The Best Emotional Games for PC Windows - Page 4

Update : Leila added at rank #3.
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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

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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

33

Inner Ashes (2023)

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

Inner Ashes is a first person, narrative, puzzle adventure, where the player puts himself in Henry's shoes, a forest guard diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. He has to travel through his mind to discover why his only daughter Enid disappeared from his life.

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  • walking-simulator
  • emotional
  • narration
  • first-person
  • drama
  • surreal
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • narrative
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • psychedelic
  • psychological
  • dark
  • mystery

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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

35

Hindsight (2021)

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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One Android

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.

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

36

Night Reverie (2021)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows Android

Night Reverie is a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures living in the house as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.


  • emotional
  • choices
  • surreal
  • exploration
  • soundtrack
  • pixel
  • relaxing
  • story
  • 2d
  • colourful
  • mystery
  • cute
  • atmospheric
  • dialog
  • controller-support

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God of War RagnarAk (2024)

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PC Windows

Kratos and Atreus embark on a mythic journey for answers before Ragnarök arrives – now on PC.

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  • cinematic
  • mythology
  • hack-and-slash
  • rpg
  • action-adventure
  • emotional
  • third-person
  • action
  • drama
  • 3d
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • story
  • fantasy
  • open-world

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Dragon Island (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Henry Heimlich, a shark dragon lifesaver suddenly received a ticket to Dragon Island, the famous resort. Follow Henry to the island, and create some unique memory on the long shore with 6 other dragons!

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  • lgbtq
  • comedy
  • dragon
  • word
  • fiction
  • emotional
  • rpg
  • visual-novel
  • drama
  • interactive
  • anime
  • narration
  • dark
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d

39

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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Mr. Saitou (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

A short game about an average white-collar worker who struggles to find meaning in a life full of constant overtime and isolation. After an accident lands him in the hospital, Mr. Saitou is spirited away to a strange fantasy world where an unexpected friend takes him on a life-changing adventure.

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  • japanese
  • emotional
  • rpg
  • jrpg
  • story
  • family-friendly
  • pixel
  • anime
  • walking-simulator
  • fantasy
  • cute
  • adventure
  • owl
  • funny
  • point-and-click

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