Search results for “a sad story that will make me cry”
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Copycat
Sep 19, 2024 · Spoonful Of Wonder
Matches: Emotional
A poignant narrative-driven game about rejection, belonging and the meaning of home. It follows the story of a newly adopted shelter cat whose space in the home is taken by a copycat. Bring the tissues.
CatsEmotionalIndieAdventureStory RichSingleplayerAtmosphericControllerWalking SimulatorExploration👍 4,636That Dragon, Cancer
Jan 11, 2016 · Numinous Games
Matches: Emotional
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.
IndieStory RichEmotionalAdventureWalking SimulatorAtmosphericSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackSurrealPoint & Click👍 1,372To the Moon
Sep 7, 2012 · Freebird Games
Matches: Emotional
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
Story RichGreat SoundtrackIndieEmotionalPixel GraphicsAdventureSingleplayerInteractive FictionRomanceRPG👍 69,599Schrödinger's Call
May 27 · Acrobatic Chirimenjako
Matches: Emotional
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Visual NovelFemale ProtagonistPost-apocalypticStory RichChoose Your Own AdventureAnimeEmotionalHand-drawnGothicMystery👍 1,132Pine: A Story of Loss
Dec 13, 2024 · Made Up Games
Matches: Emotional · Narrative
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
EmotionalStory RichShortHand-drawnRomanceAdventureInteractive FictionVisual NovelPoint & Click2D👍 206Goodbye Volcano High
Aug 29, 2023 · KO_OP
Matches: Emotional
Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.
LGBTQ+Story RichVisual NovelSingleplayerCinematicHand-drawnInteractive FictionMusicChoices MatterChoose Your Own Adventure👍 1,678Hypnophobia; From Your Shadow
Apr 2 · Stick Horse
Matches: Emotional
This is a story about Iris, a nobody who didn't have a Happy Ending and now suffers the consequences of their own (lack of) actions all alone in the most northern city in the world. A depressing story and a melancholic lesson teached in life's hard way awaits you.
Visual NovelEmotionalPsychologicalAnimeLGBTQ+2DSingleplayerStylizedFree to PlayAtmosphericplanetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~
Sep 12, 2014 · VisualArts/Key
Matches: Emotional
In time for the 10th anniversary since its original release in Japan, planetarian is an engaging and emotional visual novel from legendary game studio, Key. A sub-brand of VisualArts, Key are also famed for creating Kanon, AIR, CLANNAD, Little Busters!, Rewrite, and Angel Beats!
Visual NovelAnimePost-apocalypticSci-fiStory RichCasualGreat SoundtrackCuteLinearRobots👍 1,865Flowers Blooming at the End of Summer
Feb 26, 2021 · MidnightWorks
Matches: Emotional
여름방학을 며칠 앞둔 어느 날 갑작스레 내 앞에 나타난 한 소녀. 자신을 유령이라 밝힌 소녀는 난데없이 내게 자신을 없애 달라는 부탁을 건넨다. 자신의 눈에 보인다는 죽음의 색을 통해 나는 유령 소녀의 과거를 추적하기 시작하지만, 어째 소녀는 점점 죽음에 가까워지기보다는 나의 일상에 녹아들기 시작하는데...
Visual NovelIndieRomanceCasualEmotionalAnimeAtmosphericSingleplayer2DCute👍 2,826Findme ~30才の夢追い人~
Jul 28, 2022 · 三ノ宮グループ
Matches: Emotional
It is a Japanese visual novel game. It is a game to read texts. Enjoy the story of anguish, conflict, dreams and hope. There is no branching depending on the choices, but you can have a rich story experience like a movie.
Visual NovelSingleplayerText-BasedIndieAdventureChoose Your Own AdventureEmotionalViolentStory RichFinding Paradise
Dec 14, 2017 · Freebird Games
Matches: Emotional
Two doctors traverse backwards through a dying man's memories to fulfill his last wish. This is To the Moon's standalone sequel, but can also be played first.
EmotionalStory RichPixel GraphicsAdventure2DRPGSingleplayerFunnyAtmosphericInteractive Fiction👍 18,142Tears - 9, 10
Jan 31, 2018 · Team D.T.R
Matches: Emotional
A story-focused visual novel about Yeonji, a girl with nine fingers who dreams of becoming a pianist, and Taehyuk, a boy with ten fingers who tries to help her hold on to that dream.
Visual NovelEmotionalStory RichIndieAdventureSimulationCasualAnimeSingleplayerSexual Contentplanetarian HD
May 8, 2017 · VisualArts/Key
Matches: Emotional
planetarian HD is an engaging and emotional visual novel from legendary game studio, Key. A sub-brand of VISUAL ARTS, Key are also famed for creating Kanon, AIR, CLANNAD, Little Busters!, Rewrite, Angel Beats!, and Summer Pockets.
Visual NovelAnimeCasualAdventureRobotsPost-apocalypticStory RichCuteSingleplayerSimulation👍 3,203Before Your Eyes
Apr 8, 2021 · GoodbyeWorld Games, Nice Dream
Matches: Emotional · Narrative
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
EmotionalNarrativeStory RichIndieFirst-PersonInteractive FictionSingleplayerWalking SimulatorAdventureCartoony👍 21,278For Stella
Aug 27 · 内购人生PABL
Matches: Emotional
“Why would someone who has spent their entire life suppressing their emotions suddenly pull you aside to talk about love?” 「For Stella」is an interactive narrative game centered around mental health conditions.
EmotionalRomancePhilosophicalInteractive FictionComic BookVisual NovelPsychologicalSingleplayerIndieRPG👍 135A Memoir Blue
Mar 24, 2022 · Cloisters Interactive
Matches: Emotional
A song from years ago triggers a flood of memories for champion swimmer Miriam. Embark on an evocative journey through her turbulent childhood and the complicated relationship she shared with her devoted mother.
AdventureCasualInteractive Fiction2D3DEmotionalFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericColorfulStory Rich👍 452Afterlove EP
Feb 14, 2025 · Pikselnesia
Matches: Emotional
From the creator of Coffee Talk and What Comes After, comes a slice-of-life adventure set in modern Jakarta about love, loss and finding your own way forward. Step into the shoes of Rama, a young musician struggling to move on with life after the death of his girlfriend, Cinta.
AdventureHand-drawnStory RichVisual NovelRhythmLGBTQ+Dating SimEmotionalInteractive FictionCute👍 186Fall of Porcupine
Jun 15, 2023 · Critical Rabbit
Matches: Emotional
A pidgeon-doctor in a small town. A broken healthcare system. A heartfelt narrative game. Fall of Porcupine tells an emotional story about a young doctor who struggles to find his place. Accompany Finley in a lovingly illustrated world and uncover the darkest secrets of Porcupine.
Story RichAtmosphericIndieCuteInteractive FictionEmotionalChoices MatterAdventureControllerHand-drawn👍 527Lilja and Natsuka Painting Lies
Jul 24, 2024 · Frontwing
Matches: Emotional
A yuri kinetic novel about overcoming the tribulations of the human heart, and a sapphic tale on the heartaches and reprieves of fathoming love. Asou Ei’s first title with Frontwing is presented with poignant visuals in Full HD, an evocative soundtrack, and voice acting by a star-studded cast.
Visual NovelFemale ProtagonistCasualAdventureAnimeCuteLGBTQ+EmotionalMysteryStory Rich👍 156The Stillness of the Wind
Feb 7, 2019 · Memory of God, Lambic Studios
Matches: Emotional
A quiet game of life and loss. One by one, everyone left the village for the city. Everyone, except Talma. Approaching her final years, she maintains a simple way of life tending to her homestead, surviving, subsisting, whilst increasingly disturbing letters arrive from her family in the city.
IndieAdventureAtmosphericStory RichFemale ProtagonistAgricultureSingleplayerBeautifulPoint & ClickEmotional👍 1,362A Bird Story
Nov 7, 2014 · Freebird Games
Matches: Emotional
An experimental short from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise: A simple & surreal 1-hour interactive animation about a boy and an injured bird, told without dialogues.If you're looking for To the Moon-like experience, I'd suggest playing Finding Paradise first.
IndieStory RichGreat SoundtrackPixel GraphicsShortAdventureSingleplayerInteractive Fiction2DRPG👍 8,208SIRE
Oct 28, 2025 · heartcase
Matches: Emotional
SIRE is a narrative card game about dealing with the death of a parent, and the whirlwind of emotions that follow. Players combine cards to explore a darkly comedic, surreal world of loss and learning, in a combination of classic point-n-click adventure and real video footage.
Point & ClickInteractive FictionEmotionalDark ComedyCard GamePuzzlePhilosophicalFMV2DMinimalist808
Jun 22 · Zero Task
Matches: Emotional
808 explores the memories that define us and what happens when they're taken away. It's a surreal game about love, loss, and a difficult choice: the pain of authenticity, or the peace of self forgetfulness.
Story RichAdventureWalking SimulatorShortFirst-PersonSingleplayerAtmosphericAbstractComedyPhilosophicalKANADE
Jun 11, 2025 · Frontwing
Matches: Emotional
A visual novel about becoming lovers with Kanade—a half-human, half-alien girl. Enjoy a tender relationship with Kanade and witness how love blossoms into a song that saves the world.
AdventureVisual NovelCasualAnimeSci-fiCuteAliensDystopian EmotionalPost-apocalyptic👍 369Narcissu 1st & 2nd
Apr 24, 2015 · stage-nana
Matches: Emotional
This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".
Visual NovelAnimeFree to PlayIndieStory RichGreat SoundtrackEmotionalCasualSingleplayerFemale ProtagonistBochi Collection
Mar 3 · Alan Gaspar, Moni Murillo
Matches: Emotional · Narrative
A short and unconventional anthology exploring abandonment, depression, domestic abuse, and acceptance. These strange vignettes made with passion use unique mechanics to tell personal stories that linger. Perfect for players who seek sincere, bittersweet experiences.
EmotionalIndiePsychologicalNarrativeShortExperimentalSingleplayerCasualHorrorPhilosophical目盲/Blind
Nov 26, 2022 · GOCORE
Matches: Emotional
「Sometimes what the eye can't tell, the heart can.」 《Blind》 is a light fantasy game for girls set in a modern city. After a childhood accident that left me with a strange face blindness, I was introduced to a profession called "watchman" and since then, the world has taken on a whole new dimension.
Female ProtagonistVisual NovelDating SimPsychological HorrorEmotionalAnimeMultiple Endings2DRPGWord Game👍 865Rakuen
May 10, 2017 · Laura Shigihara
Matches: Emotional
A hospitalized Boy comes to terms with his own story by traveling with his Mom to a beautiful fantasy world; ultimately helping his fellow patients find closure by walking a mile in their shoes.
Story RichEmotionalPuzzleCutePixel GraphicsJRPGRPGAdventureAnimeFantasy👍 4,698Where Stella Meets Water
Sep 22 · Yomoyama Factory
Matches: Emotional
A boy who trusts only what can be proven notices his childhood friend vanishing from photos and memories, one by one, in a small lakeside town. Where Stella Meets Water is a single-path youth romance visual novel with anime-style CG, no voice acting, and a 6-10 hour story that turns bittersweet.
Visual Novel2DAdventureCuteEmotionalText-BasedColorfulArtificial IntelligenceAtmosphericAnimeNarcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project
Jan 27, 2016 · stage-nana
Matches: Emotional
"Life is like a waiting room, except people don't leave in the order they enter." Narcissu is a thought provoking visual novel series about terminal illness, living, dying, and the relationship between those leaving and those left behind. There are no miracles, no heroes, no villains in this story.
Visual NovelIndieCasualStory RichAnimeEmotionalGreat SoundtrackAtmosphericSingleplayerFemale Protagonist👍 609Wednesdays
Mar 25, 2025 · Pierre Corbinais, The Pixel Hunt, exaheva, Christophe Galati, ARTE France
Matches: Emotional
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
Visual NovelInteractive FictionComic BookHand-drawnPsychologicalEmotionalStory RichText-BasedCasualColorful👍 303As Long As You're Here
Oct 28, 2025 · Autoscopia
Matches: Emotional · Narrative
What if you lost all your memories? An emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. As Annie’s life slowly unravels, uncover memories of her deceased brother as her past bleeds into the present.
AdventureEmotionalStory RichFirst-PersonLinearFemale ProtagonistWalking SimulatorMysteryExplorationCartoony👍 503