The Best Emotional Games for Xbox Series X - Page 3

Update : Closer The Distance added at rank #4.
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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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Mondealy (2023)

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

Embark on a magical 2D adventure in the kingdom beneath your hometown. Meet its charming inhabitants, explore enchanting landscapes, and experience an extraordinary tale. Inspired by Undertale, Oneshot and Stardew Valley. The free demo is available below, boasting a 96% user rating!


  • choices
  • conversation
  • emotional
  • walking-simulator
  • romance
  • top-down
  • pixel
  • story
  • fantasy
  • atmospheric
  • rpg
  • life
  • cute
  • adventure
  • 2d

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Dance of Cards (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

Dance of Cards is a tactical gambling RPG where you try to survive seven days of a deadly cruise by playing poker.


  • gambling
  • emotional
  • japanese
  • rpg
  • card
  • choices
  • dark
  • noir
  • comedy
  • pixel
  • mystery
  • colourful
  • tabletop
  • 2d
  • story

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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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Chornobyl Liquidators (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X j Playstation 5

Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat — the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... Do you have enough courage and strength to take on this challenge?


  • cold
  • simulation
  • 1980s
  • atmospheric
  • immersive
  • post-apocalyptic
  • emotional
  • choices
  • psychological
  • multiple-endings
  • historical
  • narration
  • action-adventure
  • horror
  • survival

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SOPA - Tale of the Stolen Potato (2024)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X/s Xbox Series X PC Windows j

Miho steps into the pantry to fetch a potato for his grandma and falls into a magical world full of wonders. Meet quirky characters, venture through the depths of South America, and learn the importance of the things we pass along in this unforgettable emotional narrative adventure.


  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • fiction
  • point-and-click
  • stylized
  • 1990s
  • atmospheric
  • 3d
  • family-friendly
  • interactive
  • narrative
  • colourful
  • exploration
  • third-person
  • drama

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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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Seed of Life (2021)

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

SEED OF LIFE is a relaxing puzzle game in which you create beautiful and enlightening spirographic patterns.


  • puzzle
  • emotional
  • platform
  • faith
  • 3d
  • philosophical
  • colourful
  • psychedelic
  • action-adventure
  • science
  • software
  • surreal
  • aliens
  • relaxing
  • vision

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