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2012 PC 9.99 € 👍 76 % Mostly positive, 6,122 reviews on Steam

A contemplative walk across a desolate Hebridean island while a narrator reads fragmented letters. With almost no traditional gameplay, it relies on dense atmosphere, poetic writing and striking scenery.

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  • Lavish presentation
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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The closest matches for Dear Esther are What Remains of Edith Finch, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and Draugen. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dear Esther special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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What Remains of Edith Finch

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2017 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 18.49 € 👍 96 % Overwhelmingly positive, 45,053 reviews on Steam

  • Accessible and relaxed
  • Lavish presentation
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

A moving narrative game where you wander the sprawling Finch family home and relive each relative's final moments through short vignettes, each with its own inventive gameplay twist. Melancholic, creative, and unforgettable in just a couple of hours.

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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Lavish presentation

A quiet exploration game set in an empty English village, where you piece together what happened to its residents through ghostly light figures, radio voices and environmental details. It relies on atmosphere, music and intimate human stories, with no combat at all.

Draugen

Lavish presentation

A quiet first-person narrative adventure in which an American naturalist explores a remote Norwegian fjord village in the 1920s alongside a young woman while an eerie mystery unfolds. Atmosphere, dialogue and the bond between the two characters take center stage.

The Suicide of Rachel Foster

Dark, serious atmosphere

An atmospheric narrative adventure in which you explore a deserted family hotel during a snowstorm, uncovering the dark truth behind Rachel Foster's death through phone calls with a helpful FEMA agent. It focuses on family secrets, grief and abuse rather than combat.

The Town of Light

Dark, serious atmosphere

A harrowing first-person walking-style adventure set in the faithfully recreated Volterra psychiatric hospital in Italy. As Renée you piece together her troubled past and the grim reality of institutional psychiatry, with no combat and a heavy, oppressive atmosphere.

Sagebrush

Dark, serious atmosphere

An atmospheric first-person narrative game in which you explore an abandoned desert cult compound in New Mexico and piece together the fates of its members from the traces they left behind.

Virginia

Lavish presentation

Virginia is a dialogue-free, cinematically edited first-person story game where a rookie FBI agent investigates a disappearance. Hard film-style cuts, a strong orchestral score and surreal dream sequences make it a short, unusual experience.

Gone Home

Pure single-player experience

A quiet first-person exploration game where you piece together your family's story, especially your younger sister's coming-of-age, by rummaging through an empty house in 1995. No combat, just atmosphere, discovery and a heartfelt narrative.

The Park

Dark, serious atmosphere

A short first-person horror walk through an abandoned amusement park, where a mother searching for her missing son slowly unravels into her own psychological breakdown. Set in Funcom's Secret World universe, it relies entirely on atmosphere and narration rather than combat.

Through the Woods

Dark, serious atmosphere

An atmospheric psychological horror adventure set in a Norwegian forest, where a mother searching for her missing son is haunted by Norse myths and folklore. The narrated story and oppressive mood take center stage.

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