Basically what the title says. I’ve only played two games like this so far (Silent Hill 2 and OMORI) and am looking for more.
Could be games, ROM hacks, mods of existing games, etc.
EDIT: So many great suggestions! Getting a bit overwhelmed by how many there are, so I’m going to need to find a way to put this in some kind of list with an order to play the games in. By all means, keep 'em coming, though!
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I don’t know if I’m just weird but Ori and the will of the Wisps did it for me.
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Life is Strange for sure. Idk what it is but I was emotional for days after finishing it. Wasn’t a huge fan of the others in the series but I can’t recommend the first one enough
Same, it was the first game that ever made me cry, and honestly opened me up for crying on other stuff.
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I liked True Colors as well.
Life is Strange. I played the first chapter of this game. It’s just awesome 👌
It only gets better from there. 👍
In fact Chapter 1 is free on Steam (maybe on console as well but I don’t have a console to check) so I encourage anyone even remotely interested to give it a shot.
I was supremely disappointed with The Last of Us. The intro was fantastic, but everything after that (including the ending) was just “meh”.
FFX has been on my list for a long time now. Only FF game I’ve played is VI.
I kept hearing about TT TWD when it came out. Been meaning to play it. IDK much about Life is Strange.
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Try SIGNALIS ! It is extremely depressive, emotional and evocative, and to an extent it is a homage to stuff like Silent Hill 2
Started it a couple days ago
Ah great hope you enjoy it I found it fantastic
I may be a bit late to the party but The last of us 1&2 had a pretty emotional impact on me. The game is pretty brutal, in every meaning, but the overall experience and story telling is hard to top.
I highly recommend to not get spoiled and play it in order of release!
Red Dead Redemption has an emotional ending.
… and now I know the only compass that I need …
I heard good things, but open world games intimidate me due to the length.
There are a million things that you can do in the game, but you don’t have to do any of them. You can stick to the story if you want. It’s probably still a very long game though, even if you only engage in the story.
you kinda want to dive into that one yeah, although it is a great “on-rails” experience
It’s long, but in a good way. The content isn’t drawn out and repetitive. You want to play it that long. Mostly mentioning rdr2 here which is much better.
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Bastion hit me like no other game really has. The start of supergiants fantastic game repertoire and I feel it gets overlooked due to its age. The music and narration is fantastic, and the story that unfolds is beautiful.
It might not fit entirely in, but check out Spec Ops: The Line. It’s more or less linear shooter, but the story (and ending) makes it quite unique and very different from any other game I’ve played. Could too get pretty emotional at times.
If you think it fits, then it fits. It’s all about what affected you personally.
It’s one of the few games I’ve played where I was speechless at the ending. Maybe not crying-level emotional, but still hit me like a truck. Another one would be probably Dear Esther, which was already mentioned here.
Emotionally draining, is how I would describe that game. It wears you down, then slaps you right in the face at the end.
The last or second to last collectable is still haunting to me year later. The note from father to son.
There are a crazy amount of emotions in that game. Also absolutely not something children should play, it’s a totally different level than your average M rated game.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter! I’m not going to say anything, except that you need to do all the “side” quests. If you miss any, the map at the end will show which you missed. See the ending!
Dear Esther is also quite special, the monologues change every playthrough and everyone interprets the game differently. Very impactful.
I didn’t know the voice over changes every play though with Dear Esther.
Even the items that lie around change every time you play.
Persona 4 Golden is a beautiful game that made me emotional more than once.
Papers, Please. Maybe not crying, but could definitely put you into a depressed mood if you manage to get into character. Needing to make a choice between letting some poor bastard’s wife follow him without proper papers and feeding your family is tough.
I can recommend all games from SIGONO’s OPUS series https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/sigono/#browse
You don’t mind porn? Go and play the AVN Acting Lessons. It’s on Steam. It’s not too long but the punch it packs… it has this reputation of “the AVN you’ll never wanna play again”. I like to compare it to Requiem for a Dream.
If you want less heart-rending tears, I just finished chapter 3 of Being a Dik and there were tears, but the kinda good emotional kind. I’m the first surprised, but it seems to be a signature of the author and I quite like it.Otherwise I’m playing Metro Exodus and man, that game is oozing with that uniquely Russian despair. No tears yet, but I’m preparing for some dark moments and the whole thing is just… wow. Mad Max had beautiful everything, but M:E has fantastic writing throughout. It all feels deeply personal and with that dreadful feeling of inevitability. And you only get to see/hear it if you want, mostly. Very glad I gave this game a second chance (it’s very… clunky. Again in that typical slavic way, I guess; but it works if you accept it as it is).
Been meaning to get more into eastern European horror.
Also if you like fucked up VNs, check out Saya no Uta. Fantastic story.
Also never watched Requiem for a Dream. Been high up on my list of movies to watch, but I feel like I have to be in the right mood.
+1 for Metro Exodus. I’m a little surprised that it comes up in discussions like this so rarely. I’m a huge fan of post-apocalyptic settings so I might be biased, but it’s easily one of my favorite games ever.
Disco Elysium made me cry after a short conversation with a random man on the street. I haven’t played much of it yet, so I can’t speak to the majority of the content, but what I have played of it evokes more emotion than any game I’ve ever played before.
Been hearing a lot about this game. Apparently it has some of the best writing of any game?
It has. However, don’t buy it. You can easily find it in fitgirl etc. Reason being, the devs won’t see a cent as they were kicked out of the studio that published the game. There’s lots of articles regarding this drama anywhere.
Good to know. Shame that happened.
Yeah, it definitely does. It feels like playing a Dostoevsky novel.
