Single-player games like Firewatch
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Firewatch, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Firewatch page.
Ranked picks
- 1
What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
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.
- 2
Home is Where One Starts...
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
- 3
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
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.
- 4
Adios
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
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.
- 5
Gone Home
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
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.
- 6
The Station
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
- 7
The Town of Light
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
12 March 1938, Renée, 16, was ripped out of her world, her only fault was that of not knowing her place in the world.
- 8
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
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.
- 9
Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
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.
- 10
Killer Frequency
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.
- 11
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
- 12
Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Firewatch.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
- 13
The Long Dark
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
- 14
Oxenfree
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
- 15
In The Valley of Gods
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
From the creators of Firewatch, In the Valley of Gods is a single-player first-person adventure. Explore a remote and ancient valley in the Egyptian desert, uncovering treasure and treachery in pursuit of a discovery that could bring you fame and fortune—or leave you for dead, buried beneath the sands.