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Best Walking Simulators

Walking simulators are a unique genre where emotions, narrative, and visual storytelling take precedence over action and combat. These games do not require quick reflexes, making them perfect for unwinding after a long day.

In our list are the most impressive representatives of the genre that prove: even a slow journey can be captivating.

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Action, Stealth, Simulation, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
June 26, 2025
VGTimes: 6.8/10
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 90/100
A sequel to the cult action game from Hideo Kojima, which once again intertwines philosophy, science fiction, and an unconventional approach to gameplay. The action...
Death Stranding
Death Stranding
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Simulation, Shooter, Stealth
November 8, 2019
Players: 8.2/10
Metacritic: 84/100
Death Stranding is an auteur game by Hideo Kojima, a realistic walking and logistics simulator with elements of action, survival, and stealth, viewed from a...
SOMA
SOMA
Action, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
September 21, 2015
Players: 8.7/10
Metacritic: 82/100
SOMA is a new project from Frictional Games, the creators of Penumbra and Amnesia. The plot revolves around the underwater research facility PATHOS-2, where...
Firewatch
Firewatch
Adventure, First-person view, Indie
February 9, 2016
Players: 9/10
Metacritic: 81/100
Firewatch is an indie adventure with a first-person view, developed by former developers of The Walking Dead and BioShock 2. The action takes place in the forests...
Lake
Lake
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Simulation, Indie
September 1, 2021
Players: 8.4/10
Metacritic: 71/100
Lake is a story-driven postman simulator about a woman named Meredith Weiss. The heroine is forty years old, she returned home from the big city to help her father...
The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie
October 17, 2013
Players: 8.7/10
Metacritic: 88/100
The Stanley Parable is an indie project with a first-person view. The player plays the role of office plankton Stanley, who has spent his whole life pressing keys...
Observer
Observer
Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk
August 15, 2017
Players: 8.2/10
Metacritic: 79/100
Observer is an adventure with horror elements and a first-person view in a cyberpunk style from the creators of Layers of Fear. The game takes place in 2084 in a...
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie
April 27, 2022
Players: 9.1/10
Metacritic: 90/100
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an improved version of the office adventure with a first-person view. You will play the role of office plankton Stanley, who...
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Action, Horror, Stealth, First-person view
October 24, 2005
Players: 8.3/10
Metacritic: 77/100
Journey
Journey
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie
March 13, 2012
Players: 8.5/10
Metacritic: 92/100
Journey is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The main character is a nameless wanderer who must cross the desert and get to the mountain that is...
ABZU
ABZU
Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie
August 2, 2016
Players: 7.7/10
Metacritic: 80/100
ABZU is a fantastic adventure arcade game with a third-person view. As a scuba diver, you will go to conquer the depths of the seabed. There you can meet a variety...
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Adventure, Horror, First-person view
September 10, 2013
Players: 8.2/10
Metacritic: 72/100
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a continuation of the first-person horror adventure Amnesia: The Dark Descent. The game completely inherits the ideas of the original...
Still Wakes the Deep
Still Wakes the Deep
First-person view, Horror, Puzzle, Adventure, Walking Simulator
June 18, 2024
Players: 8.8/10
Metacritic: 78/100
The game takes place in 1975. The main character works on an offshore drilling platform that suffers a disaster in the waters of Scotland. He faces not only the...
Jusant
Jusant
Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Third-person view, Exploration, Puzzle
October 31, 2023
Players: 9.9/10
Metacritic: 84/100
Meditative action puzzle game about rock climbing. The main character is trying to conquer a disproportionately tall tower, while simultaneously exploring the...
Gone Home
Gone Home
Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie
August 15, 2013
Players: 5.6/10
Metacritic: 86/100
Gone Home is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the story of Caitlin Greenbriar, who returned home from a trip to Europe. She soon...
Dear Esther
Dear Esther
Adventure, First-person view
April 26, 2012
Players: 7.2/10
Metacritic: 68/100
Dear Esther is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The main character is a man staying on an island in the Hebrides archipelago. The island is...
What Remains of Edith Finch
What Remains of Edith Finch
Adventure, Horror, First-person view
April 24, 2017
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 89/100
What Remains of Edith Finch is a mystical detective adventure with a first-person view. A collection of short stories awaits you, dedicated to a cursed family that...
Tacoma
Tacoma
Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
August 1, 2017
Players: 7.3/10
Metacritic: 78/100
Tacoma is a futuristic adventure with a first-person view from the creators of Gone Home. The main story of the game is hidden behind the façade. You arrive at the...
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Action, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie
September 25, 2014
Players: 6.8/10
Metacritic: 80/100
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. You take control of a detective searching for a missing boy...
The Forgotten City
The Forgotten City
Action, Adventure, First-person view
July 28, 2021
Players: 10/10
Metacritic: 85/100
The Forgotten City — a first-person adventure action game from the creators of the eponymous mod for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. The game's events revolve around...
Layers of Fear
Layers of Fear
Adventure, Horror, First-person view
June 15, 2023
Players: 8.1/10
Metacritic: 73/100
Reimagining the Layers of Fear game series, offering a new perspective on the original stories. The game includes updated versions of the horror Layers of Fear...
Ether One
Ether One
Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle
March 25, 2014
Players: 8.5/10
Metacritic: 79/100
Adventure with a first person view. Players have two ways to progress: a simple story without tension or solving complex puzzles to restore the...
Amnesia
Amnesia
Adventure
1986
Amnesia is a text adventure in which you take on the role of a character suffering from amnesia. The hero simply wakes up in the morning in a luxurious hotel room...
Before Your Eyes
Before Your Eyes
Adventure, Indie, First-person view
April 8, 2021
Players: 10/10
Metacritic: 78/100
An emotional adventure about the soul's journey to the afterlife using a new innovative form of gaming interaction — the gamer's real blinks, which are read...
Blackwood Crossing
Blackwood Crossing
Adventure, First-person view
April 4, 2017
Players: 9.5/10
Metacritic: 73/100
Blackwood Crossing is a first-person, cartoon-style adventure with a fairy-tale narrative. We have to plunge into the story of orphaned brother and sister, Finn and...
Sunset
Sunset
Adventure, First-person view
May 21, 2015
Sunset is a first-person adventure from the developers at Tale of Tales. The main publisher of the game is Tale of Tales.Sunset is definitely not worth your...
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
August 11, 2015
Players: 9.5/10
Metacritic: 77/100
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture — A first-person adventure game from the creators of Dear Esther and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. The events of the game take...
Proteus
Proteus
Arcade, First-person view, Indie
January 30, 2013
Metacritic: 76/100
Proteus is a first-person arcade game with indie game elements from the developers of Ed Key and David Kanaga. The game is published by Twisted Tree.Proteus is...
Eastshade
Eastshade
Adventure, First-person view, Indie
February 13, 2019
Players: 8.5/10
Metacritic: 78/100
Eastshade is an indie adventure game with a first-person perspective. You will take on the role of an artist who goes on a journey through the amazing East Shade...
Virginia
Virginia
Adventure, First-person view
September 22, 2016
Players: 6.9/10
Metacritic: 77/100
Virginia is a first-person adventure thriller inspired by Twin Peaks and True Detective. The game takes place in 1992 in the small town of Kingdom in Virginia...
Beginner's Guide
Beginner's Guide
Adventure, First-person view, Indie
October 1, 2015
Players: 8.7/10
Beginner's Guide is an indie adventure from the creator of The Stanley Parable. The game tells the story of a man who tries his best to figure out something he...
The Unfinished Swan
The Unfinished Swan
Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie
October 23, 2012
Players: 7.5/10
Metacritic: 79/100
The Unfinished Swan is an interactive adventure with a first-person view. In the game you control a boy who chased a swan and ended up in a strange invisible world...
That Dragon, Cancer
That Dragon, Cancer
Adventure, First-person view, Interactive movie
January 11, 2016
Players: 6/10
Metacritic: 78/100
That Dragon, Cancer is an interactive adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the sad story of parents who lost their son to cancer. It is based on real...

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