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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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve always felt the urge to min-maxing/optimize with the various tiles bonuses and therefore didn’t really liked it :/

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        1 year ago

        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.

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        1 year ago

        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 :)