The Best Emotional Games for PC Windows - Page 3

Update : Closer The Distance added at rank #11.
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The Red Lantern (2020)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The Red Lantern is a narrative, dog sledding game about survival. You play as the Musher who, along with her team of 5 sled dogs, must find her way home. Care for your dogs, discover their stories, and learn how to navigate the unknowns of the Alaskan wilderness and prepare for your new life.

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  • dog
  • choices
  • snow
  • rogue-like
  • emotional
  • hunting
  • fiction
  • survival
  • resource-management
  • relaxing
  • adventure
  • interactive
  • exploration
  • survival-rogue-like
  • colourful

22

Before I Forget (2020)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived.A narrative exploration that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled. A game about dementia and what happens when you can't hold onto the things you've done or the people you've loved.


  • walking-simulator
  • short
  • exploration
  • emotional
  • beautiful
  • mystery
  • narrative
  • atmospheric
  • first-person
  • thought-provoking
  • stylized
  • 3d
  • piano
  • colour
  • dream

23

Shape (2023)

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Linux Mac OS Xbox One Android PC Windows

A minimalist style but inside a complex-minded With connecting word mechanism, you can make a rule for your rooms and solve the problem. Solve the puzzle and go to the door to the next room. explore new mechanism


  • atmospheric
  • platform
  • minimalist
  • surreal
  • exploration
  • psychological
  • narration
  • philosophical
  • walking-simulator
  • 2d
  • psychedelic
  • text
  • first-person
  • puzzle
  • emotional

24

Just A To the Moon Series Beach Episode (2024)

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j PC Windows Mac OS Linux

The Beach Episode™ of To the Moon, Finding Paradise, and Impostor Factory. But something's off.

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  • rpg
  • japanese
  • emotional
  • story
  • rpgmaker
  • pixel
  • narrative
  • jrpg
  • adventure
  • cinematic
  • top-down
  • narration
  • funny
  • linear
  • atmospheric

25

Flowers Blooming at the End of Summer (2021)

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IOS iPhone Linux Mac OS PC Windows

여름방학을 며칠 앞둔 어느 날 갑작스레 내 앞에 나타난 한 소녀. 자신을 유령이라 밝힌 소녀는 난데없이 내게 자신을 없애 달라는 부탁을 건넨다. 자신의 눈에 보인다는 죽음의 색을 통해 나는 유령 소녀의 과거를 추적하기 시작하지만, 어째 소녀는 점점 죽음에 가까워지기보다는 나의 일상에 녹아들기 시작하는데...

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  • emotional
  • visual-novel
  • crowdfunded
  • romance
  • casual
  • drama
  • atmospheric
  • anime
  • 2d
  • single-player

26

Django (2021)

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PC Windows Game Boy Advanced (GBA)

Django, a brave doberman left behind in the woods, will he find his way back to his family? Through the dangerous and breathtaking path of forest, you will play as django and explore the nature woods of Kodaikanal with dangerous and interesting wild animals on the way and uncovers the story behind.

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  • action-adventure
  • exploration
  • emotional
  • third-person
  • relaxing
  • family-friendly
  • story
  • nature
  • stealth
  • colourful
  • drama
  • strategy
  • faith

27

My Child Lebensborn (2018)

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PC Windows Android IOS iPhone Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Experience the emotional and challenging journey of raising an adopted child in post-WWII Norway in My Child Lebensborn. Balance your time and resources to provide for your child's needs while navigating a world filled with hate and bullying. This BAFTA-award winning game offers a genuine and immersive nurturing simulation that will tug at your heartstrings.

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What we like:
  • Impactful story
  • Emotional journey
  • Realistic characters
  • Meaningful choices
  • Good replay value
What could be improved:
  • Fairly linear gameplay
  • Some may find it too emotionally taxing

  • simulation
  • war
  • emotional
  • time-management
  • choices
  • life
  • hand-drawn
  • story
  • social
  • historical
  • casual
  • crafting
  • atmospheric
  • management

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Castle on the Coast (2021)

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Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One

A hand-drawn, retro 3D collectathon. Parkour through a magic castle as George the Giraffe! String together sweet moves to explore crystal caverns, stone laden halls, and trippy alternate dimensions.


  • cozy
  • 3d
  • platform
  • collectathon
  • nonlinear
  • hand-drawn
  • emotional
  • parkour
  • cute
  • cartoony
  • retro
  • family-friendly
  • stylized
  • comedy
  • action-adventure

29

A Story Beside (2022)

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PC Windows

Step into the shoes of Lyric, the humble innkeeper in a quiet mountain village, as she reflects upon a lifetime of poignant memories, heartwarming friendships, and bittersweet choices — proving along the way that you don't have to slay dragons to be the hero of your own story.

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  • choices
  • emotional
  • life
  • romance
  • rpgmaker
  • fiction
  • story
  • top-down
  • relaxing
  • interactive
  • lgbtq
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • adventure
  • fantasy

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My Home Makeover: House Games (2021)

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PC Windows Android

A story about dreams. Explore a weird house and find the truth. A short game with mild puzzles and some psychological horror elements.

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  • emotional
  • psychological
  • match-three
  • game-play
  • puzzle
  • pixel
  • mech
  • drama
  • horror
  • rpg
  • minimalist
  • resource
  • waves
  • linear

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