Games like What Never Was
Games like What Never Was include What Remains of Edith Finch, Firewatch, The Room, Outer Wilds, and Poppy Playtime. We matched them by the tags players give What Never Was on Steam (Free to Play, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, and Story Rich): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Story Rich · Adventure · First-Person

Firewatch
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · Singleplayer

The Room
Shared: Puzzle · Adventure · Mystery

Outer Wilds
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · Puzzle

Poppy Playtime
Shared: Free to Play · Puzzle · Singleplayer

Samsara Room
Shared: Puzzle · Free to Play · Indie

Blue Prince
Shared: Puzzle · Mystery · Singleplayer

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

The Room 4: Old Sins
Shared: Puzzle · Adventure · Mystery

Return of the Obra Dinn
Shared: Puzzle · Story Rich · Mystery

Chants of Sennaar
Shared: Puzzle · Adventure · Indie

The Room Three
Shared: Puzzle · Adventure · Indie

The Room Two
Shared: Puzzle · Adventure · Mystery

Gorogoa
Shared: Puzzle · Indie · Singleplayer

The Witness
Shared: Puzzle · First-Person · Singleplayer

A Story About My Uncle
Shared: Adventure · Indie · First-Person

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

Portal 2
Shared: Puzzle · Singleplayer · Story Rich

Riven
Shared: Puzzle · Adventure · Story Rich

Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · Indie

Obduction
Shared: Puzzle · Adventure · Indie

Twelve Minutes
Shared: Adventure · Indie · Puzzle

Gone Home
Shared: Indie · Story Rich · First-Person