The Writer: A Change Of Identity overview

Overview

The Writer: A Change Of Identity comes from Alexandr Polutov and is published by Irina Shedko. It arrived on Steam on Oct 14, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Writer: A Change Of Identity's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 4 October 2026 - 14:17:15 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 69% positive across 13 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Writer: A Change Of Identity is available in 2 languages including:

1 regional rating boards including dejus

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Writer: A Change Of Identity has sold up to 726 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $1,494. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Writer: A Change Of Identity overview details

The Writer: A Change Of Identity combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

27.08.2014 What if I could invent a way to change identities, becoming a different person almost instantly, choosing a new self, as though from a catalogue? Just pop a pill—and new identities emerge in your memories, as though you were looking into the future rather than the past. They would stay on your mind, swapping and switching, until you make a choice. Then you pop one more pill, and the future you like, the future of your choice, becomes your present in a couple of nights. Another thing required would be a program capable of scanning the subconscious and recording everything that happens there. All you would have to do for it to work is lock yourself in a small room to produce a dense aura—required to transfer data from the subconscious to the program. Think about it: it only takes two things, a program to scan the subconscious and a pill to activate the identity changing process. Two things pave the way to my dream. What would happen if I did create such things…? 10.11.2014 Information about our future selves, our identities, and what life holds in store is hidden away in the depths of our subconscious mind. We have to spend our entire lives trying to drag just a single one of these up to the surface of our consciousness. Is this really fair? Ready-made identities—musicians, actors, athletes, writers—they’re all alive and well in our subconscious. All we have to do is play a little trick on nature so they pop up on command; so we can become the person we’ve been dreaming of. How much happier would we be? How much more could we manage to do and experience in our sh…

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Writer: A Change Of Identity is listed as a game with $2.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player and Family Sharing, and is associated with Casual, Indie, and Simulation. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 4 October 2026 - 14:17:15 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 69% positive reviews.

Overview tags

CasualSimulationIndieHorrorStory RichSingleplayerAtmosphericFMVPsychological HorrorPhilosophicalSci-fiPsychologicalSurrealMysteryNarration

Support and legal notes

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