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Writer. Chapter 1 cover art

Writer. Chapter 1

Beshbarmak games · 2025-01-06

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 06, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You, the legendary writer, the “King of Horror,” find yourself at the center of a nightmare. A mysterious place, frighteningly familiar, hides sinister secrets. Explore locations, solve riddles, escape from the monster, collect a story that will become a new masterpiece... if you survive.

Writer. Chapter 1 is an Adventure, Indie and Simulation game released in 2025, priced at $4.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 62 reviews).

0
playing now
73%
positive of 63 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

The descent into horror begins... You come to your senses in an unknown place. Everything around seems familiar, but memories slip away like sand through your fingers. The only thing left is to move forward. An inner voice tells you: you are a famous writer, the “king of horror,” whose stories made readers shudder with fear. But now reality is much more frightening than the worst nightmares that came from your pen. What kind of place is this? Who's playing with your mind? Each discovery brings you closer to the solution, but at the same time opens the door to even more sinister depths. Time(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.3k–2.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 63 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2026-08-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420252026Week of 2025-01-06: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.492025-01-062026-07-292025-01-06 — best price $4.992025-02-21 — best price $3.492025-03-07 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $2.492025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-05-12 — best price $3.992025-05-26 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-07-17 — best price $3.992025-07-31 — best price $4.992025-08-30 — best price $3.992025-09-13 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-10-27 — best price $3.992025-11-03 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-01-10 — best price $3.492026-01-24 — best price $4.992026-02-23 — best price $3.492026-03-09 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $3.492026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-08 — best price $3.492026-04-22 — best price $4.992026-05-22 — best price $3.492026-06-05 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-15 — best price $1.492026-07-29 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
89.2%
earned "Checkmate!"
23.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Japanese

Player tags

DemonsHorrorLinearPuzzleColorfulThrillerDetectiveRealisticControllerSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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