The Best Emotional Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 4

Update : HERDLING added at rank #3.
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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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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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League Of Enthusiastic Losers (2021)

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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

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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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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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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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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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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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A Dream About Parking Lots (2025)

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

Look for your car in a series of mazes and parking lots while you talk to your therapist about feeling lost. An interactive short story about trying to make sense out of the unreal. Based on real dreams!


  • philosophical
  • walking-simulator
  • experimental
  • short
  • emotional
  • exploration
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • interactive
  • linear
  • fiction

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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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