The Most Heartwarming Moments You’ve Experienced in Games or on Steam ❤️

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Elohymn💎 8 Sep @ 6:06pm

Hey everyone,

I’ve been thinking about the moments in gaming that really stick with you—not the crazy wins or the frustrating losses, but the genuinely heartwarming ones. You know, the times that made you smile, laugh, or even tear up a little because they felt so pure or special.

For me, it’s moments like:

A stranger in a battlefield 2042 going out of their way to revive me.

Receiving a message from a friend I made years ago on Steam, reminding me of how much we’ve grown together through countless games.

That rare time when a random player gave me an in-game item “just because” and I realized how generous some people can be.

It’s amazing how games and platforms like Steam can create little pockets of unconditional joy and connection in the middle of all the chaos.

What about you? What’s the most heartwarming moment you’ve experienced while playing a game or interacting with someone on Steam? I’d love to hear your stories and relive those warm, unforgettable memories together.

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PaulKrawitz 9 Sep @ 8:19am

I can't remember... not that I care much either way.

Thermal Lance 9 Sep @ 8:22am

My friend putting up with my lack of skill during the Battlefield 6 beta. He's a good player but he never once knocked me down for sucking at the game. :D

~Ren~ 9 Sep @ 9:28am

Originally posted by Elohymn:
I’ve been thinking about the moments in gaming that really stick with you.

I'v had a few over the years, but the one that I always remember enjoying was with 2 public players on a L4D2 server, I'm presuming that they were friends and were trying to complete a game on expert difficulty, time after time they kept getting griefers in the game, they must have got tired of that so made a post on the forums asking for help, I happened to read that post so offered to help them.

We started the game and soon after another player called Mesa joined the server, thankfully, he knew how to play expert so went straight through, I think that they got the achievement for it and were made up.

It was a memorable game for me as it was a public server and I managed to get zero friendly fire, which doesn't happen often on expert difficulty. The other player (Mesa) posted on my screenshot soon after, I explained that the 2 players were trying to complete that campaign for nearly 2 hours before we joined, I thanked him/her for the help.

Boba Shred 9 Sep @ 1:53pm

I cant remember the game, it had a public chat and i was arguing with someone and i was totally in the wrong but i doubled down and then a stranger joint the conversation and defended me and kept insulting the guy i was arguing just for the sake of trolling. This was a true gamer moment

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Arthur Itus 11 Sep @ 6:51am

My favorite game was called 'Repair House', you fix household items while remembering doing repairs with your grandfather, at the end you place a model airplane on his grave that you two built together. Kind of a tear jerk moment.

radgenome 11 Sep @ 6:59am

Originally posted by Arthur Itus:
My favorite game was called 'Repair House', you fix household items while remembering doing repairs with your grandfather, at the end you place a model airplane on his grave that you two built together. Kind of a tear jerk moment.

kinda weird to help your grandpa build his own grave but ok

Moogal 11 Sep @ 11:45am

The hot springs scene in FFX and the space scene in FFVIII.

Electric Cupcake 13 Sep @ 1:35am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MxHhEibJIs

I don't get why people hated Shadows of Rose. Her finally getting to meet her dad is the most heartwarming thing since...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tf-gVaHdag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbO3p7_Mf30

Electric Cupcake 13 Sep @ 3:16am

Ironmouse's saga of having her lungs scarred, being home confined for years, interacting with the world mainly through the miracles of modern video game animation and rigging technology and video streaming, being cruelly betrayed by the company she co-founded, persevering through all the tribulation, all the while slowly building up her strength, and finally making
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArOS-e2d-cM
is possibly the most heartwarming thing of the 21st century so far. A moment of apotheosis, even.

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Sage 13 Sep @ 3:46pm

A looooooooong time ago, I was playing 2fort in TF2, running around with a Strange Fan O' War I used to have. Someone was wondering wtf I was doing since I wasn't using my primary or secondary and I said I was trying to get my FOW to Hale's Own (8,500 kills) and the guy was so baffled he gave me an Unusual. Iirc it was a Vivid Plasma Brain Interface, not the craziest hat, but can you really complain about a free Unusual? Sadly I no longer have either the FOW or the hat, but it was a cool moment that I think about, since it's one of the very few positive experiences I've had with the game in over 6,000 hours.

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76561198344471212 14 Sep @ 3:00am

I was playing Ghost Recon Wildlands with my friends on Steam and we just laughed like crazy while hunting the Predator since we kept dying in absurd ways again and again. Twas a great moment for sure. Also, great thread op.

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Tito Shivan 14 Sep @ 3:59am

I consider this one a really heartwarming moment:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/03/18/thousands-of-destiny-2-players-honor-lance-reddicks-zavala-in-the-tower/

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The Commendatore 14 Sep @ 5:03am

When me and the homies stayed up all day and night during a Bungie day in Halo 3 for the recon armour.

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nerjexk 15 Sep @ 9:25am

Spending a whole week before the reset with my raid team trying to complete Vault of Glass on Destiny 1. Getting stuck at the first boss, the templar for an entire week. With the reset looming everyone gave up. But I was determined. I ended up in a random pug group with an american husband wife, some moody swedish guy and two goofy kids. We ended up absolutely smashing the raid first time. It took us about 4/5 hours but we did it. Got all the loot and celebrated like one happy random family. The next day my mates were perplexed as i was decked out in shiny gear.

One of those memories that exemplify what I love about gaming. So much a memory I went and got a destiny tattoo.

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