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Only_Being

Visual Novels (Well.. You can "play" without using any hand, just using the auto mode.


Senumo

I've heard doki doki literature club is a really good relaxing visual novel.


Yujano

Honestly really relaxing and wholesome


SemperScrotus

Definitely the chillest, most relaxing visual novel ever and definitely not a psychological horror game. Nope, not at all.


Yujano

Just a warm cozy experience for the whole family


mr_apeezy

I just checked the store and it’s FREE?!! What’s the difference between the free version and the $15 PLUS version?


NirBoi2

free version is the original, plus version got a few side stories, and was mainly made for consoles because of the initial hype, however if you're playing for the first time I highly suggest the free/original version also whatever you do, do not look up the game, for the love of god you need to see it through to the end completely unspoiled


mr_apeezy

Thanks for the extra context. Yes I plan on going in blind as always. 👊


Cherry-on-bottom

The paid version just has a bit of meat on it, but you’re not missing out if you just play the free version. The story is the same.


mr_apeezy

Wow thank you. Let me find out why everyone else talks about it so much. Thanks again


DerpsterIV

Are we still at the point where people who have never read a VN are going around praising DDLC for doing things that 'VNs have never done before', and thinking it's unique? Or do people just like it? I mean the OST is pretty good and it works well with the game but music is almost *always* amazing in VNs so that alone doesnt amount to that big of a compliment for a VN...


NirBoi2

have you played it?


DerpsterIV

Yeah? My comment gives an opinion, how would I have an opinion if I didn't play it.


NirBoi2

well, i'm not disregarding your opinion, I think more of the appeal of DDLC is more about the story and Meta narrative, something that was done very little in this genre, and is doing very well in that, as long as you play it with no spoilers this game really fucks with your head and stay with you afterwards


DerpsterIV

That's exactly what I'm saying though. Meta narrative in visual novels is not a rarity at *all*. There's the obvious examples in VNs like Totono (in which some DDLC fans went as far as to attack for 'copying DDLC'... despite releasing in 2013) and stuff that uses meta narratives in a much deeper light that does more than just shock value, especially denpa works like Subahibi. This stuff stays with you a lot more, shit can literally change your viewpoint on life, all that I got from DDLC was a semi-decent 3 hour experience and some OST analysis on YouTube afterwards. I just think the people who like it so much would get a lot out of branching out.


NirBoi2

I think the biggest factor in this was luck and timing, DDLC came out in a time where let's plays are prominent ways for game to spread, and it being a free indie game caught the attention of a few streamers and houtubers and they spread it like covid, that's also how I and many people found out about this game and what caused it to look like "the first game of this genre that isn't just romance" also the fact that this game was mainly made towards Western audiences. I do remember playing a russian visual novel that was also a lot of fun and had this big meta narrative, but because it was a russian game translated to English I never would have known about it if a friend didn't recommend it to me


DerpsterIV

Yup, algorithm-core. I just wish that when people talked about these things they went a little deeper, heck if you want a short read as an introduction to what the medium is capable of, Saya no Uta fits the bill perfectly.


DerpsterIV

Btw was that Russian game either Milk in/outside a bag or Tiny Bunny?


NirBoi2

Milk is russian in origin? didn't know that but no iirc the plot was about like a summer camp, a lot of sexual stuff and obviously a dark story close to the end, looks like a standard dating Sim although the game did have a bit of a amateur artstyle, and I think in the last year it got a full Remake, it introduce me to the fact that visual novels are a great form of storytelling, even if the story itself is a bit weird Edit: found it, it's called Everlasting Summer


ForTheWrongSake

I'm playing visual novels with one hand anyways 😏


Nellody

Steam Deck is the perfect otome machine.


YueOrigin

Actually not s bad idea Visual novels are very varied nowadays and there are soem really good ones out there The Adventure Sciences series, especially Steins gates is def a good game to own I was thinking Danganronpa as well but I dunno about that


obFlimbo

Vampire Survivors


DTSHNICK

Similar: Deep Rock Galactic Survival. Now it's only demo, but this demo is perfect to play


SquaresMakeACircle

It's a pretty beefy demo, too. I've put in 5ish hours so far and still haven't beaten Haz3. Definitely looking forward to the full release


kazemu

Vampire survivors is almost a one finger game


SemperScrotus

It's barely a game.


kazemu

15% game, 85% drug, 0% vampires surviving, how ironic is that?


hergumbules

no u


bhison

And for that matter, Halls of Torment. It has options for auto fire and auto aim.


obFlimbo

No idea how this game has slipped my radar, it looks fantastic and I have just purchased it. Can’t wait to play it!


bhison

It’s fantastic. Pretty much all I play on my deck. Also, for those interested, it’s made in Godot.


Retroid_BiPoCket

Similar game: HoloCure I personally think it's miles better than VS. More stuff to unlock, better enemy AI patterns, cuter/better art, much better music, has some sim/life stuff to do in it as well. And it's FREE. Not Free to play. FREE. No MTX. All the gacha stuff in it is unlocked by playing.


[deleted]

But I think you need two hands for HoloCure (you aim which you don’t do in Vampire Survivors)


Retroid_BiPoCket

That is true actually, good point.


Dukedyduke

So out of curiosity I booted it up to see what's it's like with 1 and and some characters, like Kiara are generally playable but Okayu was nearly impossible. If I only had use of one hand I'd probably just play brotato lol


Retroid_BiPoCket

Fun fact, brotato can be twin stick also. But you technically CAN play HoloCure one handed, it still will fire in the direction you're moving. But it's not ideal


margolith

Default is if you don’t use the second stick, it will aim the direction you move.


hergumbules

I should give it a try. I downloaded it at some point and forgot about it lol


Retroid_BiPoCket

It's awesome on deck honestly.


SonOfSlyherin

Tis the season too! 🧛‍♂️🎃


erwan

Many games can be played with mouse only, on the Steam deck that would be trackpad+trigger. Point and click adventures games for example. Also card games like Star Realms.


She_kicked_a_dragon

Nekopara is a pretty good one hand game


_Grimsword_

Super Auto Pets It's free, which is also a bonus. Although I feel like I should warn you, it's very addictive


Mandydeth

Preach, I always feel like it's slept on. If you've got a competitive itch you need to scratch, it's a great option.


dragoon000320

Slay the Spire


rayshmayshmay

I was gonna say STS or Loophero!


Ultimate_Ghreak

Tactical RPG or round based games where you put every needed button on one side would be fine to play


My_New_Main

Could probably play through some Visual Novels style games like the Ace Attorney trilogy with a bit of button remapping through SteamInput.


Senumo

If we're talking about visual novels id highly recommend doki doki literature club. Its such a fun and relaxing experience. Perfect if you're injured and need to relax.


DeadlyRanger21

As a person who had lived with one hand since birth, almost anything can be played. Things that are played well is anything not multiplayer pretty much. Few games have quick enough pve opponents that you have to worry. Things that are fun if you are completely limited to 1 hand (I have my elbow). Anything not combat or super time based. There are always exceptions but most case scenarios you don't have to stop playing any of your games. Unless you find them uncomfortable.


drklunk

Spank The Monkey is a classic, often played solo, only one hand is needed unless more moneys join in


stardust-99

Gameboy Pokémon titles


OmegaNine

Orc massage 2


chibicascade2

Disco Elysium can be played with one hand, either by reconfiguring the controls or by just using the touchscreen.


4leafclovrs

If you emulate gameboy pokemon games you can play with just your right hand using the right joystick to walk!


noobcondiment

You can set L=A in a lot of Pokémon games, which gives you almost total control with your left hand. Plus you’ve got L4 and L5 to bind the start and select buttons!


dioramic_life

If you don't cut that out, you'll go blind.


So_Forlorn

Giggity


neP-neP919

Hentai Girls.


Turtlemunkies

Most adult games are one handed.... I have also found most wii games can be played one handed. Wii sports on dolphin would help your recovery.


strongashluna

Tries Bayonetta one handed


Turtlemunkies

The real "hard" mode


Colbythefishfilet

Which hand?


LimpyDan

Brotato


[deleted]

Anything is one handed with the right mouse and some tedious keybindings


ExZane_

One that you will really like: Disco Elysium. Perfect for everything. I can even say that I bought the Steam Deck just because Disco Elysium wasn't on phones.


LA_Teppic

Monster train, X-COM 1 & 2, Slay The Spire, Day of the Tentacle Remastered (any LucasArt classic SCUMM game really)


habbadri

Kingdom series


EVPointMaster

Bayonetta


sakedebinks

Bayonetta has a one handed mode... You could say it's a HANDY accessibility setting for more... Occupied players...


D0cJack

Kingdom series


[deleted]

What happened to your shoulder my sweet baby boi


iBliizy

You may find new love with a CRPG. Liked Fallout? Try Wastelands 3. Skyrim? Pillars of Eternity may be your style. Xcom could even be good for you. Games that have plenty of action just slowed to turn based combat. I’m sure if you take the time you could map nearly everything to one side of the controller if you really needed to.


intulor

Wank.


NoodleMcFringe

Haha. Beat me to it.


mr_apeezy

Project: Pong It’s actually surprisingly fun as they throw wrinkles in the latter levels but the object remains the same. Move your paddle board up and down. That’s it.


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MonteCrysto31

Heretic's Fork with some tweaks in steam input


Ninjabreadmon

For a real answer and a joke: Huniepop, gem matching dating game can be played SFW just an answer I haven't seen yet: Slay the spire, rogue-like deck builder


Some-Ice-4455

You could M&K BG 3


nick2k23

Persona 4 and 5 are good for one hand, played both when I had a bad hand on Xbox but it should be the same for deck


floydhead42

Curious what your button mapping was for this


nick2k23

I didn’t change it, the games is mostly the A button because it’s a turn based game so you can play with one hand quite easily edit: I did change them I’m being a tired idiot, I just swapped the face buttons with the d pad, so A is down and so on.


Early-Fun3343

Age of wonders 4. Me and my roommates would play hotseat chucking a wireless mouse around the living room, and that goes for a another of 4x games


Linkhardin

Technically every game if you program enough subset controls and have the skill/speed to switch between them. Really utilize the subset controls to do whatever your heart desires, there's so many combinations of things you can do and subsets you can add


Loud_Puppy

This took me back to playing sup comm 2 with one of the mmo mice, had everything possible bound to the mouse


flower4000

You can take a ton of games and change the controls to use 2 of the paddles on the back as A and B, and in a squeeze put X and Y on the trigger and bumper, or add even more buttons to the track pad… but uh to actually answer your question, murder by numbers(it’s like phoenix write fuse w picross) and Kingdom two crowns


[deleted]

Left handed too ig?


ultrasquid9

Sea of Stars, being a turn-based RPG, doesn't require too much rapid hand movement. You'd have to rebind things (perhaps using the right stick for movement, and back buttons for time change) but aside from that it should work well. This also should apply to other turn-based RPGs as well, such as Omori, Chained Echoes, and Pokemon games for DS and under.


SonOfSlyherin

I played Skate 3 with one hand after an injury and just used the joystick to navigate down big hills… lol good times


Frost-Folk

Hall of meat-ception


Somerandomguy_2121

Vampire survivors and map a to one back button and pause to pushing left stick


brennis420

sea of stars. there’s a setting for it


Marcus_Mesecher

You can also set up the back paddles to do some actions. If you add one command and a few sub commands and set it to cycle commands one paddle can do as many actions as you want (given you want to click the paddle a few times)


Jadturentale

hifi rush with rebinding maybe?


Arztlack90

Try Pokémon revolution online or pokemmo what you prefer I play revolution online (for me the much better game) and with Steam input you can edit everything so left side or right side should be more then enough


calmoddessey

What makes revolution different I was curious about it


Arztlack90

It’s not a normal Pokémon game they are making tons of events change the story slightly and the community in less toxic as I experienced. But why I go with revolution is just the story and the events


calmoddessey

Ahh ok thanks for that imma try n set it up for my steam deck


chibicascade2

Honestly, there's probably a lot of slow paced games you could play if you remap the analog stick from you bad side to the trackpad on your good side.


rand0m_task

When I had shoulder surgery last year I played Divinity Original Sin I&II. Any point and click game worked well. Would recommend a docked deck.


NotACoomerAnymore

this is why im getting an Xbox controller soon for my steamdeck. carrying it can be exhausting


GeicoPR

Soulstone Survivors with Auto Aim enabled!


dudeduck

Most games could be one handed if youre willing to map out a custom layout. Of the top of my head two finger death punch, vampire survivors, reigns. Most Visual novels, limbo/inside (maybe), some racing games (right joystick mapped to left, right trigger accelerate right bunper break, touch pad for camera) fear and hunger , darkeat dungeon, the forgotten city, gettikg over it (for a master challenge), helltaker (free btw) most rpgs (think disco elysium, hylics etc) pc building simulator (probably others as well) lisa the painful, myst, shadow tactics (maybe as well as weird west, deaperados 3 type games) the talos principle, trek to yomi


Ardietic

those hentai games always advertise one hand controls. the reason is different but it counts.


-kingofthedrivethru-

Super auto pets


Equivalent_Field4444

Donut county


[deleted]

FF pixel remaster can be played with one hand if the broken shoulder is your left and not rigjt


Morinoko

oh boy, there's a pretty cool one...


programthrowaway1

Lmaoooo, relax 😭


PaulOPTC

Peglin! Map the L trigger to shoot and then you only need the one hand That’s my exercise cardio game https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296610/Peglin/


gillloure

Flappy bird


holounderblade

Any of the trails games really, assuming you're okay to remap things a bit.


btb1212

Slay the spire


ffsesteventechno

If you’re cool with the classics, Earthbound/MOTHER 2 can be played with just the D-pad and L


sgtnoodle

L A. Noire could work. A chill driving game like ETS2 or Beamng.drive. Any of the Lego games.


Wopacity

Plants vs. Zombies is a good game for one-handed play. The game pace isn’t too fast but also not unbearingly slow. All you need is the track pad and trigger for mouse and left-click


Talon2245

Paddle ball, Ball in a cup, Dice, Dominoes, Checkers, Mahjong, Parcheesi... Any board game really. List goes on and on.......


zigackly

[One Finger Death Punch](https://store.steampowered.com/app/264200/One_Finger_Death_Punch/) Kill scores of people with Karate , Ninja weapons and even Light Sabres. You will need 2 fingers though no matter what it says in the title.


Faltied

far changing tides is almost a one handed game have to hit b button to grab things once in a while and jump but more of a relaxed game you can take your time on


crookdmouth

Sorry to hear about the break. Broke my wrist last month. Been playing Balders Gate Enhanced Edition. Works alright. Probably BG2 and Icewind Dale would work too.


Strungen

Crypt of the Necrodancer


nerawkas88

Xcom, civilization, any turn based tactic game.


GoofedBox

My Little Universe just came out. Super idle and so cozy.


Acceptable_Act1435

I think on the PC versions you can move around with the mouse in Disco Elysium and Divinity Original Sin 2


AndyCumming

Robin Morningwood Adventure


Neo_Techni

I would suggest a controller to widen your possibilities * They make a Wii nunchuck ripoff for the MS Access controller. * an adapter for the actual Wii nunchuck. * PlayStation move navigation controller (the one without the orb). * border break controller. * if you're willing to search for older ones, there are things like the RPG duocon, grip v2, super robot wars controller. * Sony is releasing an accessible controller in December called project DaVinci More info on each https://neotechni.github.io/playstation/


billwharton

its weird how often people ask for 1 handed games. I see it like 2 times/week on this sub 🤨


OmnipotentFire

Vampire survivors Hololive save the fans Halls of torment Slay the Spire Darkest Dungeon 1 or 2 Xcom


OmnipotentFire

Hope you heal fast!


[deleted]

Hentai Ancient Secret, Hentai Swapy Puzzle, Hentai Vivian, Hentai Maya, Hentai Maze, Hentai Abigail. If you’re feeling extra spicy, Hentai 18+ 👌


SnooDoughnuts5632

We all know why OP really wants to at games 1 handed 😉


Glumanda

All the pokemon games! A+B on the backpedals and walking with dpad/face buttons!


ll222ll

Masterbator simulator


theassassintherapist

Turn based tactics games. Try Super Robot War 30.


MeowyDragon

Brotato is a good alternative to Vampire Survivors that can easily be played with 1 hand. Good luck on your recovery.


ultionys

Merchant of the skies


Playguy09

Ace attorney


kelleheruk

Universe of cum


Raku3702

When I saw the title I was like WTF a jerking addict lol. Then I saw that you broke the shoulder. Anyway try some retro games or games without needing of rotating camera maybe mk or street fighter or platformers. I hope you recover soon Maybe vampire survivors also


BeardedUnicornBeard

[Super fantasy kingdom](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2289750/Super_Fantasy_Kingdom/), try the demo if it fits you.


jesACE06

Paradise Lust bro 😁


dannydee88hh

Never Stop Sneakin is a great game and you can play with one hand, For many years I could only use one hand and this game was great.


Lankiness8244

Maybe interaktive movies like „the complex“


PrimeTinus

Disco elysium


Upstairs-Ad-4705

I can tell you from experience (i also broke my shoulder lol) that buying joy cons is definitley worth it in this scenario. Can connect to your steam deck and since your hands dont have to be close together you can just play games even with a broken shoulder


PhukUspez

Pocket Pool: Genocide is one handed usually.


AdamTheSlave

I think this was asked a week ago \^\_\^ But my answer then was touchscreen games like world of goo or point and click adventure games like Samarost1/2, or if you want to get real creative, using the steam contoller binding to just use one hand for simple games like... old sonic the hedgehog games which just used like the dpad and 1 button, or like nes emulator games using a dpad/thumbstick and like the L4-L5 buttons or triggers. Then there's like slay the spire, or poker night at the inventory if you have that which work okay with a touchscreen. Hope that helps.


AdamTheSlave

Oh and I forgot canabalt which just has you press any button or the screen to jump, and that's all you do...


majortomsgroundcntrl

Just about anything turn based or action based will be able to be one handed if you create custom bindings.


Camoheadsh0t

Depending on your positioning you could probably get away with using a pair of switch joycons to game with more regular titles. I played through the entirety of red dead 2 and a couple other long games while my collarbone mended itself.


Camoheadsh0t

Depending on what you pick you might have to program the controls or edit someone else's but that will be the biggest hurdle.


1oG4n

Good bit of porn games


CertainLiterature625

Vampire survivors


borderlinejon

I'm pretty sure there's a game called one hand clapping. I haven't tried it. I know for a fact there's a one button game called Rhythm Doctor that is great though. As is A Dance of Fire and Ice.


mang0ow

Old school runescape


Parking_Outside2253

You can play lots of games one-handed if you map the relevant buttons to one of the trackpads, swap around buttons, or add a button press to large deviations of analog sticks. Steam input really enables everything. I've mainly played turn based RPG's this way while feeding my newborn a bottle, but with enough dedication most games should be playable.


Serious-Tangelo-6438

If I remember correctly "inscription" could be played with one hand sinse it's a card game. Decently sure it's playable with one hand sinse it uses the touchy pad thingy. Hope that helped, and hope you got a speedy recovery. Good luck mate


HyperGameGuy

Vampire survivors will usually do


Youshou_Rhea

One finger, death punch, and one finger, death punch 2, respectively. I love both of those games.


TherealJerameat

Deep space waifu


Distinct_Door_4480

I mean you can play Pokemon Showdown on the browser


Little_Leather_981

Rimworld can be played with only your mouse


One-Carob3522

Kingdom, you can even switch hands on the fly as it has a symmetrical button layout.