
Radiolight
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth.
If Firewatch left you wanting something atmospheric and story-driven, you have options. These games could fill that gap nicely.
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Emotional
A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic. Your plane crashed in a storm, leaving only your court-mandated therapy bot for company as you journey to find your co-pilot and uncover the mysteries buried beneath the ice.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Emotional
Fire Lookout: Abandoned Post is a first-person psychological horror and narrative-driven mystery solving game. Where you play as a newly stationed lookout in Summit Ridge National Park. Can you solve the mystery?
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Emotional
A small, hooded ember wakes up lost in a strange, beautiful world where despairing souls have turned to stone. Guide Ember through quiet wilderness and gentle puzzles, help the Forlorn find their spark again, and carry a little hope toward the last campfire. A short, warm story from Hello Games that stays with you.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Emotional
Welcome to The Fabled Woods, a dark and mysterious narrative short story. Despite the picturesque beauty, ugly and terrible secrets lurk among the shifting boughs, darkness that no amount of dappled sunlight can erase. Take the first step, and experience an unforgettable journey.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Emotional
A quiet, emotional exploration game about a fox searching for her lost cubs, while a son tells the story of his estranged father in Alaska. Short, gentle and beautifully scored, with an ending that stays with you.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Emotional
Mae Borowski drops out of college and comes home to Possum Springs, a fading mining town where her friends have moved on and something stirs in the woods. A hand-drawn story about growing up, with sharp jokes, characters who feel real, and a mystery that gets darker the longer you stay.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Emotional
A short night's work as a fire lookout goes wrong. Ironbark Lookout is a first-person psychological horror story: do your daily rounds in a lonely tower, talk over the radio, and slowly realise something in Ironbark State Park is watching. A VHS-toned episode you can finish in one sitting.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious
It's 1:15 AM, June 7th, 1995. You come home from a year abroad to an empty, rain-lashed house. No note on the fridge, nobody in sight. Open drawers, read letters, piece together where everyone went. A short, quiet, surprisingly moving mystery told entirely through the things a family leaves behind.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Emotional
An empty Shropshire village, 37 minutes after the end of the world. Walk through Yaughton, listen to phones, radios and trails of light, and piece together what happened to everyone who lived there. A quiet, haunting story told at your own pace, carried by a beautiful soundtrack.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Emotional
A slow first-person walk through a dreamlike nowhere where lost inhabitants trade regrets and half-finished sentences. You wander, read, talk, and piece together 10+ puzzles to give a finished story some closure. Worth playing for its sad, strange mood and early-2000s look.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Emotional
NUTS is a single-player walking simulator surveillance mystery. Record the squirrels, report your findings, and piece together what’s really going on in Melmoth Forest.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious

Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth.

Fire Lookout: Abandoned Post is a first-person psychological horror and narrative-driven mystery solving game.

Guide a lost ember through quiet wilderness, solve gentle puzzles and help the Forlorn find their spark again.

Welcome to The Fabled Woods, a dark and mysterious narrative short story.

Guide a fox through a dreamlike world while a son and his wife talk through what the journey means.

Take the lookout tower, answer the radio and feel the park watching back in one short sitting.

It's 1:15 AM, June 7th, 1995. You come home from a year abroad to an empty, rain-lashed house. No note on the fridge, nobody in sight.

A slow first-person walk through a dreamlike nowhere where lost inhabitants trade regrets and half-finished sentences.

An adventure about searching for a missing hunter and meeting with alien beings!

Firewood is a 2D adventure game with psychological horror elements.

'The Quiet Apocalypse' is a first-person story adventure set in a beautiful open world.

You become the new reserve caretaker. Patrol the territory in your rugged 4x4, check the phototraps, and monitor the area using surveillance cameras.

Guide a wandering lighthouse and its bird companion through a wordless, surreal journey across a dying island.

A slow first-person walk through a dreamlike nowhere where lost inhabitants trade regrets and half-finished sentences.

Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth.

Fight through a fogged Czech winter with no memory, and let four possible endings tell you what the voices really mean.

Singleplayer psychological horror game about bird watching. Explore the mountains, find and observe all the birds. Seek their help. Be honest.

Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland.

Take camera reports and radio calls at a lonely park station while something in the dark outside stops making sense.

You become the new reserve caretaker. Patrol the territory in your rugged 4x4, check the phototraps, and monitor the area using surveillance cameras.

Project Songbird is a cinematic first-person narrative horror game set in the Appalachian forest.

A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic.

Dive into a realistic, single-player, first-person journey through the harsh northern latitudes as you sail endless waters, searching for a way back…

Take the lookout tower, answer the radio and feel the park watching back in one short sitting.

A slow first-person walk through a dreamlike nowhere where lost inhabitants trade regrets and half-finished sentences.

Drive an old man north to keep a promise to his late wife, photographing the journey and reliving the memories it stirs up.

You become the new reserve caretaker. Patrol the territory in your rugged 4x4, check the phototraps, and monitor the area using surveillance cameras.

Dive into a realistic, single-player, first-person journey through the harsh northern latitudes as you sail endless waters, searching for a way back…

Project Songbird is a cinematic first-person narrative horror game set in the Appalachian forest.

Singleplayer psychological horror game about bird watching. Explore the mountains, find and observe all the birds. Seek their help. Be honest.

Fight through a fogged Czech winter with no memory, and let four possible endings tell you what the voices really mean.

Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth.

Guide a wandering lighthouse and its bird companion through a wordless, surreal journey across a dying island.

A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic.

A peaceful life in nature or a fight for survival? Explore a realistic forest, survive, discover abandoned places, and uncover why the forest…

Take camera reports and radio calls at a lonely park station while something in the dark outside stops making sense.