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2016 PCPlayStationXbox 9.99 € 75 % positive Mostly positive, 6,849 reviews on Steam

A poetic walking-simulator set on a desolate Hebridean island, where a narrator reads fragmentary letters to Esther. With no combat or puzzles, it relies on atmosphere, music and a melancholic, cryptic story.

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The closest matches for Dear Esther: Landmark Edition are What Remains of Edith Finch, Draugen and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dear Esther: Landmark Edition 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 % positive Overwhelmingly positive, 45,053 reviews on Steam

  • Lavish presentation
  • Accessible and relaxed
  • 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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Draugen

Accessible and relaxed

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.

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.

The Suicide of Rachel Foster

Strong, story-driven narrative

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.

Silent Hill: The Short Message

Lavish presentation

A short, free Silent Hill spin-off set in a modern German apartment block. It tells a harrowing story about bullying and grief, relying on chase sequences and nightmarish, shifting spaces.

Through the Woods

Lavish presentation

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.

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

Accessible and relaxed

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.

That Dragon, Cancer

Strong, story-driven narrative

A deeply personal, poetic narrative game about a family's fight to save their young son from cancer. Short and intimate, it centers on faith, hope and loss, and is emotionally powerful.

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