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.

The Novelist is a story rich, choices matter and atmospheric game developed and published by Orthogonal Games. It was released on December 10th 2013.
It's currently only available in English.

The Novelist has received 1,018 reviews of which 761 were positive and 257 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10   😊


According to the Steam community, The Novelist has been assigned the following genres:

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum requirements to run the game. For an optimal experience, we recommend checking them.

Windows
Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows XP SP2 or higher
  • Processor: 1.8 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 256 MB VRAM video card
  • Storage: 800 MB available space
MacOS
Minimum:
  • OS: OS X Lion (10.7) or higher
  • Processor: 1.8 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 256 MB VRAM video card
  • Storage: 800 MB available space
Linux
Minimum:
  • Processor: 1.8 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 256 MB VRAM video card
  • Storage: 800 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Built with Unity 4.3.4, tested in Ubuntu 12.04 and 13.10

Frequently Asked Questions

The Novelist is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

The Novelist is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

The Novelist received 761 positive votes out of a total of 1,018 achieving a rating of 7.17.
😊

The Novelist was developed and published by Orthogonal Games.

The Novelist is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Novelist is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Novelist is playable and fully supported on Linux.

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The Novelist
7.2
761
257
Online players
1
Developer
Orthogonal Games
Publisher
Orthogonal Games
Release 10 Dec 2013
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