The House in Fata Morgana: Dreams of the Revenants Edition (Switch eShop)

The House in Fata Morgana is over 40 hours long, and in those 40 hours, you'll maybe get to make about three decisions — but you'll get to know the characters better than some of your own family members in that time. It is a visual novel in the strictest sense of the word, and you must be prepared for that going in. But with a fantastic, original, slow-burn story about love, loss, hurt, forgiveness, and recovery, it's one of the best visual novels out there — and your patience will be paid off in the end.

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GRIS (Switch eShop)

We’re very careful when we use this word, but GRIS is a masterpiece. Its jaw-dropping visual style and heart-wrenching score combine for one of the most emotional pieces of interactive art you’ll ever play. This is a game focused more on fragility than ability and as long as you’re willing to go along for the ride, it’s one that will stick with you for a very long time indeed.

Without spoiling anything, at the ending, the combination of what had just happened, the silence that followed, where we ended up and the subsequent simultaneous burst of colour and music all culminated so perfectly and reached such an emotional crescendo that when the sequence was over we realised our eyes were soaking.

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Celeste (Switch eShop)

Celeste is an exemplary amalgamation of style, mechanics and character. A devilishly brilliant action platformer with enough skill required to excite genre purists and the speed running community, while at the same time featuring a breakdown of gameplay elements to customize and cater for all audiences. While the game mechanically is great, if familiar, the art style and narrative are truly special, showing both a visual and emotional range and depth that will resonate and inspire. Celeste is the absolute peak of personal exploration and discovery on Nintendo Switch.

Old Man's Journey (Switch eShop)

As the name suggests, in Old Man's Journey, you play as an old man whom after receiving a letter in the mail, sets off on a journey. During his voyage, he’ll reminisce of memories that include his wife and family, as well as places he has visited. The entire plot is based around who sent the letter and what was contained within it that sparked the elderly gentleman’s trek.

Not a single word of dialogue is spoken throughout the game, instead plot points and revelations are illustrated by environmental storytelling. We of course won’t spoil it, but we’ll say that is a sombre but also uplifting tale that is very much grounded in reality. It comments on incidents that many of us have already been through, and will most certainly have to tackle in the future. As its driving force, Old Man’s Journey’s plot is grounded, raw, but most of all, important.

OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition (Switch eShop)

OPUS: Echo of Starsong is a lovely game, an emotional adventure that represents the apex of the series to date and easily one of the best story-driven games on Switch. The characters are complex, interesting, and likeable, and the story told with them is a complete, satisfying tale. Oh, and when the opening suggests playing with headphones? That's a hard agree from us, both to help with the music-based puzzles and simply to enjoy the excellent score.

Horace (Switch eShop)

Horace is something very special — the only vaguely negative thing we can say about it is the fact that there are so many spectacularly brilliant indie games on Switch already vying for your attention that we fear Horace may fall somewhat by the wayside. If you have any interest in superb level design, excellent storytelling, terrific art, evocative music, great characters, hilarious situations and emotional gut-punches, Horace is a no-brainer. It's moving without being manipulative, clever without being smug, and nostalgic without being a lazy rehash.

Hopefully, if you've made your way here to this page looking for the weepiest games on Nintendo Switch, you've found what you're looking for — and hopefully, these games can get you through whatever it is you need to cry about. Big hugs to you, pal!

Which games made you cry? Tell us in the comments.

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