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Writer. Chapter 1
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“I am not even kind of done with this game yet but I just had to write a review. This. Is. Amazing. One of the best horror games Ive played so far and im not even finished with it. The atmosphere is incredible. The jump scares are fantastic. The game play is easy and to the…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“Developed and published by Beshbarmak games, Writer. Chapter 1 is a psychological horror adventure that emphasizes suspense, exploration, and storytelling over fast-paced action. The game opens with the protagonist awakening in a strange location with little memory of how they…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“I finished the game in under one hour, usually i am a very easily scared person but this game wasnt scary at all, the atmosphere just never builds up. The game overuses jumpscares to the point that they just stop working entirely and ontop of that the puzzle aspect of the game…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
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Writer. Chapter 1 - Update.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Exploration · Puzzle · Detective · Walking Simulator · First-Person · Psychological Horror · Horror · Simulation · Controller · Linear · Realistic · Colorful (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Japanese |
| Achievements | 7 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: WINDOWS® 10, 11 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® i5-4570K 3.4 GHz 4 Core™ / AMD FX-8350 8 3.5GHz 8 Core™ Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce® GTX 1050ti 4GB / AMD Radeon R7 370 4GB DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: 3GB HDD (SSD recommended)