A private investigator named Red Walker goes looking for a vanished musician in a half-abandoned American town. That is the setup of Silver Pines, which came out October 8 and is now sitting at an 87 on OpenCritic, with 94 percent of 32 critics recommending it.

Wych Elm developed it, Team17 published it, and it is out on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S,...