Released Aug 4, 2026 $7.99 Positive Not counted on Steam profiles yet

World's Greatest Author

By Petter Malmehed

Incremental Idler Hand-drawn Cozy Economy Colorful Cartoon 2D CasualCuteComedyManagement

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World's Greatest Author is a game tagged Incremental, Idler and Hand-drawn by Petter Malmehed, released Aug 4, 2026. It has 15 Steam reviews (Positive). The Steam games most like it include Kraken Cleaning, Tiny Jar Farm and More Sushi!.

They say 80% of people dream of writing a book. Only 0.1% succeed. Show them how it's done in this incremental writing game!

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Everything Steam lists for World's Greatest Author · record updated 20 hours ago

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Overview

App ID4414640

Release dateAug 4, 2026

Last change number39439384

Last record update20 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Petter Malmehed
Publisher: Petter Malmehed, Jösses
Steam profile: Not counted yet: Steam is still getting to know this game, so it doesn't add to game counts or achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Website: worldsgreatestauthor.se

Windows 64-bit

Single-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$7.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$7.99Oct 23, 2026

Checked7 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
24699391	public	Aug 12, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
4414641	—	All	113.8 MB	91.1 MB	1387652203232086673

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	24699391	Aug 12, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/World's Greatest Author

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
game.exe		All

Space per player95.4 MB

Filesup to 10

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocal	Wridle	savefileforcooldudes_v2.sav	Windows

Achievements

Achievements264 hidden

Most unlocked94.9%A plot device!

Rarest20.6%Sextillionaire!

A plot device! Discover your first plot 94.9%
First inspiration Find your first inspiration 88.9%
More sales than Petter Malmehed! Sell more books than Petter Malmehed 88.3%
Millionaire! Have a million bucks! 74.8%
A so called vacation Go to the retreat for the first time 74.5%
Plan ahead! Unlock a skill! 74.2%
More sales than the Hunger Games! Sell more books than the Hunger Games series 63.1%
More bling than Stephen King! Sell more books than Stephen King 60.4%
Hotter than Potter! Sell more books than the Harry Potter series 59.5%
Two piece! Sell more books than One Piece 59.5%
He's just not that into you Bother Agaton 55.3%
Solve this one, Agatha Christie! Sell more than Agatha Christie 54.7%
A higher gear than Shakespeare! Sell more books than William Shakespeare 54.7%
Good plot! Level up a plot to 100 44.9%
Funny guy Write a funny word on the typewriter 42.5%
Inspired! Have more than 1000 inspirations 38%
Prophet Write a holy text 35.3%
There's two of them! Hidden achievement 35%