The Best Emotional Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 4

Update : Deltarune added at rank #7.
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Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open (2024)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 PC Windows

Third Eye Open is a supernatural narrative adventure about a young girl coming of age. The game is set in a small Malaysian suburb which the player navigates to speak to friends, families, and ghosts. Various minigames immerse the player deeper into the protagonist's journey.


  • supernatural
  • conversation
  • 2.5d
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • emotional
  • choices
  • drama
  • stealth
  • hand-drawn
  • action-adventure
  • stylized
  • interactive
  • story
  • exploration

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Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo (2025)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch j PC Windows

Use your wits, kindness, and maybe a good whack to gather clues, items, and evidence that will help the residents of Limbo move on. Untangling an afterlife is no easy feat, especially when you don’t have feet!


  • 2.5d
  • detective
  • emotional
  • philosophical
  • manipulation
  • colourful
  • time
  • scroller
  • mystery
  • stylized
  • family-friendly
  • cute
  • linear
  • fiction
  • relaxing

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Of Bird and Cage (2021)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Of Bird and Cage is a unique metal album presented through a two-hour-long story-driven game. Play music in a brand-new way. Featuring famous artists like Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (ex-Guns N' Roses), Rob van der Loo (Epica), Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation), and many others!


  • nonlinear
  • music
  • emotional
  • modern
  • choices
  • fiction
  • interactive
  • multiple-endings
  • quick-time-event
  • stylized
  • psychological
  • dark
  • first-person
  • drama
  • story

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Bonfire Peaks (2020)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

A difficult open world puzzle game about climbing mysterious ruins and setting fire to your belongings.

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  • sokoban
  • voxel
  • puzzle
  • nonlinear
  • movement
  • grid
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • 3d
  • stylized
  • atmospheric
  • relaxing
  • third-person
  • pixel
  • difficult

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Brain Meltdown - Into Despair (2020)

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early access PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Brain Meltdown - Into Despair is a platformer game with a unique concept, where you need to control two characters by yourself. This is not a co-op game!

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  • 2d
  • emotional
  • hand-drawn
  • platform
  • double-player
  • action-adventure
  • cute
  • difficult
  • single-player
  • character
  • family-friendly

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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.

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

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FREERIDE (2025)

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(Nintendo Switch) Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Hop on board the ride of your life. FREERIDE is a narrative RPG that’s (not-so) secretly a PERSONALITY TEST. Help others solve their Unfinished Business, navigate a looping, branching story, and use telekinesis to change Fate itself. Your subconscious playstyle will reveal who you really are.


  • nonlinear
  • emotional
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • psychological
  • replay-value
  • story
  • comedy
  • colourful
  • funny
  • horror
  • rpg
  • cute
  • supernatural
  • atmospheric

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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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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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Next of Kin (2024)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox Series X

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
  • immersive
  • point-and-click
  • visual-novel
  • pixel
  • drama
  • 1990s
  • retro
  • 2d
  • story
  • top-down
  • colourful
  • exploration
  • simulation
  • cute

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