Games like The First Friend
Games like The First Friend include Firewatch, What Remains of Edith Finch, Journey, The Witness, and The Beginner's Guide. We matched them by the tags players give The First Friend on Steam (Indie, Walking Simulator, Adventure, Exploration, and First-Person): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Firewatch
Shared: Adventure · Walking Simulator · Atmospheric

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Walking Simulator · Atmospheric · Story Rich

Journey
Shared: Indie · Adventure · Atmospheric

The Witness
Shared: Exploration · First-Person · Indie

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

Gone Home
Shared: Walking Simulator · Indie · Exploration

ABZU
Shared: Exploration · Atmospheric · Adventure

Slime Rancher
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · First-Person

The First Tree
Shared: Walking Simulator · Adventure · Indie

Outer Wilds
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Story Rich

The Long Dark
Shared: Exploration · Atmospheric · Adventure

Fallout 4
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Atmospheric

The Stanley Parable
Shared: Indie · Walking Simulator · First-Person

Cairn
Shared: Indie · Exploration · Adventure

Riven
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · First-Person

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Shared: Walking Simulator · Indie · Adventure

Road 96
Shared: First-Person · Adventure · Colorful

Before Your Eyes
Shared: Indie · First-Person · Story Rich

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

Valley
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · First-Person

Slime Rancher 2
Shared: First-Person · Adventure · Colorful

Call of the Sea
Shared: Adventure · Indie · First-Person

Copycat
Shared: Indie · Adventure · Walking Simulator

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