Firewatch
Sign in to saveFirewatch is an adventure game developed by Campo Santo and published by the developer in partnership with Panic. The game was released in February 2016 for Linux, OS X, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in September 2016, and for Nintendo Switch in December 2018. The story follows a fire lookout named Henry who works in Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. Henry interacts with his supervisor Delilah using a walkie-talkie, with the player choosing from dialog options to communicate. His exchanges with Delilah inform the process by which their relationship is developed. Over the course of th
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Firewatch is an indie adventure game developed by Campo Santo and published by Panic. The title utilizes the Unity engine and supports single-player gameplay. It is rated Mature by the ESRB. The game was released on February 8, 2016, for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, with subsequent releases on September 21, 2016, for Nintendo Switch, macOS, and Linux, and December 17, 2018.
Critical reception includes a Metacritic score of 81 and a RAWG rating of 4.3. Review aggregators list scores of 80/100, 79%, and 79/100. On IGDB, the game holds a rating of 79 based on 1182 user ratings and a critic rating of 79 from 18 critics.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Game data
Metacritic 81- Released
- 2016-02-08
- User rating
- 4.30 / 5
- Genres
- Indie, Adventure
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, macOS, Linux
- ESRB
- Mature
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game where you, as a man named Henry, explore the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout. What is supposed to be a peaceful respite from your complicated life takes a turn when you start to question some of the things that are happening to you. Your only human connection is over a handheld radio, which you’ll use to speak with your supervisor Delilah about the things both of you are experiencing.
- Released
- 2016
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- Unity
- Developer
- Campo Santo
- Publisher
- Panic
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Firewatch
- Video game.image
- Firewatch cover.jpg
- Video game.caption
- Artwork by Olly Moss, depicting a fire lookout in the Shoshone National Forest
- Video game.developer
- Campo Santo
- Video game.composer
- Chris Remo
- Video game.engine
- Unity
- Video game.released
- Linux, Mac OS, PlayStation 4, WindowsXbox OneNintendo Switch
- Video game.modes
- Single-player
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Author
- Sean Vanaman
- Genre
- walking simulator
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- Panic
- Director
- Sean Vanaman
- Cast member
- Rich Sommer
- Composer
- Chris Remo
- Narrative location
- United States
- Developer
- Campo Santo
- Platform
- Nintendo Switch
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Game engine
- Unity
- Distribution format
- digital distribution
- Official website
- www.firewatchgame.com
- Participant
- Olly Moss
Show 8 more facts
- announcement date
- 2014-00-00
- service life
- 5
- distributed by
- PlayStation Store
- publication date
- 2018-12-17
- language of work or name
- Simplified Chinese
- review score
- 79/100
- has characteristic
- indie game
- compatible with
- Steam Deck
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- Plot
- Development and release
- Reception
- Sales
- Accolades
- Film adaptation
- References
- External links
Firewatch is an adventure game developed by Campo Santo and published by the developer in partnership with Panic. The game was released in February 2016 for Linux, OS X, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in September 2016, and for Nintendo Switch in December 2018. The story follows a fire lookout named Henry who works in Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. Henry interacts with his supervisor Delilah using a walkie-talkie, with the player choosing from dialog options to communicate. His exchanges with Delilah inform the process by which their relationship is developed. Over the course of the summer, Henry and Delilah are menaced by unseen forces and have to unravel a years-old mystery.
The game was directed by Olly Moss and Sean Vanaman, written by Chris Remo, Jake Rodkin, Moss and Vanaman, and produced by Gabe McGill and artist Jane Ng. The game's environment was modelled by Ng, based on a single painting by Moss. The design draws inspiration from New Deal advertisements by the National Park Service and field research conducted in Yosemite National Park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Firewatch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.