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Firewatch
Developer Campo Santo
Firewatch is a 2016 adventure game developed by Campo Santo and published by the developer in partnership with Panic. The game was released in February 2016 for Linux, OS X, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in September 2016, and for Nintendo Switch in December 2018. The story follows a fire lookout named Henry who works in Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. Henry interacts with his supervisor Delilah using a… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
591 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
87
LovedLoved
389 positive · 58 negative
95% range 84–90%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 389 | 58 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 50 | 2 | 69 |
| Lemmy * | 4 | 2 | 17 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
53,953 of 60,427 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
86% recommend · 257 yes, 43 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 300 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (90,410 of 99,840 positive).
Players praise the game's atmosphere, story, and voice acting. [1][2][3] Many find the ending anticlimactic or disappointing. [4][5][6] Some note the game is short and lacks gameplay depth. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [6]
It had a lot of good moments especially in the first half, and set up a strong immersive mood and interesting narrative mechanics that I was excited about. But then it developed a red herring story that uses up the rest of the runtime of the game. It was so close to being good, but they focused on side characters that don't matter and don't connect to the main characters. The voice acting is wonderful, and along …
- [1]
A simulator of spending hours flirting over the radio with your alcoholic boss while developing an absolutely insane conspiracy paranoia in the middle of nowhere, only for the game to remind you that your real adult life problems are still waiting for you back in the city. 10/10.
- [4]
Im stuck between recommending the game and being mad at it. The story was interesting, the world has just enough intrigue to get me to keep playing it so I can see whats around the corner, and the characters are worthy of listening to. The ending, however, was so anticlimactic that it makes the whole experience seem duller in comparison. was it worth my time? yes. Was it worth 20$? probably not
- [13]
It takes a long time to realize that, in the end, you can only be who you are. The memories never really leave you — unless, perhaps, you have dementia. You can try to outrun them for a while. Maybe with alcohol. Maybe through an affair. Maybe by spending an entire summer alone in a fire lookout tower. But eventually, the real world catches up. Sometimes, it catches up in the cruelest way imaginable, and... She …
- [8]
Firewatch is an excellent example of the art of storytelling and theming. I genuinely love how isolating the game feels and the way the story is told through the radio and what you find. 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. The way the threat of fire is used to convey the themes of the narrative is excellent. But …
Summarised from 34 of the 426 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
86% of the 300 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Firewatch. The complaint that keeps coming up: ending feels rushed or anticlimactic. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Firewatch was a critical success and received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Justin Towell of GamesRadar+ wrote that Firewatch was "one of the most enthralling slices of entertainment I've ever experienced", while GameSpot's Scott Butterworth called it a "thoughtful, engrossing experience". Phil Iwaniuk, writing for PCGamesN, felt that while other games can fail to impart a sense of time and place to the player that lasts, Firewatch left an enduring impression of a dreamlike experience. Less positively, PC World's Hayden Dingman called it a game "full of excellent dialogue and breathtaking moments and stunning vistas that ultimately amounts…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
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neutral · AI labelView post →For our Playdate game based on Firewatch, we wanted some collectible Forrest Byrnes posters with a creepy and threatening 60s-70s Smokey Bear aura. Scaring kids into not starting fires. So I made these.
neutral · AI labelView post →"You're swimming against the tide making games like this": Why more developers didn't copy Firewatch's reactive storytelling. Firewatch was meant to spark a subgenre but its influence didn't spread. A decade on, we ask why Roblox and Minecraft are more
neutral · AI labelView post →My next game will be: Firewatch! A single player mystery game by Campo Santo! Heard some really good things about this so I'm looking forward to giving it a go!
positive · AI labelView post →I would like to play a calm game. Dear community, I'm looking for a similar (calm) game like **Portal 1/2 or Firewatch** that I can play on macOS with a similar vibe. The last time I played a game is years ago, and I wish I had at least once a week a nice single-player game that I can play 1-2 hours. =) I enjoyed Portal because I had to plan out what I'm doing before I act (without being pressured to act), the atmosphere of the game was legendary and I liked that little robot following me.…
neutral · AI labelView post →FireWatch 100% Complete! First Game of 2025 and I had a really great time playing it! 😊 Also adorable Turtle as a pet lol 🐢 Definitely recommend playing it if you haven't yet! 🔥
positive · AI labelView post →A simulator of spending hours flirting over the radio with your alcoholic boss while developing an absolutely insane conspiracy paranoia in the middle of nowhere, only for the game to remind you that your real adult life problems are still waiting for you back in the city. 10/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gooood Morning! 🌅☕️ I might start a new game today after beating FireWatch yesterday! 😊🎮 Have a cozy, relaxing Sunday! 🤗🫶🫶
neutral · AI labelView post →watercolors studies from firewatch game (yes, Pearls episodes reminded me about this awsome game) #firewatch #watercolors
neutral · AI labelView post →Ten years ago a game called Firewatch came out and I wrote an essay on how we were slowly being deprived of hearing other human voices every day. I think the piece holds up, and is only more relevant as AI con artists attempt to scrub humanity from even more of our lives.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fondly remembering the time Campo Santo made merch notebooks based on the fake in-game books in Firewatch, complete with a mail-order form for more fake books, which someone actually used to order a new fake book, which the studio then made and delivered to them. blog.camposanto.com/post/1626852...
neutral · AI labelView post →ALL our Steam games are ✅ verified on Steam Deck, from Firewatch and Thank Goodness You're Here! to Arco and Blippo+. Check them out! 🍲 store.steampowered.com/publisher/panic
neutral · AI labelView post →After seeing so many comments on here about it, I played through Firewatch in one sitting yesterday night. Went in blind, I don’t regret one minute of missed sleep. (It’s $4 without DRM. www.gog.com/en/game/fire...)
positive · AI labelView post →I thoroughly enjoyed everything about this game, there is just one thing. Absolutely no way that 40 year olds in the 80s talked like corny millenials
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PSA/Reminder: If you have Firewatch in your Steam library, you can get despelote for $11.99 (that's an additional savings on top of our launch discount). Simply log onto Steam, follow the bundle link on our game page or below, and complete your bundle. 🛍 store.steampowered.com/bundle/53234...
neutral · AI labelView post →Firewatch is $1.99 on Steam buff.ly/360W5e8 $3.99 GOG buff.ly/49QdOpy $2.99 US PSN buff.ly/3Dr49JO Deck verified also on Game Pass Standard
neutral · AI labelView post →Games Finished in 2025, a new year, a new list, lets have some cute gaming time. First game to finish in 2025 is #1 Firewatch ( PS5 ) 7.5/10 - 5 hours to finish
positive · AI labelView post →I bought this game a while ago on sale largely cause of the positive views and forgot about it until today. i played through it in one sitting. it took about 4 hours of actual game time to finish. I have to say though, it was a bit disappointing to play. the introduction and the voice acting was cozy and interesting and every new twist kept me hooked.... then about 80% through the game it all went to the pits.. it feels like the devs gave up after that part. all the mysteries of the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Firewatch is $2.99 on US PSN buff.ly/3Dr49JO also on Game Pass Standard
neutral · AI labelView post →I was falling asleep to a Firewatch play through last night, and the game incudes this excellent visual gag:
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm terrible with map-reading and spatial awareness, so, Firewatch is going about as well as you'd expect. But I did find a turtle and get to call it Shelly Duvall so, excellent game, 10/10
positive · AI labelView post →Firewatch is $3.99 on GOG buff.ly/wMw1jXp #ad Steam buff.ly/IK78pwT also on Game Pass Premium
neutral · AI labelView post →a lil background study. Spotify randomly played Ol' Shoshone the other day, and I've been thinking about Campo Santo's Firewatch ever since
neutral · AI labelView post →Fire Watch with me - Firewatch (2016) Review. This game was a missed opportunity in my opinion. It's such a cool setting and I can't believe something like Far Cry with it's infinite radio towers and forests hasn't even managed to sell a forest area this well as Firewatch does in only a few hours. The map is small so you get quickly familiar with the few choice routes you like to take and the in-game map which is a real map that the character holds instead of a HUD element feels really intimate…
negative · AI labelView post →Firewatch is one of those games I went into without really knowing what to expect, and honestly, I ended up liking it way more than I thought I would. The gameplay itself is pretty simple. You walk around, explore the forest, find things and talk to Delilah through the radio. But somehow that was enough to keep me interested. Most of the time I wasn't even thinking about the objective, I just wanted to see where the path would take me and hear what Delilah had to say. I really liked the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game but with my terrible sense of direction I got lost way too many times the story was easier to follow than the map
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It had a lot of good moments especially in the first half, and set up a strong immersive mood and interesting narrative mechanics that I was excited about. But then it developed a red herring story that uses up the rest of the runtime of the game. It was so close to being good, but they focused on side characters that don't matter and don't connect to the main characters. The voice acting is wonderful, and along with the visuals, carries the game. The dialog writing is odd, the way they speak…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An object study from a game this time: the walkie-talkie from Firewatch. #pixelart #ドット絵 #isometric #fanart #Firewatch
neutral · AI labelView post →I love talking about Firewatch because it's a concrete time I can point to my brain doing a weird brain thing. Firewatch is a lovely game about being a seasonal lookout in a national park. It's also a beautiful game, and on day two you find a disposable camera with 17 snaps left. 1/
positive · AI labelView post →I finally played through Firewatch. I don't know why I thought the game would be cozy, but I found myself so worked up about the story as it unfolded. The ending managed to completely surprise me as well. I also think I should pick up the books from the game into my To Read list. 😁
neutral · AI labelView post →Firewatch is $3.99 on GOG buff.ly/k2t9pl8 #ad US PSN buff.ly/DwOpApq also on Game Pass Premium
neutral · AI labelView post →Cute visuals and strong start, but what a dull ending. Like, I think I get what they're doing, there's something clever about the story, but in the end it all kinda felt meaningless. They say that Firewatch is a story about humans, and I see why; the characters are likely quite realistic for trying to escape their ♥♥♥♥♥♥ lives by making up a huge conspiracy, which, ya know, is something I recognize in today's society too. But having finished the game, I feel kinda empty and unmoved about what…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#411 (2016-02-17). [🔗](https://www.exocomics.com/411/) ::: spoiler Title text it's gettin' serious ::: Author comment: > Jordan and I played Firewatch over the weekend and daaaaaamn that’s a beautiful game. I might have to make some fan art. > > In the meantime, I added [two new original drawings](https://www.exocomics.com/store/drawings/) to the store last week!
positive · AI labelView post →Firewatch is a such a good game. If you’re looking for something to play and you’re happy to immerse yourself in an aesthetically beautiful story, with perhaps an even more beautiful soundtrack, this game is for you.
positive · AI labelView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ What is reality? ☑ Gorgeous ☑ That’s game-specific, so it doesn’t really count ☐ Beautiful ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don’t look too closely ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It’s just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ I’d rather watch a JP livestream ☐ Nope ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad? ☐ I’d rather hear Squegos sing ☐ I’m deaf now ---{ Target Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Everyone ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Runs if Paint opens ☐ Potato ☑…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recently replayed Firewatch, what a game! I miss Campo Santo :(
positive · AI labelView post →the game is good and so is the story, but my character just keeps getting stuck on nothing! sections that should only take one minute take 3-5 because i cant move where i want too, super buggy and getting stuck in the middle of a flat area gets old fast
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cabel, the son of two Portland artists, built one of the most interesting software companies anywhere—publishing Firewatch and Untitled Goose Game, making t-shirts for Katamari Damacy, and developing the kookiest handheld console ever devised. A joyous chat:
neutral · AI labelView post →Im stuck between recommending the game and being mad at it. The story was interesting, the world has just enough intrigue to get me to keep playing it so I can see whats around the corner, and the characters are worthy of listening to. The ending, however, was so anticlimactic that it makes the whole experience seem duller in comparison. was it worth my time? yes. Was it worth 20$? probably not
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just finished the game. Doing the free-roam after the ending is just gut-wrenching. Some people are saying that the ending is rushed, and I think that was the point? I kept thinking there would be more after the credits — another day, a hidden scene, something to hold onto. But there wasn't. The story’s over, and that’s all it was ever meant to be. I guess I just didn’t want to let it go yet. Maybe it’s okay, though. Not every game needs another chapter. Some endings are meant to linger —…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Welp, that kinda sucked. I've been wanting to play this game for a while. How could I not? The trailer, the landscapes, the premise, the positive reviews.. it all got me interested. A mystery in the woods? hell yeah! but unfortunately, the game just didn't land for me. Since this is a walking simulator, the gameplay is very simple: follow directions, go from point A to point B and talk to the person on the radio while you do it. Because of this, I expected the story to blow me away or, at the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Acclaimed upon release 10 years ago and still held up as an exemplar of video game narrative, Firewatch dresses up the same male fantasy. www.avclub.com/firewatch-10...
neutral · AI labelView post →Pros: Great story. Once the story gets going, the suspense and mystery were gripping. The protagonist was extremely well developed. His relationship with the deuteragonist is raw and made me feel a lot of emotions. The music is good. Cons: The full price of this game simply isn't justified for what it delivers. The graphics are quite minimalist. It's only 4 hours of play time. It's a walking simulator with some item interactions. I was genuinely shocked to learn how big the development team on…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This week on Quest Quest: @bvigeant.bsky.social and I discuss Firewatch, an incredible game that was somehow released 10 years ago? Join us in the lookout tower as we discuss the paranoia of being alone with your own thoughts. Listen here (or wherever): zencastr.com/z/NpxuAqA7
positive · AI labelView post →I enjoyed this game far more than I thought I would. Full disclosure, my main motivation for playing it was because I liked the backgrounds in the points shop. But I ended up liking it so much that I binged it in one sitting. I finished in about 5 hours, but I think it could be finished sooner. (My extended time is likely due to a mixture of being nosy and wanting to explore everything, and also having a terrible sense of direction and needing to check the map every 1.3 seconds.) It's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Try the demo for Kinsfolk, a casual emotional adventure about fatherhood. >Made in the spirit of the likes of Journey, Firewatch, What Remains of Edith Finch - Kinsfolk is a casual adventure about fatherhood. As the main character you embark on a journey to discover the meaning of family. Seems like a nice one if you're into slower-paced experiences.
neutral · AI labelView post →Firewatch isn't just a "short walking simulator slop", it's more than you really think it is! It does resemble how reality is sometimes, that you must distract yourself to forget the previous problems you had or currently have. As we continue our journey with Firewatch, we are trying to prevent fires happening but also unravel the mysteries of the forest and solving problematic encounters on our hiking journey. Firewatch has suprised me a lot with it's story, as I didn't know anything about the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don’t think I could name another game that has a sense of place as strong as Firewatch
positive · AI labelView post →It took me a few sittings to finish Firewatch simply because I could never find the right time to sit down and complete it. Then, on an off day, I finally decided to finish it, and boy, did it make me question a lot of things. The ending is nothing like the usual fairytale payoff most games condition us to expect; there’s no grand revelation, no perfect romance, and no satisfying “everything worked out” conclusion. Instead, when the credits roll, you’re left sitting there wondering what the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was waiting for a twist that never came. You could say that's part of the metaphor of it all, but I fear it never dove deep enough to make me realize something profound or be worth the time. The mundanity of the ending reminds me of a certain part of Disco Elysium but with less payoff. IYKYK. I really liked the graphics and the voice acting was good. I could empathize with the characters which I think is important in a game like this. I also forgot this wasn't a horror game a few times…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Firewatch tells the story about Henry, who's searching for some life changes after his wife developed dementia. To clear his head, he starts a job as a fire lookout at the distant Shoshone National Forest. His only contact in the wilderness is his supervisor Delilah, who also uses the isolation of the forest to find an escape from her own burdens. The gameplay is based on completing small tasks and exploring the national park around the firewatch tower while following a bittersweet plot that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short and bittersweet. Great game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →IF YA'LL ARE INTHE SAME BOAT HERE ARE SOME AMAZING SINGLE PLAYER GAMES YOU SHOULD PLAY Bloodborne What remains of edith finch Firewatch (i konw the devs are bad but game too good) Cabernet (amazing and new indi game) Balatro Subnautica Oxenfree and "A game about digging a hole" ENJOY!
positive · AI labelView post →7.5/10 Nice sweet short game. The visuals and soundtrack is really really good! Story starts good but towards the end kinda meh for me personally. Overall if you are looking for something short and mysterious, its a good choice.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Firewatch is one of the best examples of a "walking simulator" done well. Instead of focusing on combat or complex mechanics, it tells a deeply personal story about loneliness, guilt, and human connection.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Firewatch is one of those games that slowly sneaks up on you. At first, it feels like a peaceful escape — just you, a map (that I was terrible at reading so please prepare yourself my fellow bad navigators), and miles of beautiful wilderness. But somewhere between getting lost for the third time and stopping to admire yet another tree, it becomes something more. 🙂 The scenery is honestly stunning. There were so many moments where I just paused and thought, “Okay wow… this is actually…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ever cried within the first 5 minutes of a video game? Ever played Firewatch???
positive · AI labelView post →While I do think this is a good game, a tight little story, it's also underwhelming given how much praise it has received.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My husband played Firewatch for the first time while I watched and it’s such a cool game. Give me an 8-10 hour game with a complete story any day of the week, and I’ll be happy.
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