Most gamers believe that video games are an instrument for fun, considered pieces of art to have a great time alone or together with friends. This is true, but gamers also pay attention to emotions and feelings, and video games that provide memorable emotional moments are some of the best. In this guide, we check some of the Saddest Video Games ever!

• Release Date: December 3, 2021
• Developer: Square Enix Creative / Business Unit III
• Publisher: Square Enix
• Platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
• Metascore: 92

Final Fantasy 14: The Realm Reborn has four major expansions. Endwalker is the last and one with one of the most memorable final moments. Endwalker continues the story of Shadowbringers, its predecessor. 

Endwalker also follows the structure of the entire previous game, where quests and side quests are the main links in the story. This expansion has 108 new main scenario quests and five new dungeons. 

New game modes have been added, such as Player vs. Player overhaul with Crystalline Conflict.  

Endwalker has one of the most tear-jerking moments of the complete game. Although it does not have a wholly tragic or sad ending, it's very emotional for those who have played the game from the very beginning. Players may shed a few tears due to the connection they have built with the main characters.

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• Release Date: August 7, 2013
• Developer: Starbreeze Studios
• Publisher: 505 Games
• Platforms: Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
• Metascore: 90

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is an indie and adventure game where you control two brothers advancing from different scenarios, solving mysteries with varying gameplay mechanics. 

From the beginning, A Tale of Two Sons is an emotional video game. The game begins with Naiee, one of the two brothers, standing in front of the tomb of his dead mother. She drowned at sea while Naiee was unable to save her. His brother, Naia, asks him to help protect their ill father.     

A Tale of Two Sons is an emotive story that will break your heart during the gameplay. We don't want to make spoilers, but its true ending will remain in your mind for a long time. 

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• Release Date: May 14, 2019
• Developer: Asobo Studio
• Publisher: Focus Home Interactive
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Luna, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
• Metascore: 81

A Plague Tale: Innocence is a survival horror stealth game heavily focused on atmospheric and emotional narrative. Rather than one singular moment, the entire game’s story is full of heart-wrenching scenes, unique and vibrant chapters, and a game world full of compelling circumstances. 

A Plague Tale: Innocence occurs during the black plague in the 14th century in Aquitaine, France. You'll experience a true story full of raw scenes where you'll see people die.

In this story, you're put in the shoes of a young woman, Amicia de Rune, as the main character and her little brother, Hugo. You and your younger brother will have to survive in the starving cities of this age of Europe.  

Still, A Plague Tale: Innocence has an incredible feeling of hope and joy due to the journey ending and good emotions. Besides, the relationship between Amicia and Hugo is pure emotion. 

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• Release Date: February 23, 2010
• Developer: Quantic Dream
• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment / Quantic Dream
• Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
• Metascore: 75

At first glance, Heavy Rain looks like a remembrance of Silent Hill, one of the best games in the gaming industry. But Heavy Rain, despite having many similar features to the classic of Konami, shines with its own light. 

Heavy Rain is an action-adventure and interactive drama video game where you control four characters. These characters' lives depend on your actions and decisions throughout the narrative. 

The game is divided into several scenes. Each one enhances the moment's drama by paying particular attention to internal emotions and repercussions.

In Heavy Rain, you want to find the Origami Killer, a serial killer who abducts young boys during the fall season. The gameplay is based on investigation and exploration in several scenarios, collecting clues and signs. 

Be prepared for some of the best emotional scenes and a good or bad ending.     

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• Release Date: October 26, 2018
• Developer: Rockstar Studios
• Publisher: Rockstar Games 
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, Stadia
• Metascore: 97

Red Dead Redemption is a great example of one of those games you cannot forget, even if you try it. The entire series of Red Dead Redemption is full of epic moments, highly-emotional and challenging times, where your life hangs by a thread. 

In the Red Dead Redemption saga, John Marston and Arthur Morgan provide us with many unique and scary scenes that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Depression and solitude are two main emotions and feelings you continuously face in Red Dead Redemption 2.  

One of the Red Dead Redemption 2 points that provide a unique experience is its realism. Playing RDR2 immerses you in a constant rain of solid emotions and struggles.     

One of consequences of your choices can be Arthur’s death, so the protagonist’s fate is in your hands. This aspect gives a different flavor to the game experience.  

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• Release Date: January 30, 2015
• Developer: Dontnod Entertainment / Deck Nine
• Publisher: Square Enix
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch
• Metascore: 83

Life is Strange is the first game of the series of the same name, a graphic and emotional adventure with intense scenes and relationships. 

This saga is known for being an emotional rollercoaster, especially this first chapter, full of colors, imagination, and deep feelings.

Life is Strange has five episodes, each with a plot that affects the others. As Max Caulfield, the young girl protagonist of this game, you can travel through time and even rewind time and dialogues. Thanks to this ability,  you can modify actions and the present, like the butterfly effect.   

As Max Caulfield, you witness your friend Chloe Price being killed after returning to your hometown of Arcadia Bay, Oregon. Since you want to change the destiny of your best friend, you'll intervene in the time and cycle of life and death, changing the course of fate.

Life is Strange has a proper ending that will break your heart into a thousand pieces. No matter if you're tough or sensitive, this graphical adventure will be with you for years. 

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• Release Date: Abril 24, 2012
• Developer: Telltale Games
• Publisher: Telltale Games
• Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360,  PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
• Metascore: 82

The Walking Dead is one of the most relevant tv shows of recent years and an essential saga of video games.

This Telltale Definitive Series has four seasons and 400 days of gaming. The events of the first season follow Lee Everett and his efforts to protect a little girl named Clementine in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.

At first glance, the story looks like players follow a survival narrative escaping from zombies. But the game presents a good reason which will make them cry: its sadness and moments of anguish. 

Unlike the other games in this list, the Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series talks about humanity and how humans do the impossible to survive chaos by fighting against fate. Besides, this title has incredible music and cartoonish graphics that all fans will love. 

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• Release Date: April 12, 2016
• Developer: FromSoftware
• Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
• Metascore: 89

The third chapter of the award-winning franchise takes the sense of hopelessness, despair, and darkness further than the previous titles. The sensation of loneliness and pain is stronger in certain aspects, but this is great for the entire game environment, especially when you have to fight against impossible enemies.

The sensation of destruction is sensible in the destroyed cities and the tremendous number of tombstones and massacres. Dark Souls III also works as a climactic conclusion to the saga, feeling like everything is ending.

This realm is dying, which becomes apparent when Dark Souls 3 players reach the Kiln of the First Flame or visit certain desolate, ash-drowned landscapes in The Ringed City DLC. 

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• Release Date: February 9, 2016
• Developer: Campo Santo
• Publisher: Panic / Campo Santo 
• Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, OS X, Linux, Nintendo Switch
• Metascore: 81

Firewatch is a first-person perspective video game and a sad journey through a unique environment of a natural forest. You control Henry, a fire lookout in the State of Wyoming, United States, who left his life behind due to his wife developing early-onset dementia. 

Although Firewatch has a few moments charged with emotions, this title stands out over others thanks to its stunning visuals and design. Everything in this game is communicated via colors, shapes, contrast, metaphors, or sounds. All that combined makes the environment reflect the main idea of general sadness and nostalgia. 

The sense of isolation is emphasized through Henry’s emotional outlet with a woman named Delilah, a female voice on the other side of the walkie-talkie device. The feeling of walking around the forest in complete solitude and having intimate conversations with Delilah is intense. You need to feel it!

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• Release Date: March 11, 2015
• Developer: Moon Studios
• Publisher: Microsoft Studios
• Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
• Metascore: 90

Ori and the Blind Forest is an influential indie game, and there are plenty of reasons for that. The title is an excellent game which brings a unique sense of calmness and reflection due to its incredible graphics and visual effects. 

Ori and the Blind Forest provides hours and hours of different sensations and feelings. All of them are expressed through its magnificent motley color palette.

Not for nothing, the Blind Forest is considered a piece of art and inspiration for those who want to create indie games. 

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• Developer: Naughty Dog
• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
• Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 

The Last of Us is just a classic for many good reasons. One of them is the continuously threatening scenario, which you explore to advance through. Exploring will give you vital information about surviving in this tense environment. Everything in The Last of Us is infinitely sad: its music, characters, and everything that happens in its background.

• Developer: Konami Computer / Entertainment Japan
• Publisher: Konami Corporation
• Platforms: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita

Metal Gear Solid 3 has one of the saddest endings in video game history. We do not want to make spoilers, but rather than crying out of sadness, when you experience its final, you will shed a couple of tears due to your connection with participants. Not for nothing, this title is one of the best of the saga and, for most people, one of the best games of all time. You need to try it!