The Best Emotional Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

Update : Deltarune added at rank #7.
21

Mr. Saitou (2023)

View Similar Games
74
Review score
Logo of Mr. Saitou Screenshot of Mr. Saitou Screenshot of Mr. Saitou Screenshot of Mr. Saitou

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.


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

22

My Child Lebensborn (2018)

View Similar Games
94
Review score
Logo of My Child Lebensborn Screenshot of My Child Lebensborn Screenshot of My Child Lebensborn Screenshot of My Child Lebensborn

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.

Buy

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

23

Freud's Bones - The Game (2022)

View Similar Games
77
Review score
Logo of Freud's Bones - The Game Screenshot of Freud's Bones - The Game Screenshot of Freud's Bones - The Game Screenshot of Freud's Bones - The Game

Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Freud's Bones is an adventure that wants to pay homage to the birth of psychoanalysis and its founder Sigmund Freud. Dig deep into Freud's bones to solve the mystery behind disturbing Egyptian artifacts, philosophical puzzles, and perverse sexual disorders in this unprecedented indie adventure game.


  • emotional
  • dynamic
  • noir
  • point-and-click
  • 2.5d
  • choices
  • philosophical
  • multiple-endings
  • detective
  • fiction
  • investigation
  • narration
  • interactive
  • psychological
  • drama

24

Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies (2021)

View Similar Games
95
Review score
Logo of Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies Screenshot of Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies Screenshot of Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies Screenshot of Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies

Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

While visiting his sick father, college student Wei Qiuwu accidentally encountered a girl playing a concertina. Until one day someone unveils to Wei Qiuwu the cruel truth hidden under a fairy-tale cover Features * A storyline of 8 to 12 hours, * Multiple routes and endings. * An extraordinary story, themed with love and caring in an ordinary slice of daily life.

Buy

  • 2.5d
  • philosophical
  • choices
  • emotional
  • multiple-endings
  • romance
  • visual-novel
  • beautiful
  • realistic
  • modern
  • anime
  • colourful
  • cute
  • story
  • atmospheric

25

De-Exit: Eternal Matters (2023)

View Similar Games
68
Review score
Logo of De-Exit: Eternal Matters Screenshot of De-Exit: Eternal Matters Screenshot of De-Exit: Eternal Matters Screenshot of De-Exit: Eternal Matters

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

26

Blind - The Unseen Truth (2022)

View Similar Games
87
Review score
Logo of Blind - The Unseen Truth Screenshot of Blind - The Unseen Truth Screenshot of Blind - The Unseen Truth Screenshot of Blind - The Unseen Truth

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

27

Sumatra: Fate of Yandi (2019)

View Similar Games
95
Review score
Logo of Sumatra: Fate of Yandi Screenshot of Sumatra: Fate of Yandi Screenshot of Sumatra: Fate of Yandi Screenshot of Sumatra: Fate of Yandi

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?

Buy

  • investigation
  • point-and-click
  • emotional
  • thriller
  • nature
  • drama
  • psychological
  • story
  • old-school
  • pixel
  • mystery
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • puzzle

28

Pine: A Story Of Loss (2024)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of Pine: A Story Of Loss Screenshot of Pine: A Story Of Loss Screenshot of Pine: A Story Of Loss Screenshot of Pine: A Story Of Loss

Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Mac OS PC Windows

Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.


  • hand-drawn
  • emotional
  • short
  • story
  • interactive
  • romance
  • fiction
  • point-and-click
  • visual-novel
  • linear
  • cartoony
  • single-serving
  • ecology
  • stylized
  • programming

29

Last Time I Saw You (2024)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of Last Time I Saw You Screenshot of Last Time I Saw You Screenshot of Last Time I Saw You Screenshot of Last Time I Saw You

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

30

League Of Enthusiastic Losers (2021)

View Similar Games
88
Review score
Logo of League Of Enthusiastic Losers Screenshot of League Of Enthusiastic Losers Screenshot of League Of Enthusiastic Losers Screenshot of League Of Enthusiastic Losers

Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Xbox One

League of Enthusiastic Losers is an adventure game about caring for yourself and your friends, and about not having to be unhappy, just because you are a loser in the eyes of others.


  • 2d
  • emotional
  • atmospheric
  • cute
  • adventure
  • walking-simulator
  • point-and-click
  • half-baked
  • story
  • single-player
  • sailing
  • western
  • hand-drawn
  • visual-novel

Not seeing your game?