10 Video Games That Deal With Difficult Themes

10. Flower

We'll start this off with a game that doesn't so much deal with a difficult issue rather than help those who have had to suffer through some of the ordeals that will be detailed later on.

There's not a ton to say in regards to gameplay with Flower. You guide gliding flower petals between trees and rocks and other 'obstacles' - for lack of a better word - as music swells and rises alongside the petals that gently glide by your hand.

Speaking personally, as someone who, frankly, can only be described as a catalogue of mental illness, there is a sense of peace and serenity achieved in the world of Flower that few other games accomplish, bar perhaps Journey. A sense of peace and serenity that is often needed by many of us for myriad reasons.

I'll be the first to admit that there's often a lot of catharsis to be found in blasting demons and monsters, but if you find yourself in a state of panic or sadness or anxiety - and I hope you don't - then I can't recommend playing Flower enough and letting the goodness bloom forth from your life once more...yeah, I regret that pun too.