Emotional games on Steam
581 adult-tagged games hidden and not counted here. Show them
Steam tag · 9,747 games · 1,565 released in the last 12 months · median 88% positive across 3,740 games with 10+ reviews · 4,555,412 Steam reviews
Share of new releases
5.9% of new Steam releases in the last 12 months (1,565 games), 5.9% the 12 before (1,124). By year: 2014: 0.7%, 2015: 0.76%, 2016: 0.85%, 2017: 0.95%, 2018: 1.2%, 2019: 1.8%, 2020: 2.9%, 2021: 5.0%, 2022: 6.0%, 2023: 5.8%, 2024: 6.0%, 2025: 6.1%, 2026: 5.8%.
Most reviewed Emotional games
- Detroit: Become Human · 2020
- It Takes Two · 2021
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps · 2020
- God of War · 2022
- DELTARUNE · 2025
- Persona 5 Royal · 2022
- This War of Mine · 2014
- OMORI · 2020
Breakouts of the last 12 months
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin · 2026
- DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH · 2026
- Quarantine Zone: The Last Check · 2026
- INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road · 2025
- Starsand Island · 2026
- Life is Strange: Reunion · 2026
- My Little Puppy · 2025
- Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy · 2026
Often paired with
Adventure, Story Rich, Atmospheric, Visual Novel, Exploration, Cute, Multiple Endings, Colorful, Choices Matter, Mystery