The Novelist
Short description
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.
- Developer
- Orthogonal Games
- Publisher
- Orthogonal Games
- Release
- Tue, Dec 10, 2013
- Price
- $4.99
- Reviews
- 553
- Positive
- 78%
- Followers
- n/a
- Owners (estimated)
- 100K – 200K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Adventure, Casual, Indie
- Features
- Steam Trading Cards
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $4.76, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $4.99 launch price. That is 5% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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History
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