The Best Emotional Games for Playstation 5 - Page 2

Update : Closer The Distance added at rank #3.
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Sumatra: Fate of Yandi (2019)

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

Lost and alone after a terrible landslide, Yandi must find his way home in this old-school point and click adventure set deep in the Sumatran jungle! Will he make it out alive?


  • investigation
  • point-and-click
  • emotional
  • thriller
  • nature
  • drama
  • psychological
  • story
  • old-school
  • pixel
  • mystery
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • puzzle

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De-Exit: Eternal Matters (2023)

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

Discover the secrets of the broken and mysterious Plane of Memory. Explore a wonderful voxel world with an intense cinematic approach. Dive into this profound experience, meet the Plane's inhabitants, and save the day.


  • voxel
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • stealth
  • linear
  • narration
  • minimalist
  • family-friendly
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • 3d
  • platform
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • story

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Last Time I Saw You (2024)

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First loves. Family issues. Yokai. 'Last Time I Saw You' is a coming-of-age adventure set in 1980s Japan. Explore a haunted forest hiding a terrible secret, and interact with a vast cast of friendly and deceitful characters in this beautifully hand-drawn story with some light action elements.


  • hand-drawn
  • emotional
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • narrative
  • romance
  • conversation
  • anime
  • exploration
  • stylized
  • story
  • linear
  • supernatural
  • atmospheric
  • mystery

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Bonfire Peaks (2020)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

A difficult open world puzzle game about climbing mysterious ruins and setting fire to your belongings.


  • sokoban
  • voxel
  • puzzle
  • nonlinear
  • movement
  • grid
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • 3d
  • stylized
  • atmospheric
  • relaxing
  • third-person
  • pixel
  • difficult

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Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open (2024)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 PC Windows

Third Eye Open is a supernatural narrative adventure about a young girl coming of age. The game is set in a small Malaysian suburb which the player navigates to speak to friends, families, and ghosts. Various minigames immerse the player deeper into the protagonist's journey.


  • supernatural
  • conversation
  • 2.5d
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • emotional
  • choices
  • drama
  • stealth
  • hand-drawn
  • action-adventure
  • stylized
  • interactive
  • story
  • exploration

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The Outbound Ghost (2022)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows

The Outbound Ghost is an adventure RPG about helping ghosts ascend to the afterlife. Battle the past using figments of your personality. Craft badges to earn abilities. Explore a town of troubled spooks and discover life can be tough, even when you're dead.


  • wholesome
  • rpg
  • turn-based
  • party
  • emotional
  • multiple-endings
  • supernatural
  • choices
  • crafting
  • stylized
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • story
  • action-adventure
  • combat

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Mothered (2021)

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

An immersive first-person horror adventure where you play the role of LIANA - a young girl who arrives home after major surgery and is met with a strange mannequin claiming to be her mother.


  • horror
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • psychedelic
  • emotional
  • immersive
  • psychological
  • surreal
  • point-and-click
  • dark
  • fiction
  • 1980s
  • cyberpunk
  • atmospheric
  • interactive

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IRIS (2024)

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Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Playstation 3 Xbox 360 gamecube xbox PC Windows ps2

IRIS is a psychological horror game with PS2-era graphics. Players navigate a young woman's dream world, confronting symbolic monsters representing her past traumas like poverty, bulimia, bullying, and loneliness. It emphasizes the pursuit of happiness amidst life's struggles.


  • horror
  • psychological
  • psychedelic
  • thriller
  • emotional
  • linear
  • anime
  • 1990s
  • 3d
  • colourful
  • cartoony
  • retro
  • atmospheric
  • nostalgia
  • immersive

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Rebel Transmute (2024)

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Battle your way through a living planet in Rebel Transmute, a sprawling 2D action-exploration epic! Embody Moon Mikono as you explore, reprogram your abilities, duel twisted sci-fi experiments, rebel against colonizers, and search for your long lost mother.


  • metroidvania
  • souls
  • scroller
  • emotional
  • 2d
  • sci-fi
  • platform
  • space
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • retro
  • action-adventure
  • story
  • adventure

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DREAMERS (2023)

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DREAMERS will lead you on an emotional journey in a story about friendship, exploration, and personal growth. Join the three characters in their adventure through a 3D world with secondary storylines and mini-games, vehicles to upgrade, puzzles to solve, and collaborative split-screen experiences.


  • 3d
  • visual-novel
  • emotional
  • colourful
  • investigation
  • exploration
  • action-adventure
  • platform
  • cartoony
  • naval
  • third-person
  • comic
  • drama
  • atmospheric
  • split-screen

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