The Novelist
The Novelist asks one central question: can you achieve your dreams without pushing away the people you love? The game focuses on Dan Kaplan, a novelist struggling to write the most important book of his career while trying to be the best husband and father he can be.
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Developer: Orthogonal Games Publisher: Beau Blyth
Genre: Adventure, Casual, Indie
Languages: English
Tags: Indie (68), Adventure (47), Story Rich (39), Casual (37), Atmospheric (26), Exploration (25), Stealth (24), First-Person (24), Choices Matter (14), Walking Simulator (11), Singleplayer (10), Short (7), Drama (7)
Category: Single-player, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud
Release date: Dec 10, 2013
Price: $4.99
Old userscore: 74% Metascore: 66%
Owners: 100,000 .. 200,000
Followers: 3,083
Peak concurrent players yesterday: 1
Playtime total: 01:25 (average) 01:55 (median)
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