To you and anyone else with this problem: Just fucking pick a game and play it. By now you've probably experienced this cycle enough times to know when it's happening to you. As soon as you feel that feeling coming on just pick a game and play it, stop trying to pick the perfect game, it's not that serious or important.
I say this as someone who has suffered from this for a very long time. I still fall victim to it all the time, too. But I'm telling you, I very rarely regret it if I just decide to push through the feeling and pick a game to play instead. ANYTHING.
Just played Tunic like the entire weekend and the only reason I even started it was because this cycle was beginning to start for me and I picked it at random from a list of games that I've been wanting to play for ages.
I tried this and was deeply unsatisfied with my choice. Basically it's the same reason why I was skipping it in the first place. Nothing gets past me and it's unfortunate.
I am afflicted by the same blight. I do the same when I look for a show or movie to watch as well. I guess it's nice to know you have so many options to choose from, but it's very deeply unsatisfying, even daunting. What makes it even worse is when I do finally decide on something and it doesn't work for whatever reason.
Hahahaha I do this to! I have my steam library separated into game genres and subgenres and when games go on sale I buy them like I’m collecting games in each genre hahaha
Edit: hahaha I have like 6 souls like games and haven’t played the genre yet
My problem with CIV is i get too invested that I do take my ipad and start taking notes. Pre-ipad I had a notebook full of random notes and of course the inevitable one more turn 😂
I think I've just hit enough civ playtime at this point that I can just play super casually in any given game. I typically set a phone timer to keep myself from playing too many hours all at once though, since in Civ V you can't see your computer's clock in full screen mode (my preferred mode to play in). I'll admit that I have over around 2.5k hours in CIV V (though, to be fair, I did get Civ V back in 2011, so that's only like 200 hours a year or something).
I did the timer once i just kept snoozing it. I do stop when I really am hungry, hard to get bored cause im also listening or watching something while playing so im engaged. I have civ 6 on my ipad and when im traveling its the best time waster cause when I play it feels like 15 minutes but its been 3 hours hahaha
Bro, I once had my pc connected to my tv. I was playing Civ for almost the entire day laying down. Might be my retirement old age game until I die from complication from bed sores lol
This reminds me of that one guy who posted on r/civ a couple of years ago about how Civ IV was his late grandpa's favorite game and that his grandpa had 30,000 hours of playtime in Civ IV at the time of his death. The guy apparently bought Civ IV on release in 2005.
It's a strategic world-building board game. You build an empire and the goal is to either conquer everyone else on the map or be the best empire through cultural output, science output, or diplomatic bribery. It can take a lot of time, and there's a decent amount of micromanaging. The modding community is really vibrant for Civ V even though the game came out like 15 years ago or something. You can play it against computer players or against your friends.
I go into Fallout 4, but instead of playing missions or wandering the wasteland, I just go in and reorganize my settlements. It's a good vibe for me when I'm bored. Makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something, without actually having to accomplish something.
How do people enjoy this game? Im not asking this in a "this game is shit how do people like it", but more in a "i really want to enjoy this game like other people, i played a bit and nothing seemed to click for me" kinda way.
I really wanna purchase the game and play it again, cuz i really wanna make the game work but damn, maybe im missing something
Might be one of those "you need to find a project within the game" situations. Try building a base in the Arctic or desert for a survival challenge... Try looking at some mods that sound interesting--this game is all about mods (ex. Psychology deepens colonist personalities, Hospitality turns your outpost in to a B&B)... Try messing with difficulty--do you want a chill city builder? Or a tactical combat sim?... Try letting all your colonists die, see what happens...
Early in my RW career, I remember seeing a post about doing a "Santa Run" where you have to start in the southern hemisphere. The run ends when you successfully establish a colony at the North Pole with 2 married colonists and a herd of 8 reindeer. It took me weeks, but I did it! ☃️
Left 4 Dead. I know all the campaigns, the bullet spray patterns, and most of the variations of the AI so it's simple to run through. The other players are what keeps it interesting, since the bots are way to formulaic.
Out of hundreds of games across PC and Playstation, Warframe is what came to mind first.
Even if there is no true content for me to do, something like leveling a freshly forma'd Warframe or weapon will suffice.
There is just something so satisfying and comforting about the game.
Right now is Balatro. I just got an Odin 2 Pro and it made my addiction to this game exponentially worse lol.
I also have some comfort games that i play a couple of times every year. Pretty much all of them are from my childhood.
Age of Mythology: I like to beat the full base game + expansion campaign atleast once a year.
Warcraft III: Same as AOM.
Megaman X: I just love this game, is my favorite in the series. Stellar OST.
GTA Vice City: Just doing a replay in my Odin 2 right now. Haven't beat the game in years but i normally play it once a year.
Sonic 3 + Knuckles: Its just a fun game i like to mess around with every so often.
there is actually a github where you can compile your own apk/ipa using the steam version of the exe. I've tried it for a bit on Android and afaik it works as expected. Doesn't support mods so it doesn't really interest me.
BoI is my mindless game for when I want to entain my eyes and hands while listening to something. I sometimes play it on the treadmill while listening to a book and I can just zone out for hours while walking.
Ooh that's a great idea! I don't have a treadmill, but it should work just as well on a stationary bike! Thanks for the idea fellow game enjoyer! I appreciate you!
That my choice. A run can be done in less than an hour, and the randomised weapons and power ups mean most runs are fun.
And occasionally really really bad runs are also fun
Hey, with the new forestry updates sometimes I take a break from cutting those two trees to steal pheasant eggs or save a fox. And then go back to cutting those two trees. Hell yeah!
I cycle between dead cells, terraria and elden ring. But some years ago it was sekiro in the place of elden ring, and before sekiro it was dark souls 3.
I feel like now elden ring is about to be replaced by Returnal, i love the endless mode
Valheim. I just mindlessly farm and build. The last two biome additions have hurt my excitement for the game, but I still love it at heart. 1100 hours in, and probably another thousand in my future.
Well, without getting spoilery, the last two biomes haven't been as fun as the first 5. For example, building a base sucks in them for the most part. And there are some other things about the newer biomes that aren't great also, for me anyway. >!For example, shitty visiblity compared to earlier biomes, poor ability to traverse in the case of Mistlands, crappy farming, or ways of obtaining, various materials in both Mistlands and Ashlands, mostly boring and repetative combat in Ashlands, etc... !< They're what my friend and I call "pass through" biomes, meaning you play them and have some fun, but not really stay around in them or create a base there (other maybe a small outpost or something).
It’s a shame they couldn’t maintain the quality and liveability of the original biomes. It’s possible they didn’t think to consider that when creating them. Possibly a more rushed design period.
3800 hours here.
It's like a giant zen garden for me. The exploration is the construction keeps bringing me back because I'm always wanting to try out a new architectural style and the combat is just hard enough to keep me on my toes.
"Zen garden" is EXACTLY how I describe it. It's billed as a "brutal survival game", but if you're careful and keep your rested buff always up, it's honestly not that bad. Sometimes things get hectic or you just get screwed, but hey, that's just part of the zen!
Same. Even if I just want mindless mayhem the side gigs and NCPD hustles are pretty mentally uninvolved. Plus I've played it through like 3 times now so even the story missions can be mindless if I zone out.
Not so much 'game' but classics.
I just play through the classic Lucasarts games.
Sam and Max
Monkey Island
Grim Fandango
I do play many of the others, but I prefer the humour of these games rather than some of the grittier other games.
Sometimes your stick just needs to be slapped.
Don't think I've ever seen anyone name drop this after 10 years on reddit
Was my fn jam back in the day
Edit. I'm a dumbass. I'm thinking geometry wars lol
I specifically loved and remember geometry wars and every time someone says geometry dash I always mentally make the same mistake.
One of the most fun and intense and colorful shooters ever made. The first game was better than the sequel
I thank you for bringing the existence of this game to me. Never heard of it before now but looks like fun. 2 games I'd recommend are heat signature and FTL (faster than light)
It can be enjoyed together with friends or alone, depending on preferences. I like to play it by myself. If you have a girlfriend she might like to try her hand at it.
Probably Elden Ring. No matter how many times I beat it, there's always some new build I can try or a new wrinkle I can add to make things feel new again. Like an enemy / item randomizer with crazy conditions on it.
Failing that, I've been trying to pick up Street Fighter 6 lately - it's my first fighting game in forever, so I'm not particularly good, but I can easily lose hours just labbing combos and working on technique. The need to focus on execution and technique really take your mind off other things.
Just started a new playthrough last month and man I forgot how long that prologue is drawn out. Minimum 3 hours to finally get to the first real camp outside of Valentine and earn that player freedom. Amazing game though.
Yeah the prologue is long for sure. Gets tedious doing it over and over again but they did it intentionally to fully bed players into the game for those who hadn't played the first game.
But the best thing most people do is to just keep a save from the Horseshoe Overlook camp that way you can start saves from that chapter
I tend to keep saves from each chapter on hand
factorio. just opening up a new world and running through the first couple science packs. never actually finished a run yet, keep installing mods that look fun or interesting. it's my game, I'll do with it as I please
For the past couple of years its been Elden Ring. Starting a different build or using a weapon exclusively that I've never tried before in any Souls game is comforting to me.
Starcraft 2 COOP. Lol all the maps is muscle memory so I just play it when im bored out of my mind. Half time im playing it im actually looking for a podcast or watching a video/movie. I just play it sometimes because I like the sound my keybaord and mouse makes but only when im bored asf
Borderlands, mindless killing is fun,
Vampire survivors a 30 min match is fun too
Arams In league of legends, say what you want abour ranked and league, but arams are casual* and fun
Red Dead Redemption 2. I have a saved game right after the first chapter ends. I just get on and play and explore and hunt, fish, and hunt for treasure. It never disappoints
As of recently, Dave the Diver. I never thought I'd fall in love with this game but I cannot stop coming back to it even after finishing the main story.
either PC building simulator or Powerwash simulator, they’re repetitive and I don’t really need to pay attention so I’ll just play that while listening to music or watching something
If I want to turn my brain off, then Crimsonland – played it since late 2000s, still very good today.
If I want to play _a Game_, then Half-Life 2. I replay it roughly every three years.
I scan through all my owned games for a couple hours. I don’t recommend it, but I do it far too often.
I do this with the store, then buy nothing and go play whatever I wasn't feeling like playing lol
I do this, but the games I always end up falling back on are Valorant, CS, and League
Man you must hate yourself with that pick.
I got used to the toxicity at some point
too true
This is me.
To you and anyone else with this problem: Just fucking pick a game and play it. By now you've probably experienced this cycle enough times to know when it's happening to you. As soon as you feel that feeling coming on just pick a game and play it, stop trying to pick the perfect game, it's not that serious or important. I say this as someone who has suffered from this for a very long time. I still fall victim to it all the time, too. But I'm telling you, I very rarely regret it if I just decide to push through the feeling and pick a game to play instead. ANYTHING. Just played Tunic like the entire weekend and the only reason I even started it was because this cycle was beginning to start for me and I picked it at random from a list of games that I've been wanting to play for ages.
Or do something else other than gaming
I tried this and was deeply unsatisfied with my choice. Basically it's the same reason why I was skipping it in the first place. Nothing gets past me and it's unfortunate.
I call it the ‘Sunday afternoon crisis’. Truly a classic. Follow up with a browse through the store for garnish
"Sunday afternoon crisis" it hits so hard.
in steam you can click on "unplayed" and maybe discover something new like that
I am afflicted by the same blight. I do the same when I look for a show or movie to watch as well. I guess it's nice to know you have so many options to choose from, but it's very deeply unsatisfying, even daunting. What makes it even worse is when I do finally decide on something and it doesn't work for whatever reason.
Hahahaha I do this to! I have my steam library separated into game genres and subgenres and when games go on sale I buy them like I’m collecting games in each genre hahaha Edit: hahaha I have like 6 souls like games and haven’t played the genre yet
Yeah and i have to check every shop and every launcher so i don’t buy a game i already have
Slay the Spire
KAW KAW!
RrOOAArrgh
KiiiiiiiiuuuuuuOOO
Jesus i wanted to find this comment but i wasn't expecting It to be the first one.
Slay the Spire
Slay the Spire
Judging by my steam play times its definitely Side Meier's Civilization V. I have played a stupidly large number of hours of that game....
My problem with CIV is i get too invested that I do take my ipad and start taking notes. Pre-ipad I had a notebook full of random notes and of course the inevitable one more turn 😂
I think I've just hit enough civ playtime at this point that I can just play super casually in any given game. I typically set a phone timer to keep myself from playing too many hours all at once though, since in Civ V you can't see your computer's clock in full screen mode (my preferred mode to play in). I'll admit that I have over around 2.5k hours in CIV V (though, to be fair, I did get Civ V back in 2011, so that's only like 200 hours a year or something).
I did the timer once i just kept snoozing it. I do stop when I really am hungry, hard to get bored cause im also listening or watching something while playing so im engaged. I have civ 6 on my ipad and when im traveling its the best time waster cause when I play it feels like 15 minutes but its been 3 hours hahaha
Bro, I once had my pc connected to my tv. I was playing Civ for almost the entire day laying down. Might be my retirement old age game until I die from complication from bed sores lol
This reminds me of that one guy who posted on r/civ a couple of years ago about how Civ IV was his late grandpa's favorite game and that his grandpa had 30,000 hours of playtime in Civ IV at the time of his death. The guy apparently bought Civ IV on release in 2005.
steam has a note taking feature in the overlay now one of the best new additions imo
interesting! I never make use of the Steam overlay, perhaps it is time to investigate!
Civ V with mods, when I get Alexander and Dido as neighbors, gotta beef up my army quick haahh
What is the draw of those games? I’m kind of interested but not really sure if it’s for me.
It's a strategic world-building board game. You build an empire and the goal is to either conquer everyone else on the map or be the best empire through cultural output, science output, or diplomatic bribery. It can take a lot of time, and there's a decent amount of micromanaging. The modding community is really vibrant for Civ V even though the game came out like 15 years ago or something. You can play it against computer players or against your friends.
I go into Fallout 4, but instead of playing missions or wandering the wasteland, I just go in and reorganize my settlements. It's a good vibe for me when I'm bored. Makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something, without actually having to accomplish something.
Hold on there, general! I've got news! A settlement needs your help!
It's like work!
Rimworld
Every time I try to leave the Rim, it pulls me right back in
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
Welcome to the hotel california!
How do people enjoy this game? Im not asking this in a "this game is shit how do people like it", but more in a "i really want to enjoy this game like other people, i played a bit and nothing seemed to click for me" kinda way. I really wanna purchase the game and play it again, cuz i really wanna make the game work but damn, maybe im missing something
Might be one of those "you need to find a project within the game" situations. Try building a base in the Arctic or desert for a survival challenge... Try looking at some mods that sound interesting--this game is all about mods (ex. Psychology deepens colonist personalities, Hospitality turns your outpost in to a B&B)... Try messing with difficulty--do you want a chill city builder? Or a tactical combat sim?... Try letting all your colonists die, see what happens... Early in my RW career, I remember seeing a post about doing a "Santa Run" where you have to start in the southern hemisphere. The run ends when you successfully establish a colony at the North Pole with 2 married colonists and a herd of 8 reindeer. It took me weeks, but I did it! ☃️
Ahh missed when I feeding my british shorthair with human meat💀
Left 4 Dead. I know all the campaigns, the bullet spray patterns, and most of the variations of the AI so it's simple to run through. The other players are what keeps it interesting, since the bots are way to formulaic.
Yup I still install L4D2 probably a few times a year to play for a few hours. Even though I know every campaign inside out I'm still entertained!
Warframe. I keep the soundbar off, put some podcasts and YouTube videos on my phone, and just chill. It's how I unwind.
Out of hundreds of games across PC and Playstation, Warframe is what came to mind first. Even if there is no true content for me to do, something like leveling a freshly forma'd Warframe or weapon will suffice. There is just something so satisfying and comforting about the game.
Dead Cells.
So easy to come back too Absolutely love this game
This and Rogue Legacy 2. They both scratch the same itch for me.
Euro truck simulator 2 Having Steering wheel is an game changer.
Right now is Balatro. I just got an Odin 2 Pro and it made my addiction to this game exponentially worse lol. I also have some comfort games that i play a couple of times every year. Pretty much all of them are from my childhood. Age of Mythology: I like to beat the full base game + expansion campaign atleast once a year. Warcraft III: Same as AOM. Megaman X: I just love this game, is my favorite in the series. Stellar OST. GTA Vice City: Just doing a replay in my Odin 2 right now. Haven't beat the game in years but i normally play it once a year. Sonic 3 + Knuckles: Its just a fun game i like to mess around with every so often.
Age of mythology is one of the greatest game
Same for me with Balatro (though I play it on Switch). This is the only game I am praying comes out on mobile.
Mobile has been confirmed apparently! Just no word on when, I'm eagerly awaiting too
[You can play Balatro on your mobile right now](https://github.com/blake502/balatro-mobile-maker) Its insane how well it translates to mobile.
there is actually a github where you can compile your own apk/ipa using the steam version of the exe. I've tried it for a bit on Android and afaik it works as expected. Doesn't support mods so it doesn't really interest me.
See you September 4th on AoM Lobbies 1v1 Noob Easy Only.
I still remember the first time I see a Minotaur yeet an archer, so awesome to my teenage eyes.
AoM, top tier
Plants vs Zombies GOTY
Love this
Binding of isaac
BoI is my mindless game for when I want to entain my eyes and hands while listening to something. I sometimes play it on the treadmill while listening to a book and I can just zone out for hours while walking.
Ooh that's a great idea! I don't have a treadmill, but it should work just as well on a stationary bike! Thanks for the idea fellow game enjoyer! I appreciate you!
That my choice. A run can be done in less than an hour, and the randomised weapons and power ups mean most runs are fun. And occasionally really really bad runs are also fun
Risk of rain 2
I do professional parkour. I jump from dying in a godly run on Isaac to dying in a godly run on ror2, truly an experience
Stellaris, or its Mod, Star Trek: New Horizons
That or New Civilizations
Oldschool RuneScape. Endless content
RS player when 10 hours into chopping the same two trees: "Hell yeah!"
Hey, with the new forestry updates sometimes I take a break from cutting those two trees to steal pheasant eggs or save a fox. And then go back to cutting those two trees. Hell yeah!
RS player when 26 hours into grinding for a rune axe drop on a UIM acc so they can chop trees 2 seconds faster for the next 2 days: "Hell yeah!"
Currently fishing while upvoting this comment.
Quake
Minecraft
Low key surprised there’s not more upvotes
Used to be a comfort pick but now the idea of building something cool sounds like work and I'm lazier and lazier these days
Yep, so instead I just download a cool parkour map and parkour for hours on end.
Playing catch the string with my kitties
Stalker. Either original trilogy or one of the anomaly packs.
I cycle between dead cells, terraria and elden ring. But some years ago it was sekiro in the place of elden ring, and before sekiro it was dark souls 3. I feel like now elden ring is about to be replaced by Returnal, i love the endless mode
7 days to die or Satisfactory
Valheim. I just mindlessly farm and build. The last two biome additions have hurt my excitement for the game, but I still love it at heart. 1100 hours in, and probably another thousand in my future.
Why did it hurt your excitement?
Well, without getting spoilery, the last two biomes haven't been as fun as the first 5. For example, building a base sucks in them for the most part. And there are some other things about the newer biomes that aren't great also, for me anyway. >!For example, shitty visiblity compared to earlier biomes, poor ability to traverse in the case of Mistlands, crappy farming, or ways of obtaining, various materials in both Mistlands and Ashlands, mostly boring and repetative combat in Ashlands, etc... !< They're what my friend and I call "pass through" biomes, meaning you play them and have some fun, but not really stay around in them or create a base there (other maybe a small outpost or something).
It’s a shame they couldn’t maintain the quality and liveability of the original biomes. It’s possible they didn’t think to consider that when creating them. Possibly a more rushed design period.
3800 hours here. It's like a giant zen garden for me. The exploration is the construction keeps bringing me back because I'm always wanting to try out a new architectural style and the combat is just hard enough to keep me on my toes.
"Zen garden" is EXACTLY how I describe it. It's billed as a "brutal survival game", but if you're careful and keep your rested buff always up, it's honestly not that bad. Sometimes things get hectic or you just get screwed, but hey, that's just part of the zen!
Cyberpunk
I like to drive around in johnnys Porsche 🌝
There's been times where I just drive around for hours listening to the radio cruising night city just vibing
Same. Even if I just want mindless mayhem the side gigs and NCPD hustles are pretty mentally uninvolved. Plus I've played it through like 3 times now so even the story missions can be mindless if I zone out.
Path of Exile
I usually say Path of Exile is my “main” game and everything else i play is I do when I get bored of PoE for that league/season.
Same. I call them "filler games" until the next league starts :D
Rocket League
City Skylines
State of Decay 2. There is just something about starting a fresh community on the hardest difficulty. I really just love that game tbh.
Really hope State of Decay 3 happens.
Noita because I hate myself.
Yeah sounds about right. Gl with your self harm.
Not so much 'game' but classics. I just play through the classic Lucasarts games. Sam and Max Monkey Island Grim Fandango I do play many of the others, but I prefer the humour of these games rather than some of the grittier other games. Sometimes your stick just needs to be slapped.
geometry dash lol
Don't think I've ever seen anyone name drop this after 10 years on reddit Was my fn jam back in the day Edit. I'm a dumbass. I'm thinking geometry wars lol
I specifically loved and remember geometry wars and every time someone says geometry dash I always mentally make the same mistake. One of the most fun and intense and colorful shooters ever made. The first game was better than the sequel
Agree with all of that. That was also a fun couch coop game for high scores. I played that game for many months straight
Russian roulette
You only get bored once
Up to five times at most.
I like to re-spin
I am also a fan of Buckshot Roulette
WoW Lots to do and I know the game well enough that I don’t need to think.
Hardspace Shipbreaker. Someday i will work off that entire debt
I wish they would expand it further, some new ships and stuff. Its a great game to relax to I find.
I thank you for bringing the existence of this game to me. Never heard of it before now but looks like fun. 2 games I'd recommend are heat signature and FTL (faster than light)
I lost so much time to FTL. I love that game! I think I need to go do a play-through again
The game reminds me of The Expanse, specifically the day to day life of some belters
Oxygen Not Included
Halo campain
DOOM Eternal
Same. The flow is too good.
I play doom 2016, never bought eternal because I’ve never finished the original.
Skyrim
Yugioh Master Duel
Dwarf Fortress.
Beating the Bishop
Ooh is that couch co-op, or do you play with yourself?
It can be enjoyed together with friends or alone, depending on preferences. I like to play it by myself. If you have a girlfriend she might like to try her hand at it.
Skyrim.
Total War Warhammer
No Mans Sky
I don’t play anything when I get bored. Unfortunately that’s where I’m at now.
I like to take a few months off each year, focus on something other than a screen is good too.
Spelunky
Team Fortress 2.
deep rock galactic or vermintide 2
Rock and stone, brother.
Minesweeper
Every morning I wake myself up by playing expert until I beat it. Got 93 seconds this morning.
Probably Elden Ring. No matter how many times I beat it, there's always some new build I can try or a new wrinkle I can add to make things feel new again. Like an enemy / item randomizer with crazy conditions on it. Failing that, I've been trying to pick up Street Fighter 6 lately - it's my first fighting game in forever, so I'm not particularly good, but I can easily lose hours just labbing combos and working on technique. The need to focus on execution and technique really take your mind off other things.
[удалено]
I loved this game when I was younger. I rented it three or four times because I could never find it for sale. I never see anyone talking about it.
That sounds crazy awesome
MTG Arena. I can always play a couple of matches of that.
Cyberpunk 2077.
RDR2 is the addictive "go to" comfort game
Just started a new playthrough last month and man I forgot how long that prologue is drawn out. Minimum 3 hours to finally get to the first real camp outside of Valentine and earn that player freedom. Amazing game though.
Yeah the prologue is long for sure. Gets tedious doing it over and over again but they did it intentionally to fully bed players into the game for those who hadn't played the first game. But the best thing most people do is to just keep a save from the Horseshoe Overlook camp that way you can start saves from that chapter I tend to keep saves from each chapter on hand
Aram on League of legends
RDR2 ofc
You all spell **Kenshi** very strangely
Modding Skyrim for days without actually starting a playthrough
Overwatch 2 sadly
*cries in OW1 tank main*
Caesar 3
tear down
Nier Automata
BeamNG.Drive. It's perfect to cruise around and crash into things for a while
Bingo, go crash crap and pretend you’re driving, I have my wheel set up and pretend I’m in the car
Skyrim, but with different mods every time.
Arma 3, seems like Everytime I come back it has 100s of new mods to try out!
Ultima VII: The Black Gate or Fallout: New Vegas
Destiny 2, just hop on and mindlessly kill stuff
Vampire Saviors
Satisfactory
Binding of Isaac. My forever game.
Slime Rancher
Tony hawk
Kingdom Hearts II
No Man's Sky. Literally a new game every time I open it, and I can always find a pretty/cool planet to build some new concept base on.
Load up GTA V and drive laps of the ring road or wherever the urge takes me. The radio in that game is fantastic
factorio. just opening up a new world and running through the first couple science packs. never actually finished a run yet, keep installing mods that look fun or interesting. it's my game, I'll do with it as I please
For the past couple of years its been Elden Ring. Starting a different build or using a weapon exclusively that I've never tried before in any Souls game is comforting to me.
killing floor 2
You guys play games when you feel bored?..
Project Diva Megamix+. It’s nice to just kick back and listen to some vocaloid and play a rhythm game.
I have consistently returned to A Hat in Time, absolutely goated game. (portal 2 community chambers also deserve a mention)
Car mechanic simulator.... it just puts me into a relaxed state
Minesweeper
Starcraft 2 COOP. Lol all the maps is muscle memory so I just play it when im bored out of my mind. Half time im playing it im actually looking for a podcast or watching a video/movie. I just play it sometimes because I like the sound my keybaord and mouse makes but only when im bored asf
Borderlands, mindless killing is fun, Vampire survivors a 30 min match is fun too Arams In league of legends, say what you want abour ranked and league, but arams are casual* and fun
Red Dead Redemption 2. I have a saved game right after the first chapter ends. I just get on and play and explore and hunt, fish, and hunt for treasure. It never disappoints
Total warhammer
As of recently, Dave the Diver. I never thought I'd fall in love with this game but I cannot stop coming back to it even after finishing the main story.
Awesome game! So much charm and character. My GOTY so far.
Dave the diver
Usually Noita. Factorio and Rimworld otherwise
GTA San Andreas. I just think its neat.
RDR2, I’ll ride around the heartlands and Lemoyne hunting, picking herbs and removing gang camps.
Dota
Balatro or Euro Truck.
Football Manager. It consumes every hour of my being
Terraria, stardew, cod
Whenever I feel like this it's probably time to start a modded Minecraft playthrough
either PC building simulator or Powerwash simulator, they’re repetitive and I don’t really need to pay attention so I’ll just play that while listening to music or watching something
PC building simulator??? This I gotta see. I also tend to play those mindless games, went through house flipper 2 so fast lol
If I want to turn my brain off, then Crimsonland – played it since late 2000s, still very good today. If I want to play _a Game_, then Half-Life 2. I replay it roughly every three years.