the og. maybe not for everyone (trope namer: sad dude with a dead wife) but great writing and it changes upon replay revealing some answers and asking more questions, leading to some subtlety which deserves a bit of time.

a beautiful mediation on art, criticism, and the relationship between viewer and creator. "how to read videogames 101" and "how not to read videogames 201" in one package.

a fun house which unveils a few different storylines and distinct time, place and set of characters. a good head fake towards horror.

ok fine you aren't "walking" but you ARE doing xenobiology so let's call it even

absurdist fun even if it's not the deepest thing

a game that in 15 minutes makes you question why you have ever walked down a boring hallway in a game ever

oookay i would say this is closer to an "adventure" game than a "walking sim" but either way its a wonderful, joyful game about living with others and as part of nature.

pure synthesia . sure, it's aimless, but that makes it a bigger joy to dip in and out of. also: gorgeous. great fun to look at.

the ACTUAL twin peaks video game

ok my literal impression of this game is that this is a disjointed set of anecodotes that never settles on a tone, but it's not BAD, it just didn't land with me, so i reccomend it without exactly connecting with it. it IS inventive.

deserved every bit of praise it got

what if the stanley parable was actually funny?

a fun sci fi adventure that keeps it short and sweet

a pointed essay about the nature of history

vaporwave adventure

more sandbox-y than a "traditional" walking sim but the mainlined philosophy sessions and silly nature make it worth the look anyway

a platformer, sure, but a low-stakes one with beautiful visuals and no stress

ok fine a SWIMMING simulator, but gorgeous and engaging

gonna be honest i dont remember this one but its on "walking simulator" on steam and i have 7 hours logged so

mysterious and weird

i think the impact for me lessened as it went on but when it hits a few of those early notes.... boy.

more of a quiet puzzler really, but, look, this is a fake genre, and you aren't the cops, so