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Best Emotional Games

Top 50 of 239 qualifying games — tagged Emotional (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-05-20.

1 DELTARUNE (2025) Story Rich · Great Soundtrack · Pixel Graphics · 1M–2M owners · $24.99 98.9%2,835 reviews 2 planetarian HD (2017) Visual Novel · Anime · Casual · 20K–50K owners · $9.99 98.9%2,981 reviews 3 Grimm's Hollow (2019) Free to Play · Pixel Graphics · RPG · 500K–1M owners · Free 98.6%13,883 reviews 4 OneShot: World Machine Edition (2024) Puzzle · Exploration · Indie · 50K–100K owners · $9.99 98.8%2,807 reviews 5 CLANNAD (2015) Visual Novel · Anime · Story Rich · 200K–500K owners · $44.99 98.5%9,709 reviews 6 Just a To the Moon Series Beach Episode (2024) Story Rich · Adventure · Emotional · 200K–500K owners · $7.99 98.4%2,921 reviews 7 Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to) (2019) Emotional · Relaxing · Cozy · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 98.2%8,936 reviews 8 Aliya: Timelink (2024) RPG · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · 200K–500K owners · $2.99 98.2%6,512 reviews 9 Cureocity (2024) Indie · Cute · Adventure · 100K–200K owners · Free 98.3%2,675 reviews 10 Monument Valley (2022) Puzzle · Relaxing · Adventure · 200K–500K owners · $7.99 98.1%6,309 reviews 11 Before Your Eyes (2021) Emotional · Narrative · Story Rich · 200K–500K owners · $9.99 97.9%17,499 reviews 12 Katawa Shoujo (2024) Visual Novel · Romance · Dating Sim · 100K–200K owners · Free 98.2%3,806 reviews 13 Finding Paradise (2017) Story Rich · Emotional · Pixel Graphics · 500K–1M owners · $9.99 97.8%18,763 reviews 14 The Last Campfire (2021) Puzzle · Adventure · Singleplayer · 500K–1M owners · $14.99 97.6%14,698 reviews 15 Beacon Pines (2022) Visual Novel · Story Rich · Emotional · 100K–200K owners · $19.99 97.8%3,495 reviews 16 Chicory: A Colorful Tale (2021) Indie · Adventure · RPG · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 97.7%3,420 reviews 17 Until Then (2024) Visual Novel · Pixel Graphics · Emotional · 100K–200K owners · $19.99 97.5%9,868 reviews 18 In Stars And Time (2023) Story Rich · RPG · LGBTQ+ · 100K–200K owners · $19.99 97.6%6,184 reviews 19 The Walking Dead (2012) Zombies · Story Rich · Adventure · 2M–5M owners · $14.99 97.3%73,628 reviews 20 A Space For The Unbound - Prologue (2020) Pixel Graphics · 1990's · Adventure · 20K–50K owners · Free 98.0%1,303 reviews 21 Outcore: Desktop Adventure (2022) Adventure · Psychological Horror · Free to Play · 500K–1M owners · Free 97.3%15,157 reviews 22 A Space for the Unbound (2023) Story Rich · Pixel Graphics · Emotional · 200K–500K owners · $9.99 97.5%6,215 reviews 23 Sally Face - Episode One (2016) Story Rich · Psychological Horror · Indie · 1M–2M owners · $2.99 97.2%22,561 reviews 24 Persona 4 Golden (2020) JRPG · Great Soundtrack · Story Rich · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 97.0%78,346 reviews 25 planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ (2014) Visual Novel · Anime · Post-apocalyptic · 50K–100K owners · Free 97.6%2,032 reviews 26 Sakuya Izayoi Gives You Advice And Dabs (2020) Casual · Visual Novel · Relaxing · 50K–100K owners · $0.99 97.6%2,293 reviews 27 BROK the InvestiGator (2022) Adventure · Point & Click · Beat 'em up · 50K–100K owners · $19.99 97.7%1,088 reviews 28 Spin Rhythm XD (2023) Rhythm · Music · Casual · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 97.2%4,043 reviews 29 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (2023) Conversation · Relaxing · Pixel Graphics · 100K–200K owners · $14.99 97.3%2,312 reviews 30 No Case Should Remain Unsolved (2024) Interactive Fiction · Puzzle · Visual Novel · 200K–500K owners · $6.99 96.9%7,150 reviews 31 Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2020) Beautiful · Metroidvania · Platformer · 2M–5M owners · $29.99 96.6%136,690 reviews 32 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk (2020) Visual Novel · Psychological Horror · Horror · 500K–1M owners · $1.49 96.7%29,935 reviews 33 The Walking Dead: Season Two (2013) Zombies · Adventure · Story Rich · 1M–2M owners · $14.99 96.5%31,639 reviews 34 The Pedestrian (2020) Puzzle · Puzzle-Platformer · Logic · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 96.8%5,287 reviews 35 To the Moon (2012) Story Rich · Great Soundtrack · Indie · 2M–5M owners · $9.99 96.2%80,261 reviews 36 OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition (2021) Visual Novel · Emotional · Anime · 200K–500K owners · $24.99 96.4%8,773 reviews 37 God of War (2022) Action · Singleplayer · Story Rich · 5M–10M owners · $49.99 96.0%158,017 reviews 38 a new life. (2020) Indie · LGBTQ+ · Visual Novel · 50K–100K owners · $2.99 96.6%2,250 reviews 39 Rakuen (2017) Story Rich · Emotional · Puzzle · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 96.3%5,848 reviews 40 Meg's Monster (2023) Indie · Pixel Graphics · Linear · 20K–50K owners · $14.99 96.9%1,072 reviews 41 Detroit: Become Human (2020) Choices Matter · Story Rich · Multiple Endings · 2M–5M owners · $39.99 95.8%169,199 reviews 42 What Remains of Edith Finch (2017) Story Rich · Atmospheric · Walking Simulator · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 95.7%45,053 reviews 43 Impostor Factory (2021) Story Rich · Emotional · Pixel Graphics · 500K–1M owners · $9.99 95.9%11,773 reviews 44 Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre (2014) Atmospheric · Historical · World War I · 500K–1M owners · $14.99 95.6%26,043 reviews 45 Narcissu 1st & 2nd (2015) Visual Novel · Anime · Free to Play · 200K–500K owners · Free 95.8%4,881 reviews 46 It Takes Two (2021) Co-op · Multiplayer · Split Screen · 5M–10M owners · $39.99 95.3%218,383 reviews 47 DISTRAINT 2 (2018) Psychological Horror · Horror · Story Rich · 200K–500K owners · $8.99 95.8%4,356 reviews 48 Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition (2020) Emotional · Story Rich · Indie · 1M–2M owners · $29.99 95.2%46,417 reviews 49 Children of Silentown: Prologue (2020) Horror · Point & Click · Female Protagonist · 0–20K owners · Free 96.3%1,036 reviews 50 Flowers Blooming at the End of Summer (2021) Visual Novel · Indie · Casual · 50K–100K owners · $0.49 95.8%2,089 reviews