Games like Arctic Awakening
by GoldFire Studios
Firewatch and Gone Home play most like Arctic Awakening. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its walking simulator, exploration and first-person; 3 came out in the last year and 15 are free or under $10. The best known is Firewatch, with 93,765 Steam reviews.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
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Firewatch
Feb 9, 2016 · Campo Santo
Both: Walking Simulator · Mystery · First-Person
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
AdventureAtmosphericStory RichWalking SimulatorMysteryFirst-PersonSingleplayerExplorationOpen WorldIndie👍 93,765Gone Home
Aug 15, 2013 · Fullbright
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
Walking SimulatorShortIndieExplorationAtmosphericFirst-PersonStory RichNarrativeLGBTQ+Female Protagonist👍 13,631Adios
Mar 16, 2021 · Mischief
Both: Mystery · Walking Simulator · First-Person
A pig farmer decides he no longer wants to dispose of bodies for the mob. What follows is a discussion between him and his would-be killer.
MysteryThrillerShortWalking SimulatorAtmosphericStory RichFirst-PersonExplorationNarrativeAdventure👍 1,047The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Sep 25, 2014 · The Astronauts
Both: Mystery · Walking Simulator · Exploration
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
MysteryAtmosphericDetectiveWalking SimulatorExplorationFirst-PersonAdventureHorrorStory RichSingleplayer👍 6,863What Remains of Edith Finch
Apr 24, 2017 · Giant Sparrow
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Mystery
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Story RichAtmosphericWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonMysteryExplorationAdventureSingleplayerFemale ProtagonistIndie👍 47,113Near Death
Aug 2, 2016 · Orthogonal Games
Both: First-Person · Exploration · Walking Simulator
Stranded at an abandoned Antarctic research base with no hope of rescue, you must battle a deadly blizzard in a desperate fight to find your way home.
First-PersonAtmosphericSurvivalExplorationFemale ProtagonistWalking SimulatorSnowIndieAction-AdventureSoundtrack👍 1,011Tacoma
Aug 1, 2017 · Fullbright
Both: Walking Simulator · Sci-fi · Exploration
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Walking SimulatorStory RichAdventureSci-fiIndieSpaceFemale ProtagonistExplorationFirst-PersonAtmospheric👍 3,106Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Feb 14, 2017 · The Chinese Room, Robert Briscoe
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Walking SimulatorExplorationInteractive FictionPuzzleFirst-PersonRelaxingPsychological HorrorHorrorLinearAtmospheric👍 2,463The Quiet Apocalypse
Nov 11, 2021 · Little Denis Games
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person
'The Quiet Apocalypse' is a first-person story adventure set in a beautiful open world. Join your father on a dangerous trek through 400 km² of pristine wilderness, as you race to save the life of a very special child.
AdventureWalking SimulatorOpen WorldExplorationFirst-PersonPost-apocalypticStory RichMysteryPsychologicalSingleplayerThe Suicide of Rachel Foster
Feb 19, 2020 · ONE-O-ONE GAMES
Both: Walking Simulator · Mystery · Exploration
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
Walking SimulatorMysteryAtmosphericAdventureThrillerExplorationStory RichDarkFemale ProtagonistSingleplayer👍 5,326Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Sep 10, 2013 · The Chinese Room
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Exploration
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
HorrorWalking SimulatorStory RichAtmosphericFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorExplorationMysteryInteractive FictionSingleplayer👍 7,252Late Checkout
9 days ago · Ninety Pines
Both: First-Person · Exploration · Walking Simulator
A short atmospheric horror about a night shift at a snowed-in motel. Winter 1999: a highway cut off from the world and a list of chores. Clean the rooms, drink your coffee, cross off line after line. But when the lights go out, ordinary work becomes survival. Just a flashlight, a cat and 3 endings.
HorrorAtmosphericFirst-PersonCasualExplorationWalking SimulatorAdventure3DSnowChoices MatterQuern - Undying Thoughts
Nov 28, 2016 · Zadbox Entertainment
Both: Mystery · Exploration · Walking Simulator
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
AdventurePuzzleMysteryAtmosphericExplorationWalking SimulatorSingleplayerFirst-PersonStory Rich3D👍 3,822Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Apr 14, 2016 · The Chinese Room
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person
Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.
Walking SimulatorAtmosphericIndieGreat SoundtrackAdventureStory RichExplorationFirst-PersonCasualOpen World👍 1,853Echoes of Mora
Sep 21 · Selkies Interactive
Both: Mystery · Exploration · Choices Matter
A boy went missing. A village drowned. And somehow, you can reach into the past. Dive into the sunken ruins of Mora's village, unlock portals to the days before the flood, and share what you find with Mora across time. What you uncover could change her fate, and that of everyone she loves.
Story RichMysteryExplorationEmotionalAtmosphericAdventureInteractive FictionChoices MatterMultiple EndingsWalking SimulatorRiven
Jun 25, 2024 · Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Both: Exploration · First-Person · Mystery
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
PuzzleAdventureExplorationFirst-PersonSingleplayerStory RichAtmosphericMystery3DWalking Simulator👍 2,772The Fidelio Incident
May 23, 2017 · Act 3 Games, LLC
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person
The Fidelio Incident is a single-player, first-person thriller set off the coast of Iceland. Inspired by Beethoven's only opera Fidelio. After a violent plane crash, Stanley must search a desolate frozen island in search of his wife Leonore while covering up any traces of their bloody Irish past.
Walking SimulatorAdventureIndieSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackExplorationFirst-PersonPuzzleStory RichMystery👍 807Dimhaven - The Lost Source
Jun 23 · Zadbox Entertainment
Both: First-Person · Mystery · Walking Simulator
Are you ready for an adventure? Challenges, exploration and puzzles in a narrative driven experience, pick up your camera and test your wits in this first-person mystery by the team behind Quern!
AdventurePuzzleFirst-PersonMysteryWalking SimulatorStory RichExplorationDetectiveAtmosphericDark Humor👍 962
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