social web of fellow inmates, and plan your escape before time runs out. Your choices shape how the plot ends.

Do Not Feed the Monkeys

Accessible and relaxed

You join a secret club that spies on strangers through surveillance cameras and decide whether and how to interfere in their lives. You also have to pay rent and buy food, which makes every moral choice harder.

The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales

Accessible and relaxed

As writer Etienne Quist, you dive into books to steal legendary artifacts like Excalibur or Thor's Hammer. It is a narrative adventure built on puzzles, dialogue and choices, blending literature with myth.

Beholder 3

Sneaking and hiding

Beholder 3 is a grim surveillance and intrigue game set in a totalitarian state: you spy on others, juggle two jobs, and decide whom to sacrifice for your handler's schemes.

Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You

Accessible and relaxed

You work as an investigator for a government surveillance program, combing through chats, files and profiles of citizens and deciding which information to pass on. It makes the moral cost of mass surveillance tangible within a gripping thriller story.

Root Letter

Accessible and relaxed

A mystery visual novel where you travel to a town, question Aya's old acquaintances and uncover why she vanished after sending a letter. Your choices during interrogations lead to multiple endings.

Legion Was Here

Sneaking and hiding

You play Legion, a secret agent who can change his appearance at will, investigating and infiltrating enemy ranks through disguise. It appears to mix puzzle and RPG elements, though the available information is sparse.

At Dead of Night

Sneaking and hiding

A horror game blending live-action footage with game segments, where you play Maya hiding from a psychopath in a remote hotel while trying to free your captive friends. It mixes interactive film, stealth and investigation into a low-budget horror movie experience.

Emily is Away

Accessible and relaxed

A nostalgic interactive story told entirely through an early-2000s instant messenger, where your chat replies over several years shape a bittersweet relationship with Emily.