Games like Welcome to Elk
Games like Welcome to Elk include Night in the Woods, Firewatch, What Remains of Edith Finch, Outer Wilds, and GRIS. We matched them by the tags players give Welcome to Elk on Steam (Story Rich, Stylized, Mystery, Exploration, and Adventure): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

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

Firewatch
Shared: Story Rich · Adventure · Mystery

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

Outer Wilds
Shared: Story Rich · Exploration · Mystery

GRIS
Shared: Atmospheric · Adventure · Story Rich

Hollow Knight: Silksong
Shared: Exploration · Singleplayer · 2D

Chants of Sennaar
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · Stylized

Hollow Knight
Shared: Exploration · Singleplayer · Story Rich

Tomb Raider Game of the Year
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · Singleplayer

Gorogoa
Shared: Singleplayer · Stylized · Atmospheric

Carto
Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · Adventure

Cairn
Shared: Stylized · Exploration · Adventure

Sally Face - Episode One
Shared: Story Rich · Mystery · Adventure

OneShot
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · Singleplayer

In Other Waters
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Story Rich

Blue Prince
Shared: Mystery · Exploration · Story Rich

Rise of the Tomb Raider™
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · Exploration

Sable
Shared: Story Rich · Exploration · Atmospheric

Pentiment
Shared: Story Rich · Adventure · Stylized

DREDGE
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Mystery

Portal 2
Shared: Story Rich · Singleplayer · Dark Humor

Gone Home
Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · Atmospheric

Call of the Sea
Shared: Story Rich · Adventure · Mystery

Fallout 4
Shared: Exploration · Singleplayer · Adventure