Games like Home is Where One Starts...
by David Wehle
Home is Where One Starts... is a first-person 3D modern-day walking simulator: exploration and story discovery. Gone Home and What Remains of Edith Finch play most like Home is Where One Starts.... Of the 12 closest games below, most share its walking simulator, exploration and first-person.
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Gone Home
Aug 15, 2013 · Fullbright
Both: Walking Simulator · Short · Exploration
First-person 3D modern-day exploration walking simulator, realistic 3D. Exploring a house, examining objects and uncovering a story.
Walking SimulatorShortIndieExplorationAtmosphericFirst-PersonStory RichNarrativeLGBTQ+Female Protagonist👍 13,631What Remains of Edith Finch
Apr 24, 2017 · Giant Sparrow
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Exploration
First-person 3D modern-day walking simulator adventure, stylized and atmospheric. Exploring, searching for stories and experiencing family history.
Story RichAtmosphericWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonMysteryExplorationAdventureSingleplayerFemale ProtagonistIndie👍 47,113Dear Esther
· The Chinese Room, Robert Briscoe
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person
First-person 3D walking simulator adventure, stunningly realised environments. Exploration and listening to story.
Walking SimulatorIndieExplorationFirst-PersonAtmosphericShortStory RichCasualAdventureGreat Soundtrack👍 3,967The Beginner's Guide
Oct 1, 2015 · Everything Unlimited Ltd.
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Short
First-person 3D walking simulator, narrative adventure, abstract, surreal. Walking and experiencing narrative.
Story RichWalking SimulatorIndieAtmosphericFirst-PersonShortSingleplayerAbstractAdventureSurreal👍 19,923Firewatch
Feb 9, 2016 · Campo Santo
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Exploration
First-person 3D modern-day mystery adventure walking simulator, stylized painterly wilderness. Exploring the wilderness, investigating mysteries and making narrative choices.
AdventureAtmosphericStory RichWalking SimulatorMysteryFirst-PersonSingleplayerExplorationOpen WorldIndie👍 93,765Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Apr 14, 2016 · The Chinese Room
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person
First-person 3D post-apocalyptic walking simulator adventure, beautiful, detailed, atmospheric. Exploration, investigating mystery and uncovering memories.
Walking SimulatorAtmosphericIndieGreat SoundtrackAdventureStory RichExplorationFirst-PersonCasualOpen World👍 1,853The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Sep 25, 2014 · The Astronauts
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person
First-person 3D story-driven mystery adventure, photorealistic environments. Exploration, discovery and communicating with the dead.
MysteryAtmosphericDetectiveWalking SimulatorExplorationFirst-PersonAdventureHorrorStory RichSingleplayer👍 6,863Virginia
Sep 22, 2016 · Variable State
Both: Female Protagonist · Walking Simulator
First-person 3D modern-day detective mystery thriller, striking, painterly. Investigating a missing person, making decisions and uncovering hidden agendas.
AdventureFemale ProtagonistWalking SimulatorDetectiveMysteryCinematicIndieAtmospheric1990'sCasual👍 2,692Tacoma
Aug 1, 2017 · Fullbright
Both: Walking Simulator · Female Protagonist · Exploration
First-person 3D sci-fi narrative adventure, detailed, immersive 3D. Exploration, investigation and reconstructing narrative.
Walking SimulatorStory RichAdventureSci-fiIndieSpaceFemale ProtagonistExplorationFirst-PersonAtmospheric👍 3,106Adios
Mar 16, 2021 · Mischief
Both: Short · Walking Simulator · First-Person
First-person 3D modern-day walking simulator, narrative adventure, cinematic 3D. Exploring, doing chores and making decisions.
MysteryThrillerShortWalking SimulatorAtmosphericStory RichFirst-PersonExplorationNarrativeAdventure👍 1,047The First Tree
Sep 14, 2017 · David Wehle
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
Third-person 3D modern-day atmospheric adventure walking simulator, colorful, stylized 3D. Exploration, platforming and light puzzle solving.
AtmosphericAdventureWalking SimulatorIndieExplorationRelaxingSingleplayerStory RichOpen WorldColorful👍 4,769Thirty Flights of Loving
Aug 20, 2012 · Blendo Games
Both: First-Person · Walking Simulator · Short
First-person 3D experimental narrative walking simulator, stylized low-poly noir. Exploration and storytelling.
First-PersonExperimentalWalking SimulatorShortNarrativeExplorationInteractive FictionFPSNoirStory Rich👍 1,286