Games like Arctic Awakening
Games like Arctic Awakening include Firewatch, What Remains of Edith Finch, Outer Wilds, Fallout 4, and Gone Home. We matched them by the tags players give Arctic Awakening on Steam (Story Rich, Atmospheric, Mystery, Walking Simulator, and Exploration): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Firewatch
Shared: Atmospheric · Story Rich · Walking Simulator

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · Mystery

Outer Wilds
Shared: Story Rich · Mystery · Exploration

Fallout 4
Shared: Exploration · Atmospheric · Story Rich

Gone Home
Shared: Walking Simulator · Atmospheric · Story Rich

DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · Walking Simulator

The Talos Principle
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · First-Person

Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · Walking Simulator

Night in the Woods
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · Adventure

The Forgotten City
Shared: Mystery · Story Rich · Adventure

SOMA
Shared: Atmospheric · Story Rich · Exploration

The Long Dark
Shared: Atmospheric · Exploration · First-Person

The Beginner's Guide
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · Walking Simulator

The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Shared: Atmospheric · Mystery · Walking Simulator

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Shared: Atmospheric · Mystery · Walking Simulator

INFRA
Shared: Atmospheric · Exploration · Walking Simulator

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · Adventure

Fallout: New Vegas
Shared: Story Rich · Exploration · First-Person

Cyberpunk 2077
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · Sci-fi

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Standard Edition
Shared: Atmospheric · Story Rich · Exploration

CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
Shared: Story Rich · Mystery · Exploration

Tacoma
Shared: Story Rich · Walking Simulator · Adventure

Layers of Fear (2016)
Shared: Atmospheric · Walking Simulator · Story Rich

Detroit: Become Human
Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Atmospheric