Posted October 09, 2018

If you can also post your computer specs because some new games might have problems if you have an old computer.
Maybe he would like the witcher series? The witcher 1 that even old computers can run.


What he's looking for are games with environmental puzzles. If he likes Myst, there's a whole series of Myst games afterwards, starting with Riven.
Quern is absolutely fantastic, I'd definitely say get him that.
Firewatch isn't quite the same thing from what I can gather, but I haven't played, so I can't confirm.
Obduction is made by the same devs who made Myst and has that same puzzly goodness.
Schizm: Mysterious Journey is a decent Myst clone.
If you're willing to go outside of GOG, look into the Rhem and Aura: Fate of the Ages series.
Amanita Design's games (Machinarium, Botanicula, the Samorost series) are rather similar in the "figure out how the world works" sense. I recommend 'em, though it's not the same type of first-person view.
If we get more into stuff where you start to have an actual inventory, some of Kheops Studios' games are nice, like Return to Mysterious Island 1 and 2.
DRM-free means basically what you just said. You get the installer, and there's no extra steps you have to go through, you can download the game and install/play without internet. If you'd like a client (to manage your game library, a bit like Steam), you can download Galaxy. If not, just use the "offline backup installers" when looking at the game in your library.
Post edited October 09, 2018 by Bohemian59