I’m talking barebones. Tetris. Picross-like. Something that requires very little thought and is addictive.
For background, the reason I’m asking is because I recently read that researchers found that participants in a study on traumatic events saw that people who played tetris during their recovery had less traumatic response/activation over time? I’m currently going through a pretty traumatic time in life and am just looking for games that activate my lizard brain to forget about the hard times for a little while. Thanks in advance.
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The original Centipede is still my favorite videogame!
Not sure how they’d play on the Deck or if it’s your thing, but I loved going through the various Hexcells games. It’s Minesweeper without any luck/guessing.
Brawlhalla will take some time to master , but its super additive
Mines any bomberman game my favorite tho is Wario Blast ft Bomberman
I’ve heard the same thing about Tetris - personally, Minesweeper has always been that game for me. It’s algorithmic but fairly basic, and improving your times is rewarding.
Dorfromantik is super basic and relaxing.
FTR, I think part of “the Tetris effect” is that it’s nostalgic. Are there games from your childhood that you could play? Pokémon? Arcade classics like Crazy Taxi? Crossy Road?
Dorfromantik is so good in this regard, easily the most relaxing game I’ve ever tried.
Just place one hex tile at a time, building out a romantic countryside. No time pressure, no high stakes tactics. All good vibes and pretty sceneries.
I’ve always felt the urge to min-maxing/optimize with the various tiles bonuses and therefore didn’t really liked it :/
This is where I fall under too; it’s pretty satisfying seeing that “Perfect!” bonus after waiting 30 tiles for the right one. Playing like that doesn’t really take away from the chill vibes for me though.
Yes this indeed. I got my wife hooked on it and she played the fuck out of it on her deck.
was looking into ity for me it was to relaxed. But i will maybe show it to my gf, could get her hooked like on stardew valley :)
Lumines. This puzzle game is like crack. I’ve put over 100 hours easily into it. Similar to Tetris in a way.
If you are looking for something wholesome, you can try ‘unpacking’ it is on sale right now on steam.
+1 for unpacking.
And also A Little to the Left. Slow paced organisation puzzles. Not challenging and I find it helps me feel calm.
Mines any bomberman game my favorite tho is Wario Blast ft Bomberman
I think I’m going to make my SD Card a bootable retro game front end with all sorts of goodies.
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Voxelgram is a 3d picross that I really enjoy. My most comforting game to play is Stardew Valley though.
I would also add the survivor genre (games like vampire survivor) once you get started the genre is just like a therapy. Gameplay is repetitive but addictive and can be good played in short or longer sessions and there are a ton of games in this genre for every taste and most of the time they are cheap as well.
Soulstone survivors is really good with carried over progression so you can really get into it. Otherwise, I used Musou games when I had a similar time in my life. Mindless fun with story if you decide to get involved and plenty of upgrading of many characters to whittle away your time. Samurai warriors 5 runs perfectly on Steam deck.