Spiritfarer gave me a small existential crisis at the end. Edith Finch was heartbreaking but hopeful. House of Fata Morgana was achingly beautiful storytelling.

I still think I'll never play a game that will make me feel like One Shot did. Especially the post game. It really pulls you into the story personally.

Overall I think the life is strange series is okay but in 2 there's a scene where you have the option to come out to your dad and it just felt so authentic. Like I remember having to pause the game and walk around a little.

I'm playing Ratchet and Clank: A Rift Apart and it's doing a good job of making me feel ways about stuff.

I really loved Cyberpunk 2077 for this, too.

Rocket League also makes me feel emotions. Mostly anger.

And just to add something probably not as well known, Lil Gator Game. For a game specifically for children, I did not expect the heavy hitting emotional story it provided.

Telltale's The Walking Dead. I have never had a gaming experience like it before or since. It drew me in and hit me in the feels over and over

While maybe not exactly what you mean, Tunic.

It made me feel all kinds of things. Mostly it was the mind blowing "aha" moments when I learned something fundamental about the game that had been there all along, I just hadn't pieced it together, yet.

It's such a unique game that I seriously doubt could ever be done again.

Thomas Was Alone.

How great writing works

I really cared for these literal blocks on screen.

To the Moon. Omg. All of the feels. Def recommend, but keep some tissues with you!

To The Moon

MyHouse.wad, a Doom 2 map about friendship and loss that really hits hard and awesome. Read the initial post, read the supplemental material on the Google Drive, if you feel like it and then play it.

Super Mario Galaxy also hit me but more for the joy and amazement at the innovative levels and gameplay. One of the few games I played with my wife to 100 % completion.

The Xenoblade Chronicles trilogy have had immense moments of emotional ups and downs. Few games just make me sit there to contemplate what just occurred to its story, conflicts, or characters; XBC games have many moments sprinkled through its entire playtime that do that.

Shadow of the Colossus

• Plague Tale Requiem
• The Walking Dead
• Heavy Rain
• Gerda: A Flame in Winter
• As Dusk Falls
• Disco Elysium