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Melancholy Games

Games featuring melancholy elements. These titles offer unique experiences in the mood category.

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184 games
Echoes Of Aetheria
Gameplay
turn-based story-driven
77
Metacritic Score: 77
Generally Favorable

Echoes Of Aetheria

atmospheric contemplative
Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy
77
Metacritic Score: 77
Generally Favorable

Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II

atmospheric contemplative
Shady Part of Me
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
77
Metacritic Score: 77
Generally Favorable

Shady Part of Me

atmospheric contemplative
DISTRAINT
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy
76
Metacritic Score: 76
Generally Favorable

DISTRAINT

atmospheric intense
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
76
Metacritic Score: 76
Generally Favorable

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

atmospheric contemplative
.hack//Mutation Part 2
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
76
Metacritic Score: 76
Generally Favorable

.hack//Mutation Part 2

atmospheric intense
Heaven's Hope - Special Edition
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy
74
Metacritic Score: 74
Mixed or Average

Heaven's Hope - Special Edition

atmospheric contemplative
I Am Setsuna
Gameplay
turn-based story-driven
73
Metacritic Score: 73
Mixed or Average

I Am Setsuna

atmospheric intense
Tormentum - Dark Sorrow
Gameplay
puzzle-solving exploration-heavy
72
Metacritic Score: 72
Mixed or Average

Tormentum - Dark Sorrow

atmospheric contemplative
Anima: Gate of Memories - The Nameless Chronicles
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy
71
Metacritic Score: 71
Mixed or Average

Anima: Gate of Memories - The Nameless Chronicles

atmospheric intense
Blackwood Crossing
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy
70
Metacritic Score: 70
Mixed or Average

Blackwood Crossing

atmospheric contemplative
Déraciné
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy
68
Metacritic Score: 68
Mixed or Average

Déraciné

relaxing atmospheric
The Charnel House Trilogy
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
68
Metacritic Score: 68
Mixed or Average

The Charnel House Trilogy

atmospheric intense
Last Stop
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy
68
Metacritic Score: 68
Mixed or Average

Last Stop

atmospheric contemplative
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (GBA)
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
68
Metacritic Score: 68
Mixed or Average

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (GBA)

atmospheric melancholy
Culpa Innata
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy
66
Metacritic Score: 66
Mixed or Average

Culpa Innata

atmospheric contemplative
Miniature Garden
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
66
Metacritic Score: 66
Mixed or Average

Miniature Garden

relaxing atmospheric
Sylvio
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
60
Metacritic Score: 60
Mixed or Average

Sylvio

atmospheric contemplative
Our World Is Ended
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy
59
Metacritic Score: 59
Mixed or Average

Our World Is Ended

atmospheric intense
Revenant Dogma
Gameplay
turn-based story-driven
53
Metacritic Score: 53
Mixed or Average

Revenant Dogma

relaxing atmospheric
Generation Zero (2019)
Gameplay
exploration-heavy combat-focused
49
Metacritic Score: 49
Generally Unfavorable

Generation Zero (2019)

atmospheric intense
Only If
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
39
Metacritic Score: 39
Generally Unfavorable

Only If

atmospheric contemplative
Pressured
Gameplay
turn-based story-driven

Pressured

atmospheric contemplative
Grave Prosperity: Redux- part 1
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy

Grave Prosperity: Redux- part 1

atmospheric intense
Final Quest
Gameplay
turn-based story-driven

Final Quest

atmospheric contemplative
Spakoyno: Back to the USSR 2.0
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy

Spakoyno: Back to the USSR 2.0

atmospheric contemplative
Elegy for a Dead World
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

Elegy for a Dead World

atmospheric contemplative
Ubinota
Gameplay
exploration-heavy puzzle-solving

Ubinota

relaxing atmospheric
The Stone
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

The Stone

atmospheric contemplative
On Air
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy

On Air

atmospheric contemplative
Eve Burst Error
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

Eve Burst Error

atmospheric contemplative
Die Young
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

Die Young

atmospheric melancholy
The Grandfather
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy

The Grandfather

atmospheric intense
Living Legends: The Frozen Fear Collection
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

Living Legends: The Frozen Fear Collection

atmospheric relaxing
Shiver: Poltergeist Collector's Edition
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

Shiver: Poltergeist Collector's Edition

atmospheric relaxing
Project Remedium
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

Project Remedium

atmospheric intense
CROSS†CHANNEL
Gameplay
exploration story-driven

CROSS†CHANNEL

atmospheric eerie
Cadenza: Music, Betrayal and Death Collector's Edition
Gameplay
exploration puzzle-solving

Cadenza: Music, Betrayal and Death Collector's Edition

atmospheric contemplative
Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest
Gameplay
point & click puzzle-solving

Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest

atmospheric contemplative
Albino Lullaby
Gameplay
action exploration

Albino Lullaby

atmospheric intense
Anna
Gameplay
exploration puzzle-solving

Anna

atmospheric intense
8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
Gameplay
exploration combat-focused

8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure

atmospheric intense
Cinders
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy

Cinders

atmospheric contemplative
A Mortician's Tale
Gameplay
point & click exploration

A Mortician's Tale

atmospheric contemplative
BIRDLAND
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy

BIRDLAND

atmospheric contemplative
Cosmonet
Gameplay
story-driven exploration

Cosmonet

atmospheric contemplative
Deliverance
Gameplay
exploration puzzle-solving

Deliverance

atmospheric contemplative
Amnesia: Memories Premium
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy

Amnesia: Memories Premium

atmospheric romantic
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