the best and only good walking sim is Stanley Parable, because those devs actually did something with the concept that isn't "walk down path and look at pretty images"
You didn't like the tale of kidney stones in Dear Esther?
Stanley Parable's brand of humor just never clicked with me.
I'm trying to think what Walking Simulator that I actually enjoyed. Fire Watch? Nope. Edith Finch? Nope. Gone Home? Nope. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture? Nope. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter? Nope. That Dragon Cancer? Nope. And then I have to ask myself, "Bender, why the fuck do you keep playing these?" I have no idea.
I guess you could lump in Flower, Journey and Abzu. I liked those games but they do have some more "gamey" elements. Journey is the only one I'd consider worth visiting again.