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Best Emotional Games

Top 50 of 274 qualifying games — tagged Emotional (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-08-06.

1 planetarian HD (2017) Visual Novel · Anime · Casual · $9.99 98.9%3,407 reviews 2 Grimm's Hollow (2019) Free to Play · Pixel Graphics · RPG · Free 98.5%14,554 reviews 3 OneShot: World Machine Edition (2024) Puzzle · Exploration · Indie · $9.99 98.6%5,532 reviews 4 CLANNAD (2015) Visual Novel · Anime · Story Rich · $44.99 98.4%10,846 reviews 5 DELTARUNE (2025) Story Rich · Great Soundtrack · Pixel Graphics · $24.99 98.1%128,064 reviews 6 Just a To the Moon Series Beach Episode (2024) Story Rich · Adventure · Emotional · $7.99 98.3%3,944 reviews 7 Before Your Eyes (2021) Emotional · Narrative · Story Rich · $9.99 98.0%23,533 reviews 8 Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to) (2019) Emotional · Relaxing · Cozy · $4.99 98.1%8,982 reviews 9 Monument Valley (2022) Puzzle · Relaxing · Adventure · $7.99 98.1%8,673 reviews 10 Cureocity (2024) Indie · Cute · Adventure · Free 98.1%3,178 reviews 11 Finding Paradise (2017) Story Rich · Emotional · Pixel Graphics · $9.99 97.8%20,266 reviews 12 Long Dream (2023) Adventure · Point & Click · Visual Novel · $6.99 98.4%1,008 reviews 13 Aliya: Timelink (2024) RPG · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · $2.99 97.7%9,448 reviews 14 The Last Campfire (2021) Puzzle · Adventure · Singleplayer · $14.99 97.5%20,222 reviews 15 The Walking Dead (2012) Zombies · Story Rich · Adventure · $14.99 97.3%80,123 reviews 16 Beacon Pines (2022) Visual Novel · Story Rich · Emotional · $19.99 97.6%4,439 reviews 17 Outcore: Desktop Adventure (2022) Adventure · Psychological Horror · Free to Play · Free 97.4%18,126 reviews 18 Katawa Shoujo (2024) Visual Novel · Romance · Dating Sim · Free 97.6%5,977 reviews 19 Sally Face - Episode One (2016) Story Rich · Psychological Horror · Indie · $2.99 97.3%27,282 reviews 20 A Shelter Full of Cats (2024) Cats · Hidden Object · Story Rich · $4.99 98.0%1,228 reviews 21 A Space For The Unbound - Prologue (2020) Pixel Graphics · 1990's · Adventure · Free 97.9%1,319 reviews 22 Persona 4 Golden (2020) JRPG · Great Soundtrack · Story Rich · $19.99 97.0%86,565 reviews 23 Chicory: A Colorful Tale (2021) Indie · Adventure · RPG · $19.99 97.4%3,984 reviews 24 planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ (2014) Visual Novel · Anime · Post-apocalyptic · Free 97.6%2,031 reviews 25 Sakuya Izayoi Gives You Advice And Dabs (2020) Casual · Visual Novel · Relaxing · $0.99 97.5%2,408 reviews 26 In Stars And Time (2023) Story Rich · RPG · LGBTQ+ · $19.99 97.1%8,666 reviews 27 A Space for the Unbound (2023) Story Rich · Pixel Graphics · Emotional · $9.99 97.1%7,670 reviews 28 Until Then (2024) Visual Novel · Pixel Graphics · Emotional · $19.99 96.7%18,537 reviews 29 Spin Rhythm XD (2023) Rhythm · Music · Casual · $19.99 97.0%4,235 reviews 30 Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2020) Beautiful · Metroidvania · Platformer · $29.99 96.5%145,743 reviews 31 The Walking Dead: Season Two (2013) Zombies · Adventure · Story Rich · $14.99 96.6%33,887 reviews 32 Detroit: Become Human (2020) Choices Matter · Story Rich · Multiple Endings · $39.99 96.3%257,397 reviews 33 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk (2020) Visual Novel · Psychological Horror · Horror · $1.49 96.4%34,137 reviews 34 BROK the InvestiGator (2022) Adventure · Point & Click · Beat 'em up · $19.99 97.2%1,283 reviews 35 The Pedestrian (2020) Puzzle · Puzzle-Platformer · Logic · $19.99 96.6%6,062 reviews 36 No Case Should Remain Unsolved (2024) Interactive Fiction · Puzzle · Visual Novel · $6.99 96.5%10,443 reviews 37 To the Moon (2012) Story Rich · Great Soundtrack · Indie · $9.99 96.1%86,196 reviews 38 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (2023) Conversation · Relaxing · Pixel Graphics · $14.99 96.6%2,758 reviews 39 God of War (2022) Action · Singleplayer · Story Rich · $49.99 95.9%183,213 reviews 40 a new life. (2020) Indie · LGBTQ+ · Visual Novel · $2.99 96.6%2,417 reviews 41 Wednesdays (2025) Visual Novel · Comic Book · Interactive Fiction · $9.99 96.7%2,016 reviews 42 OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition (2021) Visual Novel · Emotional · Anime · $24.99 96.1%9,395 reviews 43 The Spirit and the Mouse (2022) Puzzle-Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer · $19.99 97.0%1,052 reviews 44 Meg's Monster (2023) Indie · Pixel Graphics · Linear · $14.99 96.8%1,313 reviews 45 Rakuen (2017) Story Rich · Emotional · Puzzle · $14.99 96.1%5,926 reviews 46 Flowers Blooming at the End of Summer (2021) Visual Novel · Indie · Casual · $0.49 96.3%2,924 reviews 47 Impostor Factory (2021) Story Rich · Emotional · Pixel Graphics · $9.99 95.8%12,798 reviews 48 What Remains of Edith Finch (2017) Story Rich · Atmospheric · Walking Simulator · $19.99 95.6%52,143 reviews 49 Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre (2014) Atmospheric · Historical · World War I · $14.99 95.6%27,449 reviews 50 Narcissu 1st & 2nd (2015) Visual Novel · Anime · Free to Play · Free 95.9%5,379 reviews