Games like Writer. Chapter 1
Games like Writer. Chapter 1 include The Exit 8, Scanner Sombre, Layers of Fear (2016), Platform 8, and September 7th. We matched them by the tags players give Writer. Chapter 1 on Steam (Exploration, Puzzle, Detective, Walking Simulator, and First-Person): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

The Exit 8
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Walking Simulator

Scanner Sombre
Shared: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Horror

Layers of Fear (2016)
Shared: Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror · Horror

Platform 8
Shared: Walking Simulator · Puzzle · Psychological Horror

September 7th
Shared: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Horror

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person

The Painscreek Killings
Shared: Exploration · Detective · Puzzle

The Witness
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person

SOMA
Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · Exploration

Inside the Backrooms
Shared: Puzzle · Horror · Exploration

Poppy Playtime
Shared: Puzzle · Horror · First-Person

MOLE
Shared: Puzzle · Horror · Simulation

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Shared: Detective · Exploration · Walking Simulator

Firewatch
Shared: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person

Lethal Company
Shared: First-Person · Exploration · Horror

INFRA
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Walking Simulator

Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
Shared: Exploration · Psychological Horror · Horror

Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs
Shared: Walking Simulator · Exploration · Horror

Killer Frequency
Shared: Puzzle · Horror · First-Person

Phasmophobia
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person

Summer of '58
Shared: Horror · Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror

DON'T SCREAM
Shared: Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator · First-Person

Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Shared: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Puzzle

Backrooms: Escape Together
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person

