The Best Emotional Games for Xbox Series X - Page 2

Update : Closer The Distance added at rank #4.
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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

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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.


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

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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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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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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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Blind - The Unseen Truth (2022)

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

「Sometimes what the eye can't tell, the heart can.」 《Blind》 is a light fantasy game for girls set in a modern city. After a childhood accident that left me with a strange face blindness, I was introduced to a profession called "watchman" and since then, the world has taken on a whole new dimension.


  • psychological
  • dating-sim
  • emotional
  • word
  • visual-novel
  • multiple-endings
  • horror
  • anime
  • romance
  • drama
  • full-length
  • text
  • detective
  • narration
  • 2d

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Last Time I Saw You (2024)

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

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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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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ARIDA: Backland's Awakening (2019)

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Nintendo Switch j Xbox Series X PC Windows Android IOS iPhone Xbox One

ARIDA: Backland's Awakening. A story of survival and adventure in the brazilian backlands. Face the drought to explore the more arid regions, gather resources and discover clues about the fate of the young Cícera.


  • historical
  • crafting
  • collectathon
  • survival
  • emotional
  • nature
  • family-friendly
  • short
  • cartoony
  • linear
  • stylized
  • inventory
  • adventure
  • third-person
  • 3d

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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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