Emotional story and characters
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“Firewatch is a game about people. Not exaggerated or broken characters just ordinary individuals dealing with the weight of their own lives.”
Steam review · 21.2 h played ↗
Firewatch
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Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Campo Santo2016Walking Simulator · Mystery · Adventure
The verdict
A short, beautiful, story-driven walking sim carried by superb voice acting and radio banter. Skip it if you want real gameplay, a satisfying ending, or hate full price for ~4 hours.
Great for
Players who like atmospheric, dialogue-driven stories and scenery, played in one evening
Main risk
The ending feels anticlimactic and the game is short and mostly walking for the price
What players love
Beautiful art style and scenery
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The scenery is honestly stunning. There were so many moments where I just paused and thought, “Okay wow… this is actually gorgeous.””
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗
Immersive, relaxing atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“There's something strangely relaxing about being alone in the middle of nowhere, even when the game starts making things feel a little... off.”
Steam review · 240.8 h played ↗
Superb voice acting and radio chemistry
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Both Rich Sommer (Henry) and Cissy Jones (Delilah) give some of the best voice acting I've heard in a game and the ambience/score is great.”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗
Perfect length for one sitting
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Great game for 1 evening. Story kept up building nicely with main protagonists and engaging dialog.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
Great value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“the sub €5 I got this for feels like amazing value for money”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Disappointing, anticlimactic ending
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“It feels like a movie that ran out of budget and couldn't film a real ending.”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Boring walking with little gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“It's a linear gated walking simulator with no redeeming gameplay whatsoever.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
Buggy movement and invisible walls
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“I have never played a game so buggy in my entire life. In a game where you are encouraged to explore, I can not move half the time.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Too short and overpriced
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“for nearly 20€ you get game that is more comparable to larger demo.”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗
Choices don't matter
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Your choices don't matter in the game and you are shoehorned into the same story even when it doesn't make sense.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Bugged achievements
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“The game is fine, most of the achievements are bugged.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support4 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 or higher 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 450 or higher with 1GB Memory
Storage4 GB available space
OSWindows 7 or higher 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 450 or higher with 1GB Memory
Storage4 GB available space
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