The Best Emotional Games - Page 2

Update : Closer The Distance added at rank #12.
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Matsuro Palette (2020)

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Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?


  • horror
  • emotional
  • mystery
  • visual-novel
  • point-and-click
  • cinematic
  • multiple-endings
  • fiction
  • drama
  • hidden-object
  • choices
  • puzzle
  • hand-drawn
  • adventure
  • interactive

12

Closer The Distance (2024)

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Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.

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  • narrative
  • life
  • simulation
  • emotional
  • story
  • point-and-click
  • drama
  • choices
  • philosophical
  • isometric
  • emotionally-driven
  • slice-of-life
  • stylized
  • narration
  • casual

13

Boxville (2022)

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Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboards to tell the stories. Made in Ukraine.


  • logic
  • emotional
  • point-and-click
  • hand-drawn
  • investigation
  • family-friendly
  • puzzle
  • relaxing
  • cartoony
  • experiences
  • colourful
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • adventure
  • story

14

Hindsight (2022)

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75
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What if the physical objects of everyday life, the possessions we hold close, were actual windows to the past? Peer into distant memories and unseen futures in Hindsight.


  • narrative
  • narration
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • exploration
  • point-and-click
  • story
  • hidden-object
  • interactive
  • drama
  • stylized
  • fiction
  • puzzle
  • relaxing
  • colourful

15

Impostor Factory (2021)

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A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.


  • emotional
  • story
  • rpgmaker
  • pixel
  • visual-novel
  • psychological
  • mystery
  • horror
  • comedy
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • roleplaying
  • must-play
  • dark
  • rpg

16

Silicon Dreams (2021)

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It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?

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  • conversation
  • investigation
  • multiple-endings
  • dystopian
  • cyberpunk
  • choices
  • emotional
  • futuristic
  • sci-fi
  • detective
  • experimental
  • text
  • political
  • story
  • visual-novel

17

Gerda: A Flame in Winter - Liva's Story (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?

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  • emotional
  • world-war-2
  • narration
  • casual
  • multiple-endings
  • adventure
  • rpg
  • historical
  • conversation
  • hand-drawn
  • stylized
  • fiction
  • choices
  • top-down
  • interactive

18

Fall of Porcupine (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Fall of Porcupine is a unique story adventure. The collision of work and daily life – an exciting reflection of an unhealthy healthcare-system. Experience the exciting story of Finley and his friends in a lovingly illustrated world – and uncover the darkest secrets of Porcupine and its residents.


  • emotional
  • conversation
  • fiction
  • story
  • 2d
  • story-adventure
  • narration
  • drama
  • cute
  • choices
  • linear
  • hand-drawn
  • interactive
  • atmospheric
  • stylized

19

My Child Lebensborn Remastered (2023)

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My Child Lebensborn is a story-driven nurture game based on real events. Play as the adoptive parent of Karin or Klaus, and experience the struggles they go through alongside them. Balance your time and resources wisely, while helping your child cope with the effects of hatred.


  • simulation
  • life
  • emotional
  • immersive
  • story
  • choices
  • war

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Daydream: Forgotten Sorrow (2023)

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In this puzzle platformer, you will embark on a touching journey through the surreal world of a person's mind as a young Griffin and his faithful bear, Birly. Overcome challenges, avoid traps and defeat enemies to help the man find peace.


  • platform
  • puzzle
  • emotional
  • surreal
  • horror
  • 2.5d
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • cute
  • psychological
  • dark
  • adventure
  • action-adventure
  • colourful
  • fantasy

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