Best Emotional games on PC
Games labeled Emotional center on stories, characters, or themes intended to evoke strong feelings. They span adventures, RPGs, action games, platformers, and cooperative games, so their specific mechanics vary widely.
- Character-focused storytelling
- Serious or bittersweet themes
- Varied gameplay styles
Related: Story Rich, Great Soundtrack, Singleplayer, Choices Matter
381 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
It Takes Two
Two-player puzzle platforming built around cooperation and changing abilities
95% positive
270K reviews
Detroit: Become Human
Cinematic sci-fi adventure where choices reshape three androids' stories
96% positive
263K reviews
God of War
Third-person Norse action adventure with weighty close-range combat
96% positive
185K reviews
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Hand-painted Metroidvania platforming through a wounded fantasy world
96% positive
146K reviews
Persona 5 Royal
Story-driven turn-based JRPG about teenage thieves changing corrupt hearts
96% positive
140K reviews
DELTARUNE
Chapter-based pixel RPG with choices and bullet-dodging battles
98% positive
137K reviews
The Last of Us™ Part I
Third-person survival action through a post-apocalyptic cross-country journey
84% positive
109K reviews
A Way Out
Split-screen co-op adventure about two prisoners escaping together
88% positive
103K reviews
This War of Mine
Civilian survival simulation shaped by scarcity and moral choices
94% positive
98K reviews
OMORI
Story-rich psychological horror RPG with turn-based combat and branching endings
97% positive
89K reviews
Persona 4 Golden
Story-rich turn-based JRPG about friends investigating serial murders
97% positive
87K reviews
To the Moon
Pixel-art adventure through memories to fulfill a final wish
96% positive
87K reviews
The Walking Dead
Episodic point-and-click adventure about choices in a zombie apocalypse
97% positive
81K reviews
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Linear medieval stealth adventure about siblings, soldiers, and swarming rats
93% positive
73K reviews
OneShot
Pixel-art puzzle adventure where the world knows you exist
98% positive
65K reviews
Chained Together
Co-op 3D platformer where chained climbers share every mistake
90% positive
64K reviews
Persona 3 Reload
Story-driven JRPG balancing daily life with turn-based dungeon battles
94% positive
64K reviews
The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Dark historical visual novel about escorting children amid famine
94% positive
60K reviews
Spec Ops: The Line
Third-person military shooter with hard choices in sand-buried Dubai
93% positive
56K reviews
The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered
Post-apocalyptic third-person action adventure mixing stealth, shooting, and survival
91% positive
56K reviews
Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
Cozy management adventure about ferrying spirits toward the afterlife
95% positive
53K reviews
What Remains of Edith Finch
First-person narrative adventure exploring a family's home and final stories
96% positive
53K reviews
God of War Ragnarök
Third-person Norse action RPG about gods, monsters, and family
89% positive
50K reviews
Love Is All Around
First-person live-action romance with six women and multiple endings
93% positive
46K reviews