Games like The Novelist
Games like The Novelist include Firewatch, Road 96, Detroit: Become Human, OneShot, and The Beginner's Guide. We matched them by the tags players give The Novelist on Steam (Story Rich, Choices Matter, Atmospheric, Stealth, and Indie): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Firewatch
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · First-Person

Road 96
Shared: Choices Matter · Story Rich · First-Person

Detroit: Become Human
Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings

OneShot
Shared: Story Rich · Indie · Atmospheric

The Beginner's Guide
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · Indie

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · First-Person

Dishonored
Shared: Stealth · First-Person · Story Rich

No, I'm not a Human
Shared: Choices Matter · Story Rich · Indie

Undertale
Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · Choices Matter

The Stanley Parable
Shared: Indie · First-Person · Choices Matter

Oxenfree
Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Atmospheric

Gone Home
Shared: Atmospheric · Indie · Story Rich

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Shared: First-Person · Stealth · Singleplayer

Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Atmospheric

Dishonored 2
Shared: Stealth · First-Person · Story Rich

Before Your Eyes
Shared: Story Rich · Indie · First-Person

Late Shift
Shared: Choices Matter · Story Rich · Interactive Fiction

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction

Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · First-Person

The Forgotten City
Shared: Choices Matter · Story Rich · Indie

The Casting of Frank Stone™
Shared: Choices Matter · Story Rich · Atmospheric

The Talos Principle
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · First-Person

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Atmospheric