A simple point-and-click adventure and visual novel hybrid that reminds me of the internal struggles I sometimes have when I want to form a connection with another human, and the beliefs that would hold me back if I allowed them to. The fear of being rejected, of being alone despite giving someone else an opening to know and love oneself, can be very powerful. I can easily empathize with the urge to protect oneself by creating distance, by not communicating with unshielded authenticity, and not allowing others the opportunity to hurt oneself, although these defenses can leave one the most empty and hurt. I didn't want to see even this fictional character live with the regret that I still feel vividly at times. Despite the text choices being seemingly vague or cryptic, I still got one of the two most desirable endings right off the bat. I knew not the meaning of the choices, but rather the feeling behind them (or maybe I just got lucky haha).
(There is a good English language guide on Steam, fortunately!)

I also want to say that I appreciate that the protagonist does not gender any of the people in the room whose pronouns the protagonist does not yet know. In many video games, it would seem that everyone magically knows everyone else's pronouns without it being indicated at any point, even in the case of characters who go by gender-neutral pronouns (where we can see there isn't even an assumption of binary gender), and that's so unrealistic that it always pulls me out of my immersion. Later in the game, once the protagonist has spent time around the characters, ey is able to use gendered pronouns for the same character who was originally referred to with singular "they".
Also included is the ability to skip to the text options which affect the ending, so it's pretty easy to get the alternate endings.

This game doesn't do anything spectacular, but it resonated with me.
(It's also free.)