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
1,988 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Demo Detroit: Become Human
Cinematic sci-fi adventure where choices reshape three androids' stories
96% positive
246K reviews
It Takes Two
Two-player puzzle platforming built around cooperation and changing abilities
95% positive
231K reviews
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Hand-painted Metroidvania platforming through a wounded fantasy world
96% positive
149K reviews
God of War
Third-person Norse action adventure with weighty close-range combat
95% positive
138K reviews
Demo DELTARUNE
Chapter-based pixel RPG with choices and bullet-dodging battles
98% positive
134K reviews
Persona 5 Royal
Story-driven turn-based JRPG about teenage thieves changing corrupt hearts
96% positive
99K reviews
This War of Mine
Civilian survival simulation shaped by scarcity and moral choices
92% positive
95K reviews
OMORI
Story-rich psychological horror RPG with turn-based combat and branching endings
97% positive
90K reviews
A Way Out
Split-screen co-op adventure about two prisoners escaping together
87% positive
84K reviews
Persona 4 Golden
Story-rich turn-based JRPG about friends investigating serial murders
97% positive
77K reviews
To the Moon
Pixel-art adventure through memories to fulfill a final wish
96% positive
74K reviews
The Last of Us™ Part I
Third-person survival action through a post-apocalyptic cross-country journey
81% positive
72K reviews
Demo A Plague Tale: Innocence
Linear medieval stealth adventure about siblings, soldiers, and swarming rats
93% positive
67K reviews
OneShot
Pixel-art puzzle adventure where the world knows you exist
98% positive
65K reviews
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Free-to-play sports sim where you train horse girls to race
93% positive
Free
Spec Ops: The Line
Third-person military shooter with hard choices in sand-buried Dubai
93% positive
60K reviews
Chained Together
Co-op 3D platformer where chained climbers share every mistake
89% positive
59K reviews
The Walking Dead
Episodic point-and-click adventure about choices in a zombie apocalypse
97% positive
58K reviews
Demo The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Dark historical visual novel about escorting children amid famine
95% positive
53K reviews
What Remains of Edith Finch
First-person narrative adventure exploring a family's home and final stories
95% positive
50K reviews
Demo Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
Cozy management adventure about ferrying spirits toward the afterlife
95% positive
50K reviews
Demo Persona 3 Reload
Story-driven JRPG balancing daily life with turn-based dungeon battles
95% positive
48K reviews
Demo Life is Strange 2
Episodic narrative adventure where choices shape two brothers’ road trip
87% positive
Free
Demo Beyond: Two Souls
Cinematic adventure where choices shape a supernatural life story
87% positive
41K reviews