Ten games that make you think about life

THANKS FOR MAKING THIS LIST, FRIEND. By the way, the "Immortal" link didn't work; I just googled it and played it on ArmorGames.

There is one game that is still to this day one of my favorites but I forget its name. I found it on a webpage siimilr to this, and it involved the everyday life of someone going through depression. Now that I think about it, I wouldnt really call it a game becasue the only interaction you had was when you had to make a decision on what you wanted to do. There was an awful lot of reading to do, and it gave you situations in which you could potentially help or hurt your depression. It was really thought provoking and one of the reasons why I mainly look for emotional games like these now.

Limbo is the best game ever.

Loved reminds me of my relationships with assholes. Disobey all the way!

Skinny is also really good game to think about life

Passage of life. It's the most cute and short game that really makes you think about life

For all of you coming here for games, you should check out Prisoned

Though I'd like to say other wise, I get bored by life lesson games a lot..games in general actually. But the ones I wasn't at all bored by, and I couldn't pull from were: 1. Apples in the tree 2. Coma 3. A closed world 4. Aether (though, I couldn't see how the monster betrayed the kid. He took hi on an adventure.) 5.Ode to pixel days (I like the life lesson) 6.Time Fcuk (bad name, great game) I think there was one more, but I don't remember what it was.

Pretentious game, One and One Story, and No one has to die, all should have been on here.

I haven't had a chance to play it yet, but I think One And One Story could fit in with this list. http://www.notdoppler.com/oneandonestory.php?ref=randombox

I think 2 of the games should be Spore and The Swapper. Those are 2 that I have played that made me think about life.

Girl

I've made a fb page so we can discuss about these games together :) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Philosophical-flash-games-lovers/685652324791079

Soom. Find it in MoFunZone

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/610517 I just absolutely love this game. It made me cry.

Nebulesque, thank you for that suggestion! "A Small talk at the back of beyond was chilling."

This game Blind is basically a blind man who hears a call for help and goes to the rescue followed by paths and tricks that you cannot see(since you're blind). Honestly I can't play this game without wanting to cry. I feel so bad for the people because they can't see the beauty in life though, they don't have to judge a book by it's cover and therefore, I fully respect those who live their lives happy and peaceful without knowing a color other than it's name. <3

http://www.kongregate.com/games/MaTX222/one-and-one-story

Guys, Try this 2 games: DUSK and E7 http://www.yepi.com/en/dusk.html

Just finished a very short game called "A Small Talk at the Back of Beyond". Reminded me of The Company of Myself... Which led me here. They really make you think. Would you rather stand a chance of survival but probably die alone, or go to certain death with someone to hold your hand? I'm shaken.

You should remake a list add a new game called "The Cat Lady". It's a very personal and sad game.

Where's little inferno?

These are only flash indie games, that's the reason of why there is no Kingdom Hearts nor Deus Ex. Also, graphics DOENS'T GIVE A SHIT when you have a game with good storyline and good gameplay.

i hated all of them bring it into the 21 century WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is something my dad would he played when he was little hehehehehe but the website is ok

Hello, I am a first time developer and here is a story/game i have designed. http://www.kongregate.com/games/Sampada1025/where-did-you-go-by-sampada I would be really thankful for feedbacks :)

These are all really fantastic games that i adore.

You forgot about Gaia

Guys, the reason he didnt add all these games ure talking about is most likely coz hes talking about FLASH games.

now tell me, where is Kingdom Hearts?

Amazing post, thanks!

Where is "grey"? I cry every time i play it.

ugh, no wonder these comments would happen now that this has a thread on reddit...

Good le job, Ms. Sarkeesian XD

LIMBO is an amazing experience. I play it at night, turn down all the lights and turn up the ambient rumble on my sound system. You forget where you are.

You should add LIMBO. That is an awesome game, and made me think.

I played ImmorTall and was exceptionally underwhelmed. All you do is defend a family from being shot for a short while, and then you die. Even if there are a lot of bullets and stuff, you move faster and time slows down, so you can't really lose. You just keep walking slower until you die, nothing else. Not very emotional if you ask me. There's potential, but this is just pointless.

Why isn't air pressure in here? Check it out on kongregate dont read the comment until ya beat the game, it gives spoilers.

I love all of these lists, but I think Alice is Dead should have been mentioned. :D

Gretel & Hansel 1 and 2 are also iincredible games with great puzzles and amazing storylines, with a disturbing, creepy and enchanting mood. Go play it!

Do you want to play a game that will really make you think? You must add "a pretentious game".

Take a look at Journey on PS3!!!

company of myself is the greatest game ever. the only game that's made me break down and cry.

I like Loondon the best. This game reminds me of popular adventure games we used to play back in 1990s, such as The Legend of Kyrandia or King's Quest series. But it is indeed very interesting to see how our tastes and preferences keep changing.

I Wish I Were the Moon should be no 1!!!! btw i just finished its all endings (Yayy:P)

kate

How did Limbo not make this list!?

Loved- do what the divine god tells you to and you are loved but if you disobey then you're sinning and going against him.My atheistic mind ignored everying he was telling me to do,

amazing:) my thoughts on coma: prolog: his father DID lock his sister in the closet + she died, the boy tried to get her out and the father hit him or hurt him so bad he went into a coma. The little kids you met were aslo his siblings, who wanted to help him get out of the coma. the 'mother' is the boy's mother (thats why she looks so sad, her son has gone into a coma + cant come out) and wants him to stay alive at any cost, even if it means that he has to stay in the coma forvever. The bird is your dead sister + knows you will never be able to come out of the coma alive, so tricks you to coming down and ringing the 'dore bell' which means that you die. thats why the tunnel seems to be covered in organs, you are making your way down to your heart to ring the dore bell + make it stop beating. the boat you stand on is to take you to the 'after life' and the water represents the fabric of the two worlds (the living world + the after life), the shadow that you see on the water is your sister, waiting for you in the after life. at the end you sprit is flying to meet your sister, that is why it says 'i will see you soon' (or somthing like that :)). OTHER POINTS: there is a worm there because the little boy (like most little boys ;)) liked dirt and worms + all gross things (thats why you come out of the other end :S ooh er) he was proberly very curious + liked discovering things(thats why at the forest he says 'im so curious....')the bird (his sister) doesnt want him to go into the forest because when she was alive she wa proberly very protective of her little brother + knew that h could come into a lot of harm in a forest, also she knows that he will mett The Mother there and she will try and persuade him not to ring the 'dore bell'. The people are hanging in the forest because, even though he was a very young boy, he has proberly seem a lot of horror in his life time since he had a abusive father. The sister with the spider- she is trapped by the Father + that you cant get to her signifys that the little boy couldnt get to his sister before she died when the father trapped her in the basement. the piano- 'music be the food of love' the sister loved her little brother + played him the song whenever he was sad or scared, so the brother reconisis the song as one that brings happiness and tries to rescue his sister with the same song. all along all the little boy wanted to do is to rescue his big sister, and when he couldnt + she died he felt such guit that (when he got into a coma by his abusive father) he tried to rescue her then. The people in the indow + eyes everywhere in the game signify that in his life the little boy always thought he was being watched by his father + this made him very uncomfotable. This is want i think:) Please comment!!:D trolling to a minium please:S i have a mental problem with spelling :S PLEASE COMMENT!!! :D xxxx

Hey, not sure if this counts but the flash game 'One and One Story' is one of the most beautiful games i have ever played (although a little too short and too easy). Can you look into this?

Not sure if this list is exclusive to flash games but I believe Braid should be noticed as an art game that makes you think. One of my favorite games of all time.

i want to play

Dude, how did Passage not make this list? Or either of the subsequent lists? Either way, looking forward to checking these out, everyday the same dream was awesome.

Thank you for this page so much. It's awesome, how many ideas and inspiration are in this games.

Thank you for posting this. Some of these games are absolutely amazing. My favourite was Every Day the Same Dream.

Have big fun doing nothing tonight, great!

:D

Some of these games are very addictive.

You need to play the one and one story game, fits to these lists: http://www.notdoppler.com/oneandonestory.php

Stumbled here. I think one person had these games half right. I agree they are "art" but don't call them games. Some of them stories perhaps, but they are not games.

Great games! I loved them all except the last two. The last one was just waaaaay too long and tedious, and the one before was impossible to kill the creatures. Put out another list like this!

Really cool game played it when i was a kid still love it now

http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/cube/#more

Colour My World <3 http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/4fdCVk/armorgames.com/play/4726/colour-my-world Its an amazing game

u forgot bout this game called Blind this game is wicked aweseme

Really should have included Skinny (from the creators of Coma) http://www.kongregate.com/games/wittyhobos/skinny

To anyone that has said these games are "just sad" or "lame" and didn't like them, think again. Just think about them. These games are great examples of why video games can be art. And, my friends, this is a gallery.

You have missed one of my favourites; K.O.L.M. http://armorgames.com/play/7446/kolm

I love how you said Londoon made you happy. It is the most depressing on the list LOL

they were all really cool and creepy at the same time.. although, i didn't like loved at all. it almost made me cry the second time i played (doing it differently). i don't know why, it was just.. really sad. also, played coma before i saw this list and i thought it was really great, although there's a game created by the same person as coma called "skinny" and i think that should have made this list. it was a bit scary with very nice but creepy artwork and music.. and really made me think about life.

It proved to be very mind bending and exotic but at the same time, tamed. I enjoyed them greatly.

the ending of "I can hold my breath forever" scared me. >_< But all the other ones were just confusing.

I played immortall, made me cry tried to play loved, honestly did but i couldnt figure it out perhaps that says something about me and my relationships. coma was by far the best great graphics and loved the story i was however a bit unsatisfied with the ending i wanted to see the reuniting of the siblings, you know just to see that the sister was actually alright. silly me i guess

You should add Oiligarchy to this list. It touches on the state of oil in the world and the lengths people go to get at it.

Stumbled this. Great list; I've known about a few of these for a while. I found a great game called Platform a while back... it would be perfect for this list. It's really short. http://kafkaskoffee.com/junk/Platform.html

I've only played The Company of Myself so far, but I thought it was beautiful.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/555181

I love your list friend. I was thinking to myself about the games that touched me (get your mind out of the gutter) and was actually surprised to find them on here. Great job, don't know if you'd ever consider "you find yourself in a room" in the same category, but i felt a bit sad near the end of it.

I believe Loved and Coma were the most moving and creative games of the list. It proved to be very mind bending and exotic but at the same time, tamed. I enjoyed them greatly

This is really a great list and thank you for sharing. I played THE COMPANY OF MYSELF before and never finished it but really loved how it tackled loneliness in life during when I played. I will definitely try the other games. Again, brilliant list. :)

these games are hella lame

I playes each of these games and for me Coma was the best, I loved it. I teared up with the bird at the end. Loved was also creepy and wonderful. However some of the greatest artistic games come from Silver Stich in the Colour series, they are breathtaking<3

Loved made me cry ^^

infinite ocean should be on this list

Life is like a game and game is the life. I like A company of myself.

i played loondon, silent conversation, in the company of myself everyday the same routine and imortall. imortall was by far the saddest, but i really liked loondon. the ay he was persecuted bet no one knew he saved the town

Some of these games really bummed me out.. Thanks for ruining my day

Brandon... your dumb... you have to do 5 or 6 things differently in order to complete the game.. talk to the lady in the elevator..

"the every day is a dream one surprised me... i did it twice actually, to see if there was any other way than to kill myself." There is another way. If you go to work naked you will get fired. That's a happy ending right? :-D

"Loved" is by far my favorite. It's the perfect allegory to an abusive relationship or even to an extent, BDSM, hee hee.

it is so wreid lol ha :D

i saw loved a little different. for me it's showing the perspective of someone who is loved by a person that doesnt really know what love means. i think each sees what needs/wants to see. arent all arts like that? :D

Ok, so i need help, will some one please exlain coma and everyday the same dream to me? It's a great list, i played several of them, but not all, I don't really have the time. i Just need those two explained to me.

Colour my heart, colour my world, colour my fate

Loved the list, it's great to see games that offer something a world away from mainstream titles appearing so much. I was starting to forget what it's like to be blown away by a game

the ending of Bars of Black and White was so intense i got 30/30 barcodes. one of my favorite games other than loved and coma :3

go to ArmorGames Art Section. they have a bunch of good games one good game that is supposed to be played only once (though i have found more ways to play it) is One Chance. VERY good and deep.

I love the company of myself i played thta game all the time even before i went to this website :D

Personally I would put Machinarium on this list. Quite a deep game.

I agree you should really add limbo

How can Nevermore 3 possibly not be in this list? It's the best flash game ever. Heck, Coma was inspired by it.