Tag - Mental Health Game

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That Dragon, Cancer

We’re adding That Dragon, Cancer to our list for it’s powerful and immersive storytelling, depicting Joel Green’s 4 year experience with cancer. Developed as a love letter to his son, the game is an emotional journey, including deeply personal moments...

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Deep (VR)

Deep VR is a virtual reality meditative experience controlled by breathing. It allows players to navigate an underwater world, whilst controlling your movement and direction through deep breathing, aimed to reduce and relieve anxiety. Your breath is used to move...

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Stardew Valley

The player inherits their grandfather’s old farm plot in the beautiful town of Stardew Valley, which is your chance to start a new life and create a thriving farm. Players throughout the game will get to know Stardew Valleys inhabitants,...

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Life Is Strange Through The Lens by Georgie Peru

Playing as Max, an 18-year-old photography student, Life is Strange was primarily developed to deal with the struggles teenagers face. The game covers difficult subjects including cyber-bullying, mental illness, and suicide. When Max was a young girl, she was given...

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What Comes After

From the creators of Coffee Talk working alongside Rolling Glory Jam, they’ve created What Comes After – a heartwarming story that is described as a love letter to all of you who feel that you’re a burden on other people....

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Sea of Solitude

Sea of Solitude takes players on a personal journey of a young woman’s loneliness in a beautiful and evolving world where nothing is what it seems. Players will explore a flooded city by boat, foot and swimming, and discover what...

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Hub World – Motivation

Hub World – Motivation (February) Welcome back to Hub World! This month, we turned the Safe In Our World spotlight on to the topic of motivation. What strikes me most about the word ‘motivation’ is that it can carry so...

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Ruya

Described as a game of tranquillity through the art of matching pieces of Ruya in the world of her dreams. We spoke to Miracle Tea, developers of Ruya, about the intricacies and hidden meanings behind the game. In the interview,...

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Tell Me Why

DONTNOD Entertainment brings you their latest title: Tell Me Why. Follow the story of reunited twins Tyler and Alyson, who travel back to Alaska to sell their childhood home. They soon start unravelling the mystery of their past using the...

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Tetris Effect: Connected

Tetris is back, in a new and mesmerising way. Tetris Effect: Connected offers different gameplay modes in classic Tetris style, accompanied by uniquely relaxing, dulcet sounds. While it seems like a simplistic title, the combination of a classic challenge and...

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Coffee Talk

In Coffee Talk, players will listen to various character’s modern-day problems in a unique fantasy setting. Set in an alternative Seattle, you’ll encounter all sorts of problems: from a love story between an elf and a succubus, to an alien...

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Interview with Krish Shrikumar, creator of PLAYNE: The Meditation Game

We talked to PLAYNE: The Meditation Game creator, Krish Shrikumar, about the inspiration behind the game, the mental challenges in making it, and why a game provides the perfect platform for mastering meditation… So what was it that set you...

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PLAYNE: The Meditation Game

PLAYNE aims to provide you with a virtual open space for meditation – and in a world where we are spending more time indoors, this is a welcome escape! As you meditate daily, the landscape grows and evolves around you....

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Safe In Our World: 1st Anniversary Charity Bundle

To celebrate our first anniversary, we are releasing our very first charity bundle dedicated to providing free Mental Health CBT courses for games industry professionals and gamers around the world. The Safe In Our World 1st Anniversary Charity Game Bundle...

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No Man’s Sky

No Man’s Sky is a procedurally generated Universe with over 18 Quintillion planets to explore – build bases, take on missions, hang out with friends or go it solo, No Man’s Sky has it all. No Man’s Sky is perfect...

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Rime

Rime is an adventure-puzzle game which follows a boy exploring a mysterious island, guided by a fox-like spirit companion. After a storm destroys his and his father’s boat, the boy discovers his father didn’t make it. The game revolves around...

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Spiritfarer

Spiritfarer follows Stella and her cat Daffodil who are chosen to take on the mantle of ‘Spiritfarer’, as Charon (Death) goes into retirement. Self-described as a “cosy management game about dying,” the Spiritfarer is tasked with helping lost souls in...

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Ghost of Tsushima

You play as a samurai named Jin Sakai, whose primary goal is to defend Tsushima from the Mongol invaders. However, to defeat such a formidable enemy, Jin must bend the samurai code and become the ‘ghost’ to survive. Ghost of...

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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is Takeshi’s Castle meets Gang Beasts. You play as a small gelatinous bean, with the aim to make it through a variety of challenges without getting eliminated! While Fall Guys doesn’t tackle mental health directly, we...

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Experience 12 Survey Research Shows Playing Video Games is Beneficial for Mental Health

At the beginning of July, pop culture marketing agency Experience 12 conducted a survey that revealed the positive impact video games have had on the public’s mental health during the pandemic. With over 3,000 participants, a whopping 97% found that...

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The Last Guardian

A young boy finds himself isolated among castle ruins, in a valley known as the Nest. Here, he discovers a winged, mythical creature called Trico that’s wounded and chained up, and decides to nurse it back to health. Together they...

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A Free Ride to Friendship in the Elite Dangerous Community – by Barry Floyd

Here’s a bold statement to begin with. I firmly believe a video game and its community saved my life. How’s that, I hear you ask? What’s the punchline? Well, dear reader, the statement is the statement. Take it as read....

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Abzû

Explore underwater environments that are bursting with life and discover the secrets that are buried deep in the ocean. Abzû is a relaxing journey that aims to highlight the environmental impact we have had on our oceans. You explore the...

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Journey, Anxiety And The Unavoidable Importance Of The “Walking Simulator” – by Lara Jackson

One of my favourite games of all time is thatgamecompany’s Journey. Originally released for PlayStation 3 back in 2012, Journey is a relatively short game in which you play as a cloaked figure traversing the desert. Your goal is to...

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