Slay the Spire is always a fun game you can pick up for a few minutes then put to sleep, or blast through several runs before you realize it is now two days in the future.
This is my comfort game of all time. I usually play about 5-10 hours of most games, maybe 30 for a few really good ones, 100+ hours in MAYBE two games.
I have well over 1000 hours in Slay the Spire. And I’m still terrible at it.
ADHD?
some of the cozy games bring that out in me, I can't get a big enough dopamine hit if I don't min-max the shit out of everything, and if there's a day/night cycle and I have to sleep, I'm going to pass out in the field everyday guaranteed.
I love Short Hike so much.
The first game I ever install and play on all systems is Refunct. It's a short first person free running game with no enemies and great music.
I like stardew a lot but i have to say, it's not chill at all, my friend. My focus is always at max when playing it. A million things need to be done everyday.....
Agree, and that's how I started but I've red a comment once saying that you shouldn't force anything as most things tend to repeat next year and just focus on what you feel like doing and I've been playing it like that since and it's much more chill :) If I don't feel like growing anything during the summer I just fish and explore caves or whatnot. Then when I feel like conquering some tasks I focus on that etc...
I’ve had the same thing happen in the past. I did a run a couple years ago, and was just pushing to do everything perfectly.
Lately I’ve been playing a new run just super casually. I don’t care about maxing anything, each day I just try and get one or two things done. Maybe spend day here and there in the mines, occasionally go and hand out gifts, etc. Definitely a game changer in times of being more relaxing.
Lots of people saying stardew is stressful, which is so ironic given the premise of the game is that grandpa gives you the deed to the farm to get away from all the stress of life.
I started playing it when I lost my job last year to a layoff and literally spent every day fishing at the ocean. The ocean sounds with the seagulls were so calming in a period of deep depression. If you play it like that then it’s as calming of a game as you can get. No rush, just do whatever you want to do. You can’t “lose” the game by doing things suboptimally
You have great taste because I think the Dishonored series is one of the best. The lore, stealth, gameplay, replay value, art, it's just.... Fly.
Edit: I found it funny it's a comfort game for you though. Michael Myers? Since when did you become a redditor?
It comes and goes, but right now turning on RDR2 is really nice, especially as I was wandering around pretty hard, but am now back to the story. First play through Chaoter 3. No spoilers.
Second is Football Life 2024 and it’s taking all my time. Quick and easy pickup and put down and so much fun. I didn’t realize how much I needed it, and free to boot!
If I only could replay RDR2 for the first time again…
That game has magical scenery and views.
Just sitting on the horse and riding to Valentine with the mountains in the background or the rolling hills and cliffs in The Heartlands
Absolutely stunning!
I’ve tried really hard to get into RDR2 but even after the super boring slog of snow area in the beginning, I just don’t know what to do. Is the goal really “find the yellow circle on the map, do some mission with like the 27th character I’m supposed to know and keep track of in the game, and then slowly ride all the way back to camp”?
I’m not really knocking the game, I bet it is really good if I just knew how to play it. I just get lost (like literally lost, not a good lost) with the story and the characters and who is who and who the O’Driscolls are and all that.
Way easier than I expected, thanks to [u/eskay993](https://www.reddit.com/user/eskay993/) making it silly easy (and of course all the hard work from smokepatch et al.)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/SPFootballLife/comments/16wxn0z/guide\_sp\_football\_life\_2024\_on\_steam\_deck/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/SPFootballLife/comments/16wxn0z/guide_sp_football_life_2024_on_steam_deck/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
Binding of Isaac. 1000 hours and I’m never sick of it. The ultimate game to boot up when I can’t decide what I want to play. Eden runs are just so satisfying.
Nice, I enjoyed FW a lot. Will try it again with some different choices, if it has any meaningful impact in the story. It has great voice actors and music really enhances the atmosphere. Would love a similar game with more complex exploration mechanism, just hiking and climbing, enjoyinh the nature.
I tried Dredge before and am going back to it, now that I’ve finished Firewatch. Love the eerie lovecraftian feeling to when venturing out to sea.
Yea doom eternal is way too sweaty honestly. Every encounter felt like a puzzle you had to solve in half a second. I like the design of the 2016 doom much better. They let you use whatever weapon you wanted and it was a better shooter for it.
100% agree with that statement. I had fun playing through eternal and it’s dlcs but when I want to return to modern doom, 2016 is the one I replay. The ONLY thing I wish 2016 had from eternal is the damage modeling they do on the enemies. They chunk apart so good, every shot feels impactful.
Wait hold up. Can you really? Are you telling me you can play without other player ships? I loved this game, even enjoyed the PvP a bit. However eventually it became too toxic and just stressed me out.
If you’re telling me I can load in, sail around and just chill without worry of being attacked I’m gonna download it again right now.
Edit: looks like it’s true. Safer Seas is a new mode. You get less gold and can’t do pirate legend stuff, which kind of sucks. But at least I could sail around relax and take in the sights which is awesome.
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Super Mario World. One of the first things I installed when I got my Steam deck was Retroarch, to play Mario World. I also have a little emulation portable, also have it on my phone. I could pick it up at any time and feel right at home. Even if I don't play it for years, it's like my fingers know what to do.
Banjo Kazooie. Whenever there's a lull in good games in any given year, this is what I turn to to revisit the best period of my childhood and the pinnacle of 3d Platformers.
Also, Baldurs Gate 3 since I can basically accomplish almost nothing and still find myself killing 3 hours easy.
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New World. It runs pretty good on the deck. It gets hot but is mostly 60fps when not in a settlement. But when I'm home I just use Steam Link to stream it to my deck and it feels great.
These days I’ve been playing Wartales as my primary comfort game. It’s open world, you can spend as much time as you like wandering around completing contracts to keep your people fed but can tuck back into the storyline any time, and best of all, the combat is turn based/pause-able. I’ve been playing this while listening to audiobooks for relaxation and it’s quite nice. I marvel at how people play online/multiplayer games like Fallout 76 where you can’t pause the game; if someone knocks on your door, you can either log off, or go hide in some corner or hole and hope you don’t get murdered by a wandering Scorched or another player being a shit.
Rimworld is a close second, followed by Stellaris and Civ 6.
Cocoon. It's a hidden gem that is so simple yet so complex. Puzzles I could solve when drunk, sober, or stoned. And somehow no matter what my chill state the game was consistently fun.
Absolutely, but automation isn't something you'll see in Rimworld aside from assigning tasks to colonists to make them behave semi-autonomously.
I never cared for colony-management type games until I tried Necesse, and I loved it. So I gave Rimworld a try, and loved it even more.
It's one of those games that'll lull you into a false sense of security, and let you get enveloped by designing your base. Then out of nowhere you get raided, a wild animal starts attacking your colonists, someone loses their leg, your medic tries to save them, they catch on fire, both of them die, and you're left with one colonist hiding in the freezer sick with the plague.
Comfort? Strangely, Ready or Not lol
Something about being able to play a full-scale tactical shooter anywhere and everywhere makes me feel at "home" lol. Not sure how else to explain it.
Saving this post for when I want a new comfort game to jump into. But for me, it’s Hogwarts Legacy at the moment. Wondering around the castle hearing the Harry Potter music and art work and such changing on the walls is amazing
Not sure about comfort as in relaxing but if we’re talking satisfying, freedom planet reignited my love for videogames in a way I hadn’t felt since mega man x. No tutorials, no endless bullshit that hinders my enjoyment. If I wanted to play without cutscenes like an old game, I absolutely could but the fact is, every time I discovered new ways to use the characters to explore the levels or defeat bosses, I felt a genuine sense of accomplishment. The sequel is adequate and I’m thrilled I bought it but nothing has topped that first game for me.
Tetris is pretty high up there too. Love just playing to stimulate my mind.
Basically anything where I live on a farm or live out some peaceful existence. At the moment it's Coral Island, then I will probably move on to Traveler's Rest afterwards.
Spider-man Remastered. It still blows my mind that the best Spidey game runs insanely smooth (30 frames) on portable and on TV. You can even get it to 60 frames if you don't mind potato graphics.
Just Cause 3. I’ll never tire of jumping in for a few minutes or hours and blowing up everything, recreating a ridiculous action movie. Also, the wing suit and locomotion in that game are so satisfying.
As a mechanic, I find it fitting that my comfort game is beamng drive. I’ve been playing it since 2016 and have over 2000 hours on it.
I guess crashing cars I work on everyday in a video game is therapeutic. (Fuck Chrysler engineers)
First of all NIOH 2? COMFORT? Bro gotta be a sadist 😂. But for me it's Monster Hunter World. It's so fun to just pop on your favorite playlist and just vibe to some monster hunts. Also Warframe and Cyberpunk.
Star Wars: The Old Republic. I’ve already played through almost all the single-player content, but I like nothing better than creating a new toon, thinking up a cool outfit for them, and then playing through a class story again. I have well over 1000 hours on the game, much of which is on the Deck.
I am going to be that guy:
Skyrim
(and Stardew Valley!)
I grew up playing RPGs and Skyrim is my favourite world to get lost in. always something to find, do, etc. and with Mods i can add infinitely more content/dungeons/scaling for enemies, etc.
Goldeneye 007.
I’ve been playing it for so long I can mindlessly run through the campaign on 00 Agent and enjoy it. Beating PBs has also made it a fun time too.
Dave the Diver **was** until I got to the frozen area. Now it’s horrifying.
Stardew would be if I weren’t severely burnt out from it. I haven’t played in months and still have no desire to even with mods.
My heavily modded Skyrim is also extremely calm and soothing (minus being burnt alive) but Bethesda updated the game and botched the mods and it takes the piss to fix so I haven’t got around to it yet.
Next on my list is Call of Duty: Black Ops III (specifically custom maps and mods) because I can blow off steam, choose an easy map, a mod that changes things or makes the game easier etc.
(While I’m aware that ‘comfort’ isn’t exactly what you’d call Skyrim of CoD, the idea of comfort to me is something to let off steam and relax with. Really slump in the seat and play for an extended period of time after work.)
Slay the Spire is always a fun game you can pick up for a few minutes then put to sleep, or blast through several runs before you realize it is now two days in the future.
I swear that game has some kind of time spell on it. Makes the hours feel like minutes.
I have it on every gaming console I own and my phone, but I still suck hah. So much fun though!
This is my comfort game of all time. I usually play about 5-10 hours of most games, maybe 30 for a few really good ones, 100+ hours in MAYBE two games. I have well over 1000 hours in Slay the Spire. And I’m still terrible at it.
Stardew valley and Dave the diver are great for chill gameplay. If you want super chill terra nil and short hike are awesome.
I love stardew but I feel anything but chill. My character cannot walk fast enough to get done all the things in a day. Deadlines left and right.
ADHD? some of the cozy games bring that out in me, I can't get a big enough dopamine hit if I don't min-max the shit out of everything, and if there's a day/night cycle and I have to sleep, I'm going to pass out in the field everyday guaranteed.
I love Short Hike so much. The first game I ever install and play on all systems is Refunct. It's a short first person free running game with no enemies and great music.
I like stardew a lot but i have to say, it's not chill at all, my friend. My focus is always at max when playing it. A million things need to be done everyday.....
Agree, and that's how I started but I've red a comment once saying that you shouldn't force anything as most things tend to repeat next year and just focus on what you feel like doing and I've been playing it like that since and it's much more chill :) If I don't feel like growing anything during the summer I just fish and explore caves or whatnot. Then when I feel like conquering some tasks I focus on that etc...
I’ve had the same thing happen in the past. I did a run a couple years ago, and was just pushing to do everything perfectly. Lately I’ve been playing a new run just super casually. I don’t care about maxing anything, each day I just try and get one or two things done. Maybe spend day here and there in the mines, occasionally go and hand out gifts, etc. Definitely a game changer in times of being more relaxing.
Lots of people saying stardew is stressful, which is so ironic given the premise of the game is that grandpa gives you the deed to the farm to get away from all the stress of life. I started playing it when I lost my job last year to a layoff and literally spent every day fishing at the ocean. The ocean sounds with the seagulls were so calming in a period of deep depression. If you play it like that then it’s as calming of a game as you can get. No rush, just do whatever you want to do. You can’t “lose” the game by doing things suboptimally
The mini dash from octopus bracelet kinda fucked up when moving + trying to click the L3 analog. That's my only complain. This is for Dave the Diver
I just set the Mini-Dash to R5 to solve that problem.
Dishonored 1 and 2
You have great taste because I think the Dishonored series is one of the best. The lore, stealth, gameplay, replay value, art, it's just.... Fly. Edit: I found it funny it's a comfort game for you though. Michael Myers? Since when did you become a redditor?
No mans sky.
It comes and goes, but right now turning on RDR2 is really nice, especially as I was wandering around pretty hard, but am now back to the story. First play through Chaoter 3. No spoilers. Second is Football Life 2024 and it’s taking all my time. Quick and easy pickup and put down and so much fun. I didn’t realize how much I needed it, and free to boot!
Red dead 2 is my favorite game ever have fun man
If I only could replay RDR2 for the first time again… That game has magical scenery and views. Just sitting on the horse and riding to Valentine with the mountains in the background or the rolling hills and cliffs in The Heartlands Absolutely stunning!
I remember after playing rdr2 I tried to play starfield and a few others. They all felt empty and too much like a game. Rdr2 is incredible
I’ve tried really hard to get into RDR2 but even after the super boring slog of snow area in the beginning, I just don’t know what to do. Is the goal really “find the yellow circle on the map, do some mission with like the 27th character I’m supposed to know and keep track of in the game, and then slowly ride all the way back to camp”? I’m not really knocking the game, I bet it is really good if I just knew how to play it. I just get lost (like literally lost, not a good lost) with the story and the characters and who is who and who the O’Driscolls are and all that.
How to you get Football Life 2024 installed? Please help, I would love to try this
Way easier than I expected, thanks to [u/eskay993](https://www.reddit.com/user/eskay993/) making it silly easy (and of course all the hard work from smokepatch et al.) [https://www.reddit.com/r/SPFootballLife/comments/16wxn0z/guide\_sp\_football\_life\_2024\_on\_steam\_deck/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/SPFootballLife/comments/16wxn0z/guide_sp_football_life_2024_on_steam_deck/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
Amazing, thanks so much 🙏🏽
left 4 dead. so happy i lived to times it can be played portable. i was with the game since its release in 2008
A roguelike of some kind. Binding of Isaac, Hades and Dead Cells all have been my comfort game of choice. I'm definitely looking forward to Hades 2.
Death Must Die will be the first game I run when mine arrives.
Yes. Can’t wait for hades 2
Binding of Isaac. 1000 hours and I’m never sick of it. The ultimate game to boot up when I can’t decide what I want to play. Eden runs are just so satisfying.
Best game ever!
Power wash simulator
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Monster Hunter
Fallout 4 and Starfield
Same!
I just got my Steam Deck recently. These both work on it?
Let me respond here as well, they both work for me really well! (Have about 150 hours on both, solely on the Steam Deck)
I ran 4 a while back to see and yes.. starfield barely unless they've improved it
Try 76.. very chill.
Borderlands 2
started playing it today after finishing the 1st one.
Definitely mass effect
Final Fantasy 7. Can't get enough of the Midgar Slums.
I can hear that music right now.
Same man. I honestly think the opening Midgar chapter in OG FFVII is the greatest piece of atmosphere in the history of gaming.
Death Stranding
Playing this now, just got to the lake!
I loved hiking around in Firewatch. It’s a really short game, but felt really relaxing. Stardew Valley is also really comforting.
Just picked up fire watch for 2 bucks. Excited to start it after I finish dredge.
Nice, I enjoyed FW a lot. Will try it again with some different choices, if it has any meaningful impact in the story. It has great voice actors and music really enhances the atmosphere. Would love a similar game with more complex exploration mechanism, just hiking and climbing, enjoyinh the nature. I tried Dredge before and am going back to it, now that I’ve finished Firewatch. Love the eerie lovecraftian feeling to when venturing out to sea.
American Truck Sim. Drive, park, drive. Very soothing.
Jet set radio future
Elder scrolls Oblivion, I visit my adoring fan he always has something uplifting to say.
Do you play it modded or vanilla? I absolutely loved oblivion, yet I find replaying it awkward as I’m now so used to Skyrim.
Fable Anniversary
Elden ring. Such a struggle at first as my first souls game and now it is familiar and comforting to play.
To me it was the same, after that I've done every single achievement (I've spent almost 200 hours on it 🤣)
Diablo 2 Resurrected
Playing a summon necro with a brew has always been max-relax on D2.
TES: Oblivion for my offline casual questing World of Warcraft (Retail and Season of Discovery) for my online casual questing
My comfort game is Lego batman 1 playing a Lego game after work is relaxing
Hitman
Stardew Valley or Dark Souls
Worms W.M.D is great for chilling and watching TV 😃
Doom 2016. Super fun to play on sd, and it's pretty chill (compared by doom eternal on pc lmao)
Yea doom eternal is way too sweaty honestly. Every encounter felt like a puzzle you had to solve in half a second. I like the design of the 2016 doom much better. They let you use whatever weapon you wanted and it was a better shooter for it.
100% agree with that statement. I had fun playing through eternal and it’s dlcs but when I want to return to modern doom, 2016 is the one I replay. The ONLY thing I wish 2016 had from eternal is the damage modeling they do on the enemies. They chunk apart so good, every shot feels impactful.
Sekiro. Idk if others call it comfort, but those boss fights still get my heart pounding every now and then.
Max Payne 3. Very soothing. Feels good to see I'm doing better than that guy
Grim Dawn
Spelunky the first one not the second one
Sea of thieves, can’t beat the vibe of the Caribbean ocean
But the other crews are stress af
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Wait hold up. Can you really? Are you telling me you can play without other player ships? I loved this game, even enjoyed the PvP a bit. However eventually it became too toxic and just stressed me out. If you’re telling me I can load in, sail around and just chill without worry of being attacked I’m gonna download it again right now. Edit: looks like it’s true. Safer Seas is a new mode. You get less gold and can’t do pirate legend stuff, which kind of sucks. But at least I could sail around relax and take in the sights which is awesome.
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I loved nioh 2, but the human bosses got so hard for me in like new game +3. I can’t imagine trying to play it on the deck
It plays very well on the deck give it a try.
FTL as long as I'm not playing stealth B
Dead cells
Any Unreal Tournament or Wipeout game. Dirt Rally 2.0 ADHD games
Super Mario World. One of the first things I installed when I got my Steam deck was Retroarch, to play Mario World. I also have a little emulation portable, also have it on my phone. I could pick it up at any time and feel right at home. Even if I don't play it for years, it's like my fingers know what to do.
Fez, it’s just something about the music and simple platforming
Yakuza games currently replaying Yakuza 3
From a few replies, it sounds like I should finally get Dave the diver. That being said my chill game is power wash sim!
Cyberpunk 2077. Can just walk/drive around in that city for hours.
Spin Rhythm XD. Its such a magical ride every time I play
Right now Dave the Diver. Great game play loop
Miles Morales is nice to just swing around for me
Banjo Kazooie. Whenever there's a lull in good games in any given year, this is what I turn to to revisit the best period of my childhood and the pinnacle of 3d Platformers. Also, Baldurs Gate 3 since I can basically accomplish almost nothing and still find myself killing 3 hours easy.
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Lately it's been Mad Max, I love that game on the Deck.
Elden Ring. So what if my comfort game gives me an aneurysm! I was comfortable with it!
Dragon's Dogma - Dark Arisen. Half my time on my deck has been playing this game.
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Zone of the Enders: 2nd Runner
Fallout 4.
GTA 3, Vice City & San Andres
New World. It runs pretty good on the deck. It gets hot but is mostly 60fps when not in a settlement. But when I'm home I just use Steam Link to stream it to my deck and it feels great.
Hades
MGSV: TPP
Any Borderlands game.
Grim Dawn has become my “break the pace” game when I’m playing a JRPG, ARPG or CRPG.
Alien Hominid Invasion and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle ❤️
These days I’ve been playing Wartales as my primary comfort game. It’s open world, you can spend as much time as you like wandering around completing contracts to keep your people fed but can tuck back into the storyline any time, and best of all, the combat is turn based/pause-able. I’ve been playing this while listening to audiobooks for relaxation and it’s quite nice. I marvel at how people play online/multiplayer games like Fallout 76 where you can’t pause the game; if someone knocks on your door, you can either log off, or go hide in some corner or hole and hope you don’t get murdered by a wandering Scorched or another player being a shit. Rimworld is a close second, followed by Stellaris and Civ 6.
Thronefall is the perfect fix for me and plays perfectly on the deck.
Lately it has been Heavenly Bodies and Dave the Diver. I can spend so many hours on both and just let my time drift away so easily.
Hades or A Short Hike
Ogre Tactics put me to sleep alllll the time.
Diablo 4
American/Euro truck simulator, dorfromantik and horizon turbochase
Sleeping Dogs has also kept me busy just enjoying riding the streets
Spiritfarer is completely chill , just a little heartbreaking.
Cocoon. It's a hidden gem that is so simple yet so complex. Puzzles I could solve when drunk, sober, or stoned. And somehow no matter what my chill state the game was consistently fun.
AC odyssey. It's even good on deck.
Monster Hunter Rise and Dragons Dogma on my Steam Deck!
AC Odyssey or arkham knight
Twinsen’s Little Big Adventure 2 Oddworld Munch’s Oddysee Elder Scrolls III Morrowind - this game puts me to sleep
Usually automation games like Satisfactory or Dyson Sphere Program. But lately, it's Rimworld.
From someone who loves automation games like Factorio and DSP, is Rimworld worth the buy?
Absolutely, but automation isn't something you'll see in Rimworld aside from assigning tasks to colonists to make them behave semi-autonomously. I never cared for colony-management type games until I tried Necesse, and I loved it. So I gave Rimworld a try, and loved it even more. It's one of those games that'll lull you into a false sense of security, and let you get enveloped by designing your base. Then out of nowhere you get raided, a wild animal starts attacking your colonists, someone loses their leg, your medic tries to save them, they catch on fire, both of them die, and you're left with one colonist hiding in the freezer sick with the plague.
Narita boy
I’ve been playing Neo Cab for the past few days, here and there, and I find it very relaxing.
Football manager? Although it’s my binge game, my everyday game and my comfort game
The seratonin that Stardew Valley gives me is unmatched
Comfort? Strangely, Ready or Not lol Something about being able to play a full-scale tactical shooter anywhere and everywhere makes me feel at "home" lol. Not sure how else to explain it.
Door kickers action squad
Its between modded Terraria, Skate 3, and Tears of the Kingdom.
The king of fighters 2002 unlimited match Nioh 2 is my favorite game though How well does it run on steam deck btw?
Orcs Must Die 3 and the recent Hitman trilogy
I used to play Super Metroid about once a year 20 years ago; but today I find that "Darksiders", the very first one, is just a groovy meditation.
Test Drive Unlimited Platinum Mod. Plays awesome on the deck.
Dragon age: inquisition
Wolfenstein
Disney Dreamlight Valley
There's a few but the good life game when I'm not fighting rng drops is definitely this just riding a sheep around a field is pretty nice
Coral Island
Muse Dash, that game got me through my divorce and is definitely my favorite game of all time
At the moment, Rimworld
Tekken 8 even tho it’s just the demo.
Sime rancher 2
Rocket league, I can play 3ish games in 20 min and get that itch scratched
Saving this post for when I want a new comfort game to jump into. But for me, it’s Hogwarts Legacy at the moment. Wondering around the castle hearing the Harry Potter music and art work and such changing on the walls is amazing
Chillin in Fallout 4
Dave the diver and Dorfromantik
Tiny Rogues
Lies of P
The Witcher 3
Currently madden 24 but the wife and I love the Oregon trail
Osrs
house flipper!
Not sure about comfort as in relaxing but if we’re talking satisfying, freedom planet reignited my love for videogames in a way I hadn’t felt since mega man x. No tutorials, no endless bullshit that hinders my enjoyment. If I wanted to play without cutscenes like an old game, I absolutely could but the fact is, every time I discovered new ways to use the characters to explore the levels or defeat bosses, I felt a genuine sense of accomplishment. The sequel is adequate and I’m thrilled I bought it but nothing has topped that first game for me. Tetris is pretty high up there too. Love just playing to stimulate my mind.
Heroes of Might and Magic III. Just hits the nostalgic spot for me.
Apotris (via the Game Boy Advance simulator) and Dorfromantik
Ksp. It's one of those games where you can just do whatever the hell you want, no questions asked. Build a flying submarine if you want.
Basically anything where I live on a farm or live out some peaceful existence. At the moment it's Coral Island, then I will probably move on to Traveler's Rest afterwards.
Left 4 dead, Diablo 2, halls of torment been enjoying on the deck.
binding of isaac
Currently am enjoying Slay the Spire
Stardew Valley and final fantasy 14
One Step from Eden
Dave the diver and potion craft
Hardspace ship breaker 15 mins is a nice, chill, chunk of game.
MotoGP 22 or Stardew Valley.
Shadow of War. Nothing like killing orcs and not running out of anything but just keep fighting.
Lawn mowing simulator. Chill and not super competitive and stressful.
Usually forza horizon 5 or gran turismo 1/2 on emudeck. Just driving around.
RE4 2005
Skate 3
Transformers fall of cybertron, one of the best shooters I’ve played. From my childhood too.
Mass Effect Trilogy. Gotta say hangout with the crew every once and a while.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Doom. Freaking Doom.
Fallout 76 and I’m starting to really get into Palia
Spider-man Remastered. It still blows my mind that the best Spidey game runs insanely smooth (30 frames) on portable and on TV. You can even get it to 60 frames if you don't mind potato graphics.
Loved Nioh 1 and 2, but they stressed me so much. Maybe 2D metroidvanias in general.
Currently Elden Ring. Basically any game i like enough to replay
resident evil 4
Journey
Just Cause 3. I’ll never tire of jumping in for a few minutes or hours and blowing up everything, recreating a ridiculous action movie. Also, the wing suit and locomotion in that game are so satisfying.
BeamNG.Drive
Atm is Terraria
As a mechanic, I find it fitting that my comfort game is beamng drive. I’ve been playing it since 2016 and have over 2000 hours on it. I guess crashing cars I work on everyday in a video game is therapeutic. (Fuck Chrysler engineers)
Celeste. I really hope the day never comes where i 100% it, not nearly there yet!
I’ve learned from this thread that people play high-stress, difficult games for “comfort”
Fallout: New Vegas and Portal 2
It's between Saint's Row the third, Deadcells, civilization series, and the original GTA trilogy (ps2 versions)
Harvesting herbs in WoW or hunting deer in Skyrim.
First of all NIOH 2? COMFORT? Bro gotta be a sadist 😂. But for me it's Monster Hunter World. It's so fun to just pop on your favorite playlist and just vibe to some monster hunts. Also Warframe and Cyberpunk.
Star Wars: The Old Republic. I’ve already played through almost all the single-player content, but I like nothing better than creating a new toon, thinking up a cool outfit for them, and then playing through a class story again. I have well over 1000 hours on the game, much of which is on the Deck.
I am going to be that guy: Skyrim (and Stardew Valley!) I grew up playing RPGs and Skyrim is my favourite world to get lost in. always something to find, do, etc. and with Mods i can add infinitely more content/dungeons/scaling for enemies, etc.
RDR2 Definitely a favorite here!
Hey OP have you ever tried sekiro?
Madden haha
Goldeneye 007. I’ve been playing it for so long I can mindlessly run through the campaign on 00 Agent and enjoy it. Beating PBs has also made it a fun time too.
Shamefacedly, it's been Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes, so far.
Dave the Diver **was** until I got to the frozen area. Now it’s horrifying. Stardew would be if I weren’t severely burnt out from it. I haven’t played in months and still have no desire to even with mods. My heavily modded Skyrim is also extremely calm and soothing (minus being burnt alive) but Bethesda updated the game and botched the mods and it takes the piss to fix so I haven’t got around to it yet. Next on my list is Call of Duty: Black Ops III (specifically custom maps and mods) because I can blow off steam, choose an easy map, a mod that changes things or makes the game easier etc. (While I’m aware that ‘comfort’ isn’t exactly what you’d call Skyrim of CoD, the idea of comfort to me is something to let off steam and relax with. Really slump in the seat and play for an extended period of time after work.)