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The Longest Walk

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.

What works

  • Powerful and relatable narrative on depression
  • Unique and beautiful artistic style
  • Emotional and intimate storytelling
  • Free and short experience
  • Raises mental health awareness

Things to keep in mind

  • Minimal gameplay and interactivity
  • Very short duration
  • Linear on-rails walking
  • Lack of options or settings
  • Some technical issues reported (e.g. no v-sync, escape key quits)

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • 93, Kuindzhi

  • Bottle: Pilgrim Redux

  • In The Rural Village of Nagoro

  • The Longest Road on Earth

  • Bleeding Roots

  • 9.03m

More fantastical

Games that feels like The Longest Walk but with more imaginative fiction

  • It Moves

  • Yume Nikki

  • Senza Peso

  • Karambola

  • Firework

  • The Old Tree

Less intimate

Games that feels like The Longest Walk but with less focus on close relationships

  • The Plan

  • Sisyphus Reborn

  • Sono

  • The Flood

  • KIDS

  • Paperbark

More autonomous

Games that feels like The Longest Walk but with more freedom over how you play

  • Control, I'm Not Coming Back

  • The Dearest Person

  • Plug & Play

  • Proteus

  • Little Man Has a Day

  • HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE

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The Longest Walk: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Progression.

Last update: 21/08/2026