I like mini motorways and stardew valley. What about you ?

    • VCTRN@programming.devEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I started Skyrim last month, for the first time ever, but already have it up there with Minecraft. No pressure, just exploration. Add a bowl, and I’m set.

  • Kraiden@kbin.social
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    5 months ago

    Just Cause 3, but I’m honestly a bit tired of it now. I love just wingsuiting around the place and I’ve never found anything else that gives me that same level of catharsis.

    I do switch to JC4 occasionally just for a change of scenery, but the wingsuit feels too… floaty? In that one. Idk, just doesn’t feel the same.

    I am desperately open to suggestions for something similar in terms of brain off flow state gaming.

    • Zahille7@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I kinda liked the wingsuit in 4 tbh. I loved actually flying around with the jetpack. But it has nothing on the jetpack in 3, with the rocket launcher and all.

    • BRINGit34@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Teardown is good if you are playing for the destruction aspect. If you’re a fan of nice open world movement than the spiderman games are good if you ignore the copganda. And honestly I really enjoy death stranding for a game to relax too. It gets action packed sometimes but not too often

      • Kraiden@kbin.social
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        5 months ago

        Teardown is on my wishlist! Might pull the trigger this weekend and try it out. I did enjoy Spiderman, but death stranding was waaay too slow for me lol

  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Descenders. Just has a real nice flow state quality to it. Chill soundtrack. You can play as fast or slow as you want to. No pressure to do tricks or get high scores. Just making it to the finish line eventually is enough.

  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Refunct. The perfect game for when your brain is fried after work imo. It’s super minimal so not something you can sink tens of hours necessarily into but it’s worth checking out for sure.

  • Scio@kbin.social
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    5 months ago

    “Build making” roguelites like Hades etc. These days I’ve been playing far too much Magicraft while trying to keep sane.

  • fufu@feddit.de
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    5 months ago

    Powerwashing simulator on quest vr, this is true zen, im getting lost for hours after a stressing work day

  • Deconceptualist@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 months ago

    IMO Mini Metro quickly becomes super stressful. I assume Motorways is the same.

    Instead I would say Islanders is quite relaxing. Super minimal city building.

    What I’d really like though is something for Steam Deck with a good flow state. Any suggestions? Lonely Mountains Downhill looks pretty good maybe. Someone else mentioned Superflight which is great but maybe too minimal.

  • Mango@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Idk. I’m broke in the brain. The games I play to unwind tend to have high performance demands. I became the top ranked player in project muse with what I thought was casual play. Turns out that obsession is second nature to me. What I like more than anything else is being able to have my fingers move as fast as I can think.

    I don’t think I actually de-stress though. Anyone have any ideas for me?

    • Briict@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      I de stress by engrossing and ignoring my problems so I tend towards whatever sucks me in. Started Osu! In 2012, other than that I like things like tarkov and am getting close to 4k hours in hunt: showdown. I get told it’s not as casual as I say it is, but it’s casual to me lol

  • lakemalcom10@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    StarCraft 2. I have too much to think about in real life so I need something that forces me to devote 100% of my attention to it. I don’t particularly care if I lose so I can just queue again and again and come out with my brain reset.

    • xkforce@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      The only time starcraft calms me down is when im doing something brainless like coop or the campaign. At my level of play, it is honestly not very fun on the ladder because I dont really feel like I can still do fun stuff and still win. And being a competitive person doesnt lend itself to being ok losing a lot more because I wanted to do something stupid instead of what works.

    • Funkytom467@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I all use a lot of rational thinking daily, so i do like a game that take all of your focus but i’d rather have something brain dead. So in short, rocket league. (Also MHW can be like that sometimes)

  • bonegakrejg@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Old school FPS games. Doom, Quake, Unreal, etc. They’re just simple, cathartic stress relief.

    • bradek@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      Same. But I have found OpenArena (based on the Quake III code) to be an update with a decent amount of online players.

  • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
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    5 months ago

    I have not seen anyone mention these, which is surprising. They are the definition of relaxing lol

    • Dorf Romantik
    • Islanders

    Relaxing base builders with a nice soundtrack and a “get as many points as you can. Failed? No problem, just start over and relax again” kind of vibe.

    Then there is duck game if you have some friends to relax with. It is hilarious.