Agent_KaryoFirewatch was meant to spark a subgenre but its influence didn’t spread. A decade on, we ask why Roblox and Minecraft are more
KühlschrankHuh new subgenre? I always considered it already part of the well-established genre of narrative driven walking simulators.
Yeah I don’t know that Firewatch was a significant divergence from the rest of the walking sim genre, let alone establishing is own subgenre. But it is weird that there did seem to be a bubble of these sorts of experiential/narrative walking sim games for a minute. Some of them pretty popular. Firewatch, Gone Home, The Stanley Parable, etc. Maybe 10ish notable titles all within the few years between 2013-2017. Then nothing significant for nearly a decade now. But thank God we’ve had 40 more online battle Royale shooters since then!
One that came out more recently that I thought was decent is Don’t press the button
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A first-person, narrative-driven game featuring The Developer, who questions, taunts, and tests you at every turn. You shouldn’t press the button, but you’ll want to. You will have control, and you will have none. Power is in your hands... or is it? Inspired by classic narrative driven games.
Hmm, i slept on that one because i got it mistaken with Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes which is multiplayer and therefore not my usual jam.
I’ll give it a look.
I mean, it’s multiplayer, sure, but it’s a different sort of multiplayer than most. I freaking love disarming the bomb.
I’m sort of disappointed to hear about the long dark though. I’ve had that one on my backlog for when I finish the current survival crafting game I’m working through.