Games like The Wake Event
Games like The Wake Event include Outer Wilds, The Talos Principle, SOMA, What Remains of Edith Finch, and Firewatch. We matched them by the tags players give The Wake Event on Steam (Atmospheric, Sci-fi, Hacking, Puzzle, and Exploration): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Outer Wilds
Shared: Exploration · Atmospheric · Mystery

The Talos Principle
Shared: Puzzle · Sci-fi · Atmospheric

SOMA
Shared: Atmospheric · Sci-fi · Horror

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Atmospheric · Exploration · First-Person

Firewatch
Shared: Atmospheric · First-Person · Mystery

Blue Prince
Shared: Puzzle · Exploration · Mystery

Prey
Shared: Sci-fi · Atmospheric · Horror

Half-Life 2
Shared: Sci-fi · Atmospheric · First-Person

Black Mesa
Shared: Sci-fi · Atmospheric · First-Person

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

Return of the Obra Dinn
Shared: Atmospheric · Puzzle · Mystery

Poppy Playtime
Shared: Puzzle · Horror · First-Person

Stray
Shared: Atmospheric · Exploration · Puzzle

Fallout 4
Shared: Atmospheric · Exploration · First-Person

Lethal Company
Shared: First-Person · Horror · Sci-fi

The Room
Shared: Atmospheric · Puzzle · Mystery

INFRA
Shared: Atmospheric · Puzzle · Exploration

Inside the Backrooms
Shared: Puzzle · Horror · Atmospheric

Bendy and the Ink Machine
Shared: Puzzle · First-Person · Horror

BioShock™ Remastered
Shared: Atmospheric · Story Rich · First-Person

BioShock™
Shared: Atmospheric · Story Rich · Sci-fi

ROUTINE
Shared: Sci-fi · Atmospheric · Puzzle

The Witness
Shared: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person

Metro Exodus
Shared: Atmospheric · Story Rich · First-Person