Hidden Emotional Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated emotional games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Emotional games on Steam.

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The Signifier Director's Cut This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.

Price -39% 12.24€
Rating 7.5
Release 15 Oct 2020
I Am Dead I Am Dead is a charming puzzle adventure game from the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot’s Warehouse about exploring the afterlife.

Price -75% 4.69€
Rating 7.8
Release 08 Oct 2020
Eternal Hope Eternal Hope is a puzzle platformer game that follows the story of Ti’bi – a boy who must embark on a journey of love and hope to find his beloved’s soul.

Price -80% 1.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 20 Aug 2020
Booth: A Dystopian Adventure The year is 2036. In this famine-riddled world, food-centric sovereignty has been established. Living alone inside a food-inspection booth, you are striving to find truth and peace beyond the borderline.

Price 8.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 22 Jul 2020
Ginkgo Ginkgo is a single player 3D horror game inspired by East Asian horror. Armed with a magic needle that can sew parts of the world together, solve puzzles and outsmart monsters as you explore a surreal world.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 26 Jun 2020
Neversong Help little Peet hack-and-slash his way through a beautifully haunting coma. A hand-drawn action-adventure through a dreamy world filled with fleshy monsters, insane grown-ups, and sad children looking for their mommies.

Price -95% 0.77€
Rating 8.2
Release 20 May 2020
Dark Nights with Poe and Munro Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.

Price -58% 4.58€
Rating 7.2
Release 19 May 2020
Heal Guide an old man through the dark and atmospheric world of Heal in this abstract 2D puzzle-adventure point-and-click game.

Price -97% 0.25€
Rating 7.9
Release 10 Apr 2020
MetaWare High School (Demo) How do you see the world when nothing is real? An experimental metafictional visual novel.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 02 Apr 2020
Through the Darkest of Times Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.

Price -95% 0.85€
Rating 8.0
Release 30 Jan 2020
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky DX "The promise is entrusted to two alchemists..." The "Dusk" series, a trilogy of RPG titles from Gust's popular Atelier series, tells the story of a world on the verge ruin, told from the perspective of its unique characters.

Price -46% 21.95€
Rating 8.3
Release 14 Jan 2020
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk DX "The promise begins." The "Dusk" series, a trilogy of RPG titles from Gust's popular Atelier series, tells the story of a world on the verge ruin, told from the perspective of its unique characters. The 1st title in the series "Atelier Ayesha" is now available as a deluxe version.

Price -46% 21.95€
Rating 8.6
Release 14 Jan 2020
Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek follows the tragic story of the Neighbor’s family in this dramatic prequel to Hello Neighbor. Experience playing a game of hide-and-seek with your brother as you both deal with the loss of a family member.

Price -92% 2.48€
Rating 8.0
Release 10 Dec 2019
ARIDA: Backland's Awakening ARIDA: Backland's Awakening. A story of survival and adventure in the brazilian backlands. Face the drought to explore the more arid regions, gather resources and discover clues about the fate of the young Cícera.

Price -74% 1.82€
Rating 8.2
Release 15 Aug 2019
Monsters of Little Haven At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 09 Jul 2019
FOCUS on YOU The love at first sight, came like a sunny summer day. Meet YUA and make your own sparkling moments.

Price 33.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 05 Jul 2019
Sanator: Scarlet Scarf Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Jun 2019
Answer Knot A short narrative and exploration game about Zach, June, and a strange phenomenon. You're Zach and, stuck in your home, you will do everything to keep hearing June's voice messages. What is happening out there?

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 31 May 2019
FREEDIVER: Triton Down Plunge into VR on a capsizing research ship, the Triton, where survival means outmaneuvering the water's lethal surge. Freedive through a sinking ship, overcome underwater chaos, and unlock your path to the surface, all while protecting your most precious resource: the breath in your lungs.

Price -50% 3.69€
Rating 7.8
Release 30 May 2019
Atelier Lulua ~The Scion of Arland~ The long awaited 4th installment of the popular "Arland" series that had begun with the "Atelier Rorona"! In this new story, players will revisit the nostalgic world of Arland and embark on exciting journey of alchemy together with Rorona's daughter, Lulua.

Price 59.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 20 May 2019
Never Again Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.

Price 13.79€
Rating 7.7
Release 09 May 2019
Newfound Courage You're a young man named Alex who arrives in the cliffside town of Silverpine. Explore the town's many mysteries and meet its colourful townsfolk, while you grow closer to a kind-hearted local named Jake. Can the two of you save the town from the impending doom brewing inside the mysterious Vault?

Price -73% 2.40€
Rating 8.7
Release 22 Mar 2019
TOKYO CHRONOS TOKYO CHRONOS is the VR game that has multiple-choice decision points as well as more than one ending. The game takes place in Shibuya, Tokyo, which has only eight people, including you, the protagonist, Kyosuke Sakurai. Why are they there?

Price 28.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 19 Mar 2019
最后的47小时 - The Last 47 Hours "Let's break up in 47 hours!" The girl who has been in love with me for six years and  will become my sweet bride next month, now declares. Are we really going to say goodbye after forty-seven hours?

Price 1.59€
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Feb 2019