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2016PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified75 % positive9.99 €

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 Dear Esther, What Remains of Edith Finch 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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Dear Esther

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2012PCSteam Deck verified76 % positive9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Dear Esther: Landmark Edition: lavish production, a relaxed difficulty and a strong story.

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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What Remains of Edith Finch

Lavish presentation

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.

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.

Before I Forget

Dark, serious atmosphere

You piece together a life from the rooms and fragments of a woman whose memories keep slipping away. This short narrative exploration handles dementia, love and loss with quiet, affecting restraint.

That Dragon, Cancer

Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

Sea of Solitude

Dark, serious atmosphere

An emotional adventure about loneliness and mental struggle: as Kay you explore a flooded city by boat and on foot, where lonely people turn into monsters. Story takes center stage, supported by light puzzles and chase sequences.

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

Accessible and relaxed

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.

Lost Ember

Lavish presentation

Lost Ember is a calm, emotional exploration adventure where you play a wolf who can possess other animals, flying, swimming and digging through the remains of a vanished civilization. It offers little challenge but plenty of atmosphere and storytelling.

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