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Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Firewatch is a adventure, atmospheric and story rich game
developed by Campo Santo
and published by Campo Santo and Panic.
Released on February 09th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 7 languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.
It has received 90,438 reviews of which 81,777 were positive and 8,661 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 or higher 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 450 or higher with 1GB Memory
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 4 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: Mac OS X 10.8+
- Processor: 2011 or newer Intel Core i5
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia or ATi GPU with 1GB Memory
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Dedicated graphics card required. No Mac Mini model is officially supported at this time.
Linux
- OS: 64-bit OS
- Processor: Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 450 or higher with 1GB Memory
- Storage: 4 GB available space
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Firewatch is a game about people. Not exaggerated or broken characters just ordinary individuals dealing with the weight of their own lives. At its heart, the game is about escape the ways people run from responsibility, grief, or emotional strain, and how those attempts to disconnect can reveal more about them than the problems they’re avoiding. You play as someone who retreats into the quiet isolation of the Wyoming wilderness, and the game leans into that feeling of getting away from everything. The routine tasks, the long walks, the small disturbances in the forest they’re intentionally mundane, grounding you in a space that feels both peaceful and lonely. The real emotional pull comes from the relationship that develops over the radio. The conversations are thoughtful, vulnerable, often surprisingly honest, and they gradually reveal how both characters are using this distance to confront or avoid their own issues. The dialogue is the soul of the game, turning simple exchanges into meaningful moments. One of Firewatch’s strengths is how it blends this personal connection with a sense of unease that slowly builds in the background. The game never relies on big twists or dramatic reveals instead, it focuses on the tension that comes from uncertainty, isolation, and not fully understanding what’s happening around you. It uses atmosphere, sound, and the environment to keep you on edge without ever breaking the grounded, human tone of the story. By the time the journey reaches its end, Firewatch doesn’t try to provide a clean moral or a neatly wrapped conclusion. Instead, it reflects the messy way life often unfolds where closure isn’t guaranteed, and where people sometimes leave things unresolved because they don’t know how to face them. Ultimately, Firewatch is less about mystery and more about the emotional landscapes people carry with them. It’s a quiet, immersive experience that sticks with you not because of what happens, but because of why people do the things they do.
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Yes, it's a narrative-driven experience. Yes, it's a "walking simulator." Sometimes those games are good too. This is one.
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what. a. game. and the end credit music. uff, perfection. i hope i get a delilah...
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Firewatch is one of those games that quietly wrecks you. You go in thinking it’s just a walking sim, trees, sunsets, and then suddenly you're knee-deep in your own feelings because a woman on the radio asked how you're holding up. There’s no combat, no inventory. Just you, a damaged past, and Delilah’s voice in your ear. And somehow… that’s enough. More than enough. It’s haunting, beautiful, funny, and incredibly human. By the end, I didn’t want to leave the tower. I didn’t want to lose that voice. Short game. Long aftertaste. See you, Delilah. Maybe in another life.
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Loneliness, Pine Trees, and the Woman in My Ear Firewatch is the kind of game that sneaks up on you. One minute you’re hiking through the Wyoming wilderness in your ranger-issued shorts, trying to figure out how a couple of drunk teens managed to set half the forest on fire with fireworks, and the next you're emotionally spiraling because a woman with a devastatingly sexy voice on the radio asked how you're really doing. This isn’t a shooty-bang-bang game. There are no dragons. No inventory management. No high-octane car chases. Just you, the wilderness, a walkie-talkie, and a job watching for fire. Sounds boring, right? It’s not. It’s haunting. It’s funny. It’s beautiful. And somehow, it becomes one of the most intimate games I’ve ever played. You play as Henry, a man who took a job in the middle of nowhere to escape his own wreckage of a life. The setup is simple: you sit in a tower, spot fires, report back. But what makes this game burn is Delilah—your supervisor, your only friend, and the woman whose voice slowly becomes your entire emotional support system. And that voice? Delilah’s voice is dangerous. Sultry, sarcastic, warm, and wounded—every time she speaks, it’s like whiskey being poured over an old wound. I found myself hiking through brush, not to complete an objective, but just to get to the next conversation. She’s flirty. She’s funny. She’s human. And somehow, you fall in love—not with her face, not with her body (you never even see her), but with the idea of her. With the sound of her. With the company of her. Firewatch is brilliant in that way. It lets you fall for someone using nothing but a voice and a radio signal. And when the world starts unraveling around you—mystery, paranoia, fire closing in—Delilah is your anchor… even when you’re not sure if you can trust her. Gameplay-wise, it’s a walking sim, yes. You walk. You talk. You occasionally climb rocks and swat away branches like a sweaty philosopher. But the real journey is internal. It’s about grief, connection, and what it means to be seen by someone, even if they’re hundreds of miles away. The art style? Gorgeous. Like an oil painting of the American West lit on fire at golden hour. The soundtrack? Sparse and perfect. The story? Quietly devastating. No big plot twists. No happy endings. Just real, raw emotion wrapped in pine needles and smoke. Final verdict? Firewatch is a short game with long echoes. It’s about healing, about escape, about two broken people clinging to each other through static. I didn’t want to leave that tower. I didn’t want to lose that voice in my ear. And when the game ended, I sat in silence and wondered how a voice I never saw could feel more real than half the characters in my life. So here’s to Delilah. Wherever you are, radio girl… I still think about you.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Firewatch is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
Firewatch is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.
Firewatch received 81,777 positive votes out of a total of 90,438 achieving a rating of 8.91.
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Firewatch was developed by Campo Santo and published by Campo Santo and Panic.
Firewatch is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Firewatch is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Firewatch is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Firewatch is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Firewatch. Explore additional content available for Firewatch on Steam.
Firewatch does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Firewatch supports Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet and Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Firewatch is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Firewatch.
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Game modes
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Online players
99
Developer
Campo Santo
Publisher
Campo Santo,
Panic
Release
09 Feb 2016
Platforms
Remote Play