The Best Emotional Games for Playstation 5 - Page 3

Update : Koira added at rank #2.
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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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DREAMERS (2023)

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

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

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Rebel Transmute (2024)

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

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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Deep Beyond (2024)

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

Deep Beyond Is a first-person interactive thriller about a sea explorer and the mystery behind her father’s disappearance.


  • walking-simulator
  • thriller
  • emotional
  • investigation
  • dog
  • underwater
  • stylized
  • sailing
  • mystery
  • 3d
  • story
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • first-person

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I'll KILL HER (2023)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Visual novel in the form of interactive comic book about love, life and fighting to be heard.


  • comic
  • emotional
  • visual-novel
  • fiction
  • book
  • drama
  • romance
  • psychological
  • interactive
  • narration

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Innocence Island (2022)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 PC Windows

Legend has it that the three rays of light in the sky are emitted by a prism that grants happiness to the one who obtains it. You never believed in that, but it is your last resort...You do not keep any recollection of the things you were able to do before, but you will be able to recall them through observation and to do them again. Innocence Island will evolve according to your choices.-Watch the people and animals around you to regain some abilities such as fishing, forging or even combat techniques from your opponents.-Solve puzzles, help the inhabitants and unlock past memories.-Traverse a beautiful island comprised inside a sphere by foot or harness the power of the Spell Statues and ride animalsâ spirits!-You can play Innocence Island with different art styles; apart from the default Low-poly style, you can also select Oil Painting or Chunky Pixels!


  • emotional
  • multiple-endings
  • action-adventure
  • relaxing
  • diplomacy
  • choices
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • souls
  • abstract
  • story
  • lore
  • stylized
  • adventure
  • open-world

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Graveyard Girls (2022)

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

Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.


  • visual-novel
  • dating-sim
  • emotional
  • lgbtq
  • fiction
  • halloween
  • psychological
  • dark
  • text
  • interactive
  • multiple-endings
  • anime
  • romance
  • choices
  • story

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Next of Kin (2024)

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Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox Series X j Nintendo Switch

Next of Kin is an emotional story about Thomas's endeavors to find his lost wife, Martha. Solve puzzles, find clues, and uncover the truth of Martha's disappearance.


  • emotional
  • point-and-click
  • immersive
  • visual-novel
  • drama
  • pixel
  • 1990s
  • 2d
  • retro
  • story
  • top-down
  • colourful
  • exploration
  • simulation
  • cute

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Silverwood Bay: An Eleanor Grey Mystery (2024)

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Nintendo Switch j Playstation 5 PC Windows Mac OS

Eleanor Grey moves to Silverwood Bay to seek inspiration for her writing.


  • emotional
  • investigation
  • hidden-object
  • casual
  • romance
  • 2d
  • narration
  • romantic
  • puzzle
  • story

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Venice 2089 (2022)

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

Explore a future Venice struggling with the effects of rising water slowly destroying the city as a bored teenager, with your hoverboard and your trusty drone.


  • 2.5d
  • lgbtq
  • conversation
  • emotional
  • scroller
  • atmospheric
  • skateboard
  • colourful
  • futuristic
  • open-world
  • exploration
  • cute
  • story
  • action-adventure
  • soundtrack

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