Welcome to Elk is a game I picked up from the Kotaku "games you might have missed" list and i'm glad I did because it's pretty special. It's a small, colorful adventure game with minigames about a carpenter from the city moving to a small island, but really it's about storytelling and the way stories connect people and allow us to remember happy and painful things. The stories that form the core of the game are based on true stories (and the original stories are presented in the game as well) and the way they're presented through the gameplay is often pretty powerful. There's one particular thing that would absolutely be my "Moment of the Year" if I were Giant Bomb. Do read the game's content warning - it deals with some heavy stuff - and I think depending on your taste you may find the ending unsatisfying (I like it a lot), but if you like emotional games and you like stories, I can't recommend Welcome to Elk enough.