The Best Emotional Games for Xbox One - Page 4

Update : Closer The Distance added at rank #6.
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SpiritfarerA (2020)

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Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and guide them across mystical seas to finally release them into the afterlife. What will you leave behind?


  • emotional
  • building
  • cooperative
  • hand-drawn
  • fishing
  • management
  • relaxing
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • crafting
  • simulation
  • exploration
  • local
  • cartoony

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The Master's Pupil (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Explore the eye of master artist Claude Monet and experience a unique biographical adventure! Test your skills and perseverance as you overcome the progressive disease that threatened Monet’s eyesight and solve puzzles to help the painter complete some of his greatest masterpieces!Throughout the game, you will encounter and overcome increasing challenges as Monet experiences loss, like the passing of his wife Camille, and struggles with the cataracts that threatened his artistic skill. Consider color, space, and timing as you traverse the world of his eye - as one wrong color combination or move can end your journey.


  • puzzle
  • hand-drawn
  • platform
  • philosophical
  • emotional
  • stylized
  • 2d
  • linear
  • scroller
  • abstract
  • atmospheric
  • colourful
  • physics
  • adventure
  • surreal

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Another Sight (2018)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Mac OS

A stealth action game where you rotate the camera" your way through 2D dot-art x 3D stages.The goal is to reach the "Tomb of the Grandparents", one last time……This is the story of a grandfather's secret and sad wish that was entrusted to his grandson, a young girl.


  • 2.5d
  • emotional
  • steampunk
  • stealth
  • fantasy
  • historical
  • story
  • surreal
  • nature
  • dark
  • conversation
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • platform
  • single-player

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The Palace on the Hill (2024)

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Android Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS

A heartfelt story of ambition, struggle, and friendship told from the perspective of a young boy in fictional 90s rural India. Explore ancient palace ruins, set up your garden, cook Indian food, run errands for quirky characters, and learn about your history by making art.


  • life
  • emotional
  • simulation
  • relaxing
  • hand-drawn
  • exploration
  • story
  • management
  • top-down
  • immersive
  • open-world
  • 2.5d
  • farming
  • conversation
  • cooking

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EDENGATE: The Edge of Life (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4

Mia Lorenson, wakes up in an abandoned hospital full of questions. What happened to her? What happened to the world? Edengate: The Edge of Life is an interactive experience reflecting on feelings of uncertainty, isolation and hope in the face of devastation.


  • linear
  • walking-simulator
  • emotional
  • third-person
  • dark
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • investigation
  • drama
  • lore
  • psychological
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • exploration
  • casual

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Tell Me Your Story (2024)

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Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Uncover Grandma Rose’s extraordinary stories along with Amelia, all hidden in multiple cozy puzzles spread around the world. Dive into globetrotter adventures, discover granny’s treasures, and relax along the way.


  • wholesome
  • dog
  • cozy
  • emotional
  • hand-drawn
  • minimalist
  • logic
  • hidden-object
  • relaxing
  • fiction
  • point-and-click
  • cartoony
  • colourful
  • story
  • cute

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Room of Depression (2023)

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Mac OS Android Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

"Same encounter, different world." Moon is a young woman who lives an ordinary city life as an office worker. However, because she suffers from depression, she reacts and deals with things in a way that is very different from regular city folk.


  • emotional
  • drama
  • fiction
  • life
  • education
  • interactive
  • story
  • visual-novel
  • atmospheric
  • casual
  • cute
  • romance
  • cartoony
  • adventure

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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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Aria (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One Android

Aria is a narrative-driven adventure game following a young girl - Aria and her travelling companion, a “Dolki” (Half Dolphin, half Kiwi). A recent tragedy has left Aria adrift in her own imagination where corruption has begun to intrude upon the lands.


  • emotional
  • cinematic
  • platform-adventure
  • cartoony
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • minimalist
  • third-person
  • atmospheric
  • colourful
  • relaxing
  • metroidvania
  • stylized
  • action-adventure
  • magic

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DREAMERS (2023)

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Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox One Android

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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