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Mario for the NES
Doesn't he stomp on mushroom-men and kick tortoises? That's pretty violent.
The whole story can be summed up with "evil dragon captures the princess. Mustachio'ed hero braves danger to save her. Plot twist: our princess is in another castle".
My favorites from the past decade: Soma, a science fiction horror game around the idea of transplanted consciousness. It's a common sci-fi theme but Soma handles it much better than most and adds a very interesting setting. What Remains of Edith Finch, not scary, it's a "walking sim" that explores a family's surreal curse over generations. It's actually really touching. Disco Elysium, a detective RPG in an interestin…
Honestly, I thought I'd have an easier time coming up with some other suggestions to throw in but there's usually some ass-kicking in my favorite story driven games.
The Oni platformer games are a little bit fight-centric but not really violent or cruel, and the story is great. Worth looking at.
Another decent one I just thought of is Outer Wilds, it's kind of a myst-like puzzle game where you just explore the world and discover the story as you go.
Planet crafter is a grind, but still fun.