Navagon: ...But I've got no idea what circumstances Toxic is faced with...
To make it short, my best friend - actually like a brother to me and my family - has died very unexpectedly. I found his body after breaking into his flat on April 1st in the night. Wasn't a pretty sight. And on March 30th (the day my friend actually died) we learned that my father-in-law has cancer. I like the old man very much. Actually the relation to my in-laws is in some ways a lot better than to my parents. Only a few days ago we learned that the cancer is incurable and he probably only has a few months left. A year if he's lucky.
There's more, actually the shit started to happen from autumn of last year on - one thing after the other... I won't go into details here. I sometimes feel like living in a soap opera where some new catastrophe has to happen every week to keep the audience hooked. :-/
Right now I'm starting to stomach the loss of my friend and to support my wife both helping her with the grief and dealing with the condition of her father.
The initial shock seems to be gone (though I still have flashbacks from that night). Now it hurts. I'm oscillating between deep sadness and grief and a melancholic "show must go on" attitude.
I find it quite comforting to feel "understood" by the media I consume, be it music, film or games. That's why I asked for games that could kind of reflect my mood.
That's also the reason I won't touch utter depressive games (like The Cat Lady or This War of Mine) right now, although I love them too. They might be too much for me right now and might actually succeed to bring me further down.
Again, thanks for all the suggestions so far - a lot of great ones. I wish I had more time to play right now and check most of them out. A select few I've already installed.