Walking Simulator 2021 — top best games in the Walking Simulator genre

The Medium - a game in the Walking Simulator genre

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 74/100

In the center of events is a girl medium named Marianne, who goes to investigate the mysterious murder of a boy. The mystical gift allows the heroine to look into...

What Remains of Edith Finch

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 25 April 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer, Point & Click, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 5 March 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Longing is an unusual game, the main feature of which lies in its length. The fact is that it will take 400 days to complete the game. Even if a player enters...

Lake

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Simulation, Indie, Walking Simulator, Open world

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 1 September 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Death Stranding: Director's Cut

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Simulation, Shooter, Stealth, Open world, Walking Simulator, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 5, PC, Mac, iOS, Xbox Series X/S → 24 September 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 87/100

An expanded and updated version of Death Stranding. The game features even more storylines, new missions, and expanded locations. As you progress, you will be...

Mundaun

Horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 16 March 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An atmospheric horror adventure set in a remote alpine village. The main character, a young man named Kurt, goes there to find out the circumstances of the...

Layers of Fear 2

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 28 May 2019

Players: 8/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Layers of Fear 2 is a continuation of the first-person adventure horror game from the creators of Observer. A Hollywood star is invited to star in a new...

Before Your Eyes

Adventure, Indie, First-person view, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Mac, Android, iOS → 8 April 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

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...

Slender: The Arrival

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural, Survival horror

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 28 October 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Continuation of the atmospheric horror with a first-person view Slender. The story tells of Slenderman, a paranormal figure who haunts inquiring minds around the...

Summer of '58

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 21 July 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Summer of '58 is an adventure horror game with a first-person view, which takes place in the abandoned pioneer camp "Youth". The main character is video blogger...

Chasing Static

Adventure, First-person view, Horror, Futurism (Future), Walking Simulator

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S → 14 October 2021

Steam: 86/100

Chasing Static is a first-person action-horror adventure in which you will uncover the mystery of an abandoned village and find out what happened to its...

Mutazione

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, iOS, Xbox One, Android, Linux → 19 September 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An atmospheric side-scrolling adventure in a fantastic setting. Over 100 years ago, a meteorite fell on a tropical resort. Almost all the inhabitants died, and the...

The Fabled Woods

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 25 March 2021

Steam: 65/100

The Fabled Woods is an adventure game. The main character explores the forest to find his long-lost son. Despite the picturesque beauty, terrible secrets and...

[Chilla's Art] Night Delivery

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 4 June 2021

Steam: 79/100

A Japanese psychological horror game from the first-person perspective, where the ordinary job of a night courier gradually turns into a disturbing adventure. The...

Kursk

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Simulation

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 7 November 2018

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 42/100

Kursk is an action-adventure game with horror elements and a first-person view. The game will tell about the tragedy of the K-141 Kursk submarine, which sank on...

The Whisperer

Puzzle, Walking Simulator, First-person view, Horror, Adventure

Game released: PC, Mac → 16 December 2021

Steam: 64/100

The main character explores an abandoned trading post and its surroundings to unravel a terrible mystery. The two winterers who inhabited it disappeared. The game...

Bloodwash

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Old school, Walking Simulator, Survival horror, First-person view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 16 September 2021

Steam: 92/100

A pregnant student named Sarah has her washing machine break down, so late in the evening she has to go to a 24-hour laundromat on the outskirts of the city. The...

Fatum Betula

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Old school, Walking Simulator, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch → 20 June 2020

Steam: 95/100

A surreal adventure in a world without a past, where a mysterious magical birch grows. The future of the entire world depends on its condition, and the main...

Paradise Lost

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 24 March 2021

Players: 6/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Paradise Lost is a first-person action-puzzle adventure that takes you to an alternate history where World War II did not end in 1945. After 20 years of military...

Titan Chaser

Adventure, Walking Simulator, Open world, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 12 July 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

The main character drives a car around the territory where various scientific stations are located, and drives away titans (huge monsters) using a powerful...

Frame of Mind

Free game, Puzzle, Platformer, First-person view, Adventure, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 19 January 2021

Steam: 94/100

Frame of Mind is an adventure puzzle platformer with a first-person view, where logic will have to be left aside. The whole point is that to get further, you will...

СИМУЛЯТОР ОДИНОЧЕСТВА В РУССКОЙ ДЕРЕВНЕ

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Action, Walking Simulator, Open world, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 9 April 2021

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 78/100

SIMULATOR OF LONELINESS IN A RUSSIAN VILLAGE — an adventure simulator with a first-person view, in which you will feel the atmosphere of loneliness in the...

Sumire

Adventure, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Side view, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 26 May 2021

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Sumire is a fantasy adventure visual novel with anime and supernatural elements. In this charming place, a sad girl named Sumire meets a mischievous spirit who...

Lydia

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Walking Simulator, Horror

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 2 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Lydia is a point and click adventure with a side view and an atmospheric plot. The game will tell the story of a little girl in the world of adults. What is hidden...

Loverowind

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 19 May 2021

Steam: 71/100

Loverowind is an arcade indie adventure with a first-person view in the fantasy genre. This is a very short experience of the spring wind. You collect flowers and...

ENEMIES

First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Adventure, Shooter

Game released: PC, Mac → 30 August 2021

Steam: 86/100

The game takes place in a video game development corporation looking to take video games to the next level through immersive technology. But everything starts to go...

Re: Award

Free game, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Hidden Objects, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 31 May 2021

Steam: 71/100

Re: Award is a free-to-play adventure game with a third-person perspective. As you progress, you will have to search for objects using a special ability. According...

Bright Lights of Svetlov

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Simulation, Horror, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 15 September 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Bright Lights of Svetlov is an adventure game with a first-person view about the life of an ordinary Soviet family in the mid-80s of the last century, which had to...

My brother lives in a canyon

Adventure, Casual game, Exploration, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC, Linux → 23 July 2021

Steam: 92/100

My brother lives in a canyon is a casual adventure game with exploration elements and a first-person view. You play as Jake and start walking down the path to meet...

NUTS

First-person view, Adventure, Action, Simulation, Indie, Detective, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 4 February 2021

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 67/100

NUTS is an indie action adventure game with simulation elements and a first-person view. Your mission briefing will give you a starting point, but it will be up to...

Dear Future

Free game, Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Online, Exploration, Procedural generation, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 20 April 2021

Steam: 80/100

Dear Future is a shareware, unusual multiplayer adventure with a first-person view in a post-apocalyptic setting. In this project you need to wander around the city...

Voyage

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Walking Simulator, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 18 February 2021

Steam: 87/100

Voyage is a cinematic adventure about two survivors seeking answers about a long-forgotten past and trying to find a way home. Their journey unfolds across...

Sayri: The Beginning

Indie, Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 4 May 2021

Sayri: The Beginning is an indie adventure arcade game with a third-person view and puzzle elements. Forced to flee his home world after catastrophic events, Cyri...

Arausio

Free game, Historical, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Point & Click, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 22 June 2021

Steam: 95/100

Arausio is a free-to-play, first-person adventure game in which you explore a faithful recreation of the ancient Theater of Arausio and uncover the mystery behind...

Old Evil

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC → 14 July 2021

Steam: 58/100

Old Evil is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The game takes place in the fall of 2018 in a wooded area in the vicinity of the city of Witch Hills...

Alpaca Stacka

Arcade, Indie, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Adventure, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC, Mac → 29 July 2021

Steam: 97/100

Alpaca Stacka is a free arcade platformer with a third-person view about alpacas. The goal of the game is simple — you need to explore the island and collect...

Rooten

Adventure, Indie, Horror, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 8 September 2021

Steam: 79/100

Rooten is an atmospheric side-scrolling adventure with horror elements. You have to go to a distant research station. But upon arrival, no one began to greet you...

Cions of Vega

Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 9 April 2021

Steam: 74/100

Cions of Vega is an indie fantasy adventure with a first-person view. Your daughter, Leila, has run away from home, so you go after her to find where she is hiding...

Forgotten Fields

Adventure, Walking Simulator, Visual novel

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 14 April 2021

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Forgotten Fields is a narrative game about Sid, a struggling writer who returns to his childhood home shortly before it is sold. He visits old friends, revisits...

Shape of the World

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 5 June 2018

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A surrealist first-person exploration game set in a world of dreamlike forests, aquatic caves and peaceful shores that grow and change around the player...

Walking Simulator

Best Games in the Walking Simulator genre of 2021 (Game released)