The Best Emotional Games

Update : Golden Soul added at rank #1.
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Golden Soul (2025)

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j PC Windows Android

Who should rule the human's fate: The human itself or an abstract god?


  • lore
  • emotional
  • bullet-hell
  • drama
  • comedy
  • choices
  • action-adventure
  • family-friendly
  • magic
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • action
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • fantasy

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My Wife (2025)

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j ps2 dreamcast PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Meet your new digital companion - an ultra-cute desktop mascot that brings life to your screen! Place her anywhere on your desktop and enjoy immersive interactions and heartwarming moments.

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  • emotional
  • voxel
  • cartoony
  • utilities
  • moddable
  • anime
  • funny
  • tabletop
  • top-down
  • memes
  • character
  • humor
  • cute
  • mystery
  • magic

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Hollywood Animal (2025)

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early access Mac OS PC Windows

Make movies, even if someone has to die. Take the helm of a major Hollywood studio at the dawn of sound cinema, and guide it through decades of creative achievements and glamor, debauchery and dark deeds, tough choices and unpleasant compromises.


  • choices
  • city-building
  • resource-management
  • emotional
  • strategy
  • building
  • real-time
  • historical
  • economy
  • management
  • multiple-endings
  • simulation
  • replay-value
  • pause
  • atmospheric

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Leila (2025)

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Enter the world of an everyday woman as you explore her past in this point & click narrative game. Hand-drawn animations bring her memories to life, and thought-provoking puzzles lay bare the reasons behind her choices. Immerse yourself in a story unfolds as you decipher its intricate pieces.


  • hand-drawn
  • point-and-click
  • emotional
  • puzzle
  • story
  • narrative
  • psychological
  • thought-provoking
  • narration
  • atmospheric
  • stylized
  • 2d
  • hidden-object
  • soundtrack
  • drama

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Koira (2025)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 j

Save a puppy and embark on a heartwarming, hand-drawn adventure together. Journey to the heart of an enchanted forest, solving puzzles and avoiding hunters to protect your newfound friend.

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  • story
  • wholesome
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • cozy
  • dog
  • hand-drawn
  • emotional
  • cute
  • nature
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • hidden-object
  • narrative

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Menticide (2025)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Menticide is an endless runner where you protect a man running from himself. You draw lines to bounce the man around, block off enemies and cut through obstacles. Through strong symbolism and procedural rhetoric we are using the game as an analogue for mental health. 

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  • abstract
  • emotional
  • tutorial
  • thriller
  • quick-time-event
  • stylized
  • surreal
  • psychological
  • dark
  • top-down
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • horror
  • arcade

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The Haunting of Joni Evers (2025)

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PC Windows Mac OS

The Haunting of Joni Evers is an emotional tale of a broken family from small-town Oklahoma, driven apart by a malevolent haunting. Uncover the mysteries of Joni’s family and the Cunningham House, digging through memories, facing the family’s past to break the curse.

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  • walking-simulator
  • supernatural
  • short
  • emotional
  • narration
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • horror
  • psychological
  • mystery
  • drama
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • interactive
  • exploration

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Your Android (2025)

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PC Windows

Your life is changed forever when a mysterious package arrives at your front door. Go on many different outings with your new android companion as you both form unforgettable memories in this beautiful visual novel.

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  • emotional
  • romance
  • anime
  • visual-novel
  • story
  • cute
  • casual
  • colourful

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Closer The Distance (2024)

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j PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.

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  • narrative
  • life
  • simulation
  • emotional
  • story
  • point-and-click
  • drama
  • choices
  • philosophical
  • isometric
  • emotionally-driven
  • slice-of-life
  • stylized
  • narration
  • casual

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Sidereal (2024)

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PC Windows Android

A tall man with a black hat wanders across desolated worlds, stumbling beneath the endless stars.


  • nonlinear
  • 3d
  • emotional
  • immersive
  • collectathon
  • abstract
  • mythology
  • narration
  • music
  • post-apocalyptic
  • fiction
  • dark
  • fantasy
  • stylized
  • inventory

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