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211 games like Firewatch

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01 The Witness Cover

2016 · Mac, PC, PS4

The Witness

69%

The Witness is a single-player game in an open world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles. This game respects you as an intelligent player and it treats your time as precious. There's no filler; each of those puzzles brings its own new idea...

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Firewatch

69% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Mystery Theme Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Choices Game feel
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02 Gone Home Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Gone Home

63%

A first-person exploratory game taking place in 1995 in which Katie, a university student back from Europe, arrives at her family's newly inherited mansion only to find nobody there, with a note from her younger sister Sam suggesting that she's left home. Kati...

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Firewatch

63% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Drama Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Choices Game feel
Trade-offs

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03 Outer Wilds Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Outer Wilds

57%

Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop. The newest member of the space program in a small village on the planet Timber Hearth, the player navigates a space shuttle and tra...

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Firewatch

57% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Mystery Theme Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Open World World design
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

04 Subnautica Cover

2018 · Android, Mac, Switch

Subnautica

57%

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more, all while trying to survive.

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Firewatch

57% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

05 Life Is Strange Cover

2015 · Android, Linux, Mac

Life Is Strange

55%

Life Is Strange is a five part episodic game that sets out to revolutionize story based choice and consequence games by allowing the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

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Firewatch

55% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Drama Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Choices Game feel
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06 The Stanley Parable Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, PC

The Stanley Parable

54%

A first-person exploration game built around branching narrative choices and an omniscient narrator who reacts to the player's decisions. Players navigate an office environment, choosing whether to follow or defy the narrator's directions, with each choice lea...

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Firewatch

54% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Single player Mode First person Perspective Story-focused Game feel Choices Game feel
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07 Outlast Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Outlast

54%

Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enou...

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Firewatch

54% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Mystery Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel
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Linear instead of Open World · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

08 Far Cry 5 Cover

2018 · Stadia, PC, PS4

Far Cry 5

53%

Welcome to Hope County, Montana, land of the free and the brave, but also home to a fanatical doomsday cult known as The Project at Eden’s Gate that is threatening the community's freedom. Stand up to the cult’s leader, Joseph Seed and the Heralds, and spark t...

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Firewatch

53% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Story-focused Game feel Exploration Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

09 Disco Elysium Cover

2019 · Mac, PC

Disco Elysium

52%

Disco Elysium is a role-playing game developed and published by ZA/UM. It is set in the fictional city of Revachol, where players assume the role of an amnesic detective investigating a murder. The game emphasizes dialogue and skill-based choices, with charact...

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Firewatch

52% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Drama Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode Story-focused Game feel Exploration Game feel Choices Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

10 No Man's Sky Cover

2016 · Mac, Switch 2, PC

No Man's Sky

49%

No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game set in a procedurally generated universe containing over 18 quintillion planets. Players explore star systems, gather resources, trade with alien species, and upgrade their equipment while following an overarch...

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Firewatch

49% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

11 Far Cry 3 Cover

2012 · PC, PS3, X360

Far Cry 3

48%

Explore an island playground as stunningly beautiful as it is diverse – from mountain ranges to swampy grasslands and white sandy beaches. Fight your way through the island’s towns, temples, river ports and more. Encounter a diverse and realistic cast of char...

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Firewatch

48% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

12 Heavy Rain Cover

2010 · PC, PS3, PS4

Heavy Rain

48%

Heavy Rain is a cinematic psychological thriller from game developer Quantic Dream exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Dealing with a range of adult themes, the game revolves around a sophisticated plot and strong narrative threads that explore a complex moral...

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Firewatch

48% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Drama Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Choices Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

13 What Remains of Edith Finch Cover

2017 · Mac, Switch, PC

What Remains of Edith Finch

48%

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of short stories about a cursed family in Washington State. Each story offers a chance to experience the life of a different family member with stories ranging from the early 1900s to the present day. The gameplay a...

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Firewatch

48% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Drama Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Story-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

14 Elden Ring Cover

2022 · Switch 2, PC, PS4

Elden Ring

47%

Elden Ring is an action RPG developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, released in February 2022. Directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, with world-building contributions from novelist George R. R. Martin, the game features an expansive ope...

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Firewatch

47% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode Story-focused Game feel Exploration Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

15 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Cover

2006 · PC, PS3, X360

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

47%

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, the fourth game in the Elder Scrolls story, is set within the province of Cyrodiil, the heartland and Imperial capital of Tamriel. Emperor Uriel Septim VII is assassinated in flight from his own palace, but just before he dies h...

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Firewatch

47% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

16 Grand Theft Auto V Cover

2013 · PC, PS3, PS4

Grand Theft Auto V

46%

Grand Theft Auto V is a vast open world game set in Los Santos, a sprawling sun-soaked metropolis struggling to stay afloat in an era of economic uncertainty and cheap reality TV. The game blends storytelling and gameplay in new ways as players repeatedly jump...

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Firewatch

46% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

17 God of War Ragnarök Cover

2022 · PC, PS4, PS5

God of War Ragnarök

46%

God of War: Ragnarök is the ninth installment in the God of War series and the sequel to 2018's God of War. Continuing with the Norse mythology theme, the game is set in ancient Norway and features series protagonists Kratos, the former Greek God of War, and h...

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Firewatch

46% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode Story-focused Game feel Exploration Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

18 Cyberpunk 2077 Cover

2020 · Stadia, Mac, Switch 2

Cyberpunk 2077

45%

Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world action-adventure game set in Night City, a sprawling metropolis driven by power, glamour, and body modification. Players assume the role of V, a mercenary outlaw in pursuit of a unique implant that holds the key to immortality....

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Firewatch

45% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Story-focused Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

19 Metroid Prime Cover

2002 · NGC

Metroid Prime

45%

A 3D exploration-focused metroidvania with first-person shooting mechanics and the first 3D entry in the Metroid series, Metroid Prime follows Samus Aran after the events of Metroid (1986) as she boards a Space Pirate frigate, then chases her escaping archriva...

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Firewatch

45% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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20 Red Dead Redemption 2 Cover

2018 · Stadia, PC, PS4

Red Dead Redemption 2

44%

Red Dead Redemption 2 is the epic tale of outlaw Arthur Morgan and the infamous Van der Linde gang, on the run across America at the dawn of the modern age.

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Firewatch

44% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Drama Theme Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Story-focused Game feel Open World World design
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