Depressed games

I cried happy tears when I finished it for the first time. Anyway, Robot Unicorn attack is perfect. Gameplay is classic Canabalt with an extra charge button. Sure, playing games can make you feel a little better. Slashing zombies or collecting shines will brighten your day. If you really are low though, you need to talk to people.

You WILL get support. When your friends know that you are sincere and you really are feeling low, they will offer that one thing that can make things better for you. They will have time for you. True friends, whether online or IRL will always be there when you need them.

They are important and real connections we have in our lives and they will help you more than any game can. Let someone know how you feel, we gamers have to look out for each other. What are games for depressed people?

There are some solid choices listed above, so take a look and hopefully you'll cheer up! Once you play the game the genius of the level design will melt the ice around your heart.

In fact he will thank you. Thank you Mario. Thank you. Robot Unicorn Attack. Rock Band. Music has always been a form of therapy for musicians and song writers as much as it has helped those that listen to the songs and sing them in the shower.

For some players, a game offers a new experience and a new world that the player might've never known. Developers have taken the idea of video games as a interactive medium and made it into art and self-expression and the games we've listed here are ones that I consider to be art, because they portray a difficult experience in a relatable way.

Gamers feel moved by these games, but they are also hard to play. Not because of difficulty, but because these games have subject matter that can be hard to sit through. These are the 15 depressing games that you can only play once. Final Fantasy is an interesting series. It's like a reverse Metal Gear Solid, as it's a series that doesn't take itself too serious and looks like a ton of fun on the surface, but, deep down, Final Fantasy has its heart wrenching moments.

At first, Final Fantasy X looks like a fun entry to the series. It's bright and colorful with a diverse cast of characters, it has fun music, and jokes all around, like the Macarena reference mid-game. But, beneath its cheerful exterior, is a world of death and loss. The people of Spira live in fear of the monster Sin. Well, Sin is less of a monster and more of a natural disaster that occurs every once in a while. Sin destroys cities without much of a thought.

So, the people long for a summoner with the strength to kill Sin and bring the Calm. But, the monster comes back after a decade and the cycle starts over. And there are a lot more depressing aspects to Final Fantasy X, like racism and the oppressive religion, making this a tough game to play through more than once. Red Dead Redemption is a game of death and rebirth. You see death and rebirth everywhere.

You see the death of one Mexican government and the rise of another by the revolutionists. You see John Marston leave his criminal life behind and try to start a new life with his family. The desert area is full of people trying to make a living in the harsh environment, while dealing with death on a constant basis.

The forested area has a Native American population and we see their numbers dwindle. The Natives are desperately fighting back, but they're starting to lose hope and we already know that the Natives won't recover their numbers.

Red Dead ends with John being killed, which is one of the few video game deaths where you're allowed to cry! This one was difficult for me. For those unfamiliar with Gears of War as a series, the games are about humans fighting against a race of mutated humans known as the Locusts for control over the planet Sera. And it worked. One of the main characters, Dom Santiago, looked for his kidnapped wife, Maria, for years until he found her in a cell.

Sadly, Maria was gone. Dom held her, trying to make her remember, but, ultimately, he had to put Maria out of her misery. The two boys have to travel to the Tree of Life and obtain its water to cure their sick dad. So, the boys go on a grand journey to get this water, but the boys see life in its glory and ugliness.

The boys travel through lush forests and snowy fields, seeing the beauty of wildlife. The brothers even manage to reunite two trolls together. But, the boys also see the dark part of life, like having to save a man from committing suicide and saving a girl from being sacrifice. A lot of the game is centered around facing the world and growing up by seeing the world at its worst and best. For that reason, it can get really depressing at times and it can hard to sit through.

This is an older game, so we're gonna assume most of the readers haven't played Oregon Trail. To sum it up, Oregon Trail is a game where you play as American settlers going from the East Coast to the West Coast to make a new life for themselves. The thing is that this game takes place during the mid 19th Century, when Oregon isn't a state yet. So your group has to deal with the dangers of the wilderness and life during that time.

Playthroughs are short enough to be done in one day, but long enough for the game to have gotten it's point across. About unique encounters. Based on your depression levels, different choices open and close off to you. Content generated based on your decisions. The choices you make have a real effect on how your playthrough turns out. Five endings. See how your choices affected the game's world, and how well you've dealt with your depression. Audio and visuals react to your depression.

Listen as the music gets glitchier and see how much stronger the static gets. Watch the color get sucked out of how you see the world. Aid a charity. Contribute to the developer's hard work and support depression sufferers worldwide at the same time.