Single-player games like Firewatch
Below are 16 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.
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Ranked picks
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Draugen
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.
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Tacoma
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
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.
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Road 96 🛣️
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!
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Journey
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.
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DEATH STRANDING
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Firewatch.
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes an all-new, genre-defying experience. Sam Bridges must brave a world utterly transformed by the Death Stranding. Carrying the disconnected remnants of our future in his hands, he embarks on a journey to reconnect the shattered world one step at a time.
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INSIDE
Single-player alternative to Firewatch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Firewatch.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.