Firewatch

Firewatch is for players who like quiet stories where conversation and the feeling of a place do most of the work. You play Henry, who in the summer of 1989 leaves a rough home life to take a fire lookout job in the Wyoming wilderness. Most of the time you are watching hills and a river, and your only company is your boss on a handheld radio, who keeps asking questions and poking at you. What you'll like: - The first hours are simply wandering and looking around, and it never gets old because each bend in the trail shows a new angle. - The game runs almost entirely on dialogue, and the answers you give over the radio shape your relationship with the other character in ways you feel later. - There is no combat or level grinding, but a strange mystery keeps pulling you forward. - A full playthrough fits into an evening or two, so you can finish it in a couple of sittings. You can buy Firewatch as a Steam gift from us: we add you as a friend through your quick invite link and send the game straight to your library. Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness. The year is 1989. You are a man named Henry who has retreated from his messy life to work as a fire lookout in the Wyoming wilderness. Perched high atop a mountain, it’s your job to look for smoke and keep the wilderness safe. An especially hot, dry summer has everyone on edge. Your supervisor Delilah is available to you at all times over a small, handheld radio-your only contact with the world you've left behind. But when something strange draws you out of your lookout tower and into the forest, you’ll explore a wild and unknown environment, facing questions and making choices that can build or destroy the only meaningful relationship you have. A Note: Firewatch is a video game about adults having adult conversations about adult things. If you plan on playing with a younger gamer, that might be good to know going in. Includes - A stunningly beautiful wilderness environment that expands as you explore. - A tailor-made story: the choices you make shape the narrative and build relationships. - An edge-of-your-seat mystery. - Secrets and discoveries to be made over every hill. Featuring - Living, breathing characters brought to life by Cissy Jones (The Walking Dead: Season 1) and Rich Sommer (Mad Men) - A spectacular wilderness environment by Olly Moss (Illustrator) and Jane Ng (The Cave, Brutal Legend) - A thrilling story and script by Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin (The Walking Dead: Season 1, Poker Night at the Inventory) - A stirring original soundtrack by Chris Remo (Gone Home) - Fluid first-person animation by James Benson (Ori & The Blind Forest) - Gameplay scripting and design work by Patrick Ewing (Twitter) and Nels Anderson (Mark of the Ninja) - Programming by Will Armstrong (Bioshock II), Ben Burbank (Costume Quest 2, Space Base DF-9), and Paolo Surricchio (Deadpool, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare)