What game do you play to just chill?

Nowadays I find a lot of games feel like too much work and/or anxiety when I just want to relax for like, 30 minutes to an hour after a long day. On the other hand, the games specifically designed to help you unwind just feel boring imo.

In the past I’ve felt like Outer Wilds scratched this itch, cause the whole experience was engaging but generally relaxed. There was a mystery that kept me hooked and the exploration and movement was fun in and of itself. I also felt like Subnautica filled this role since it was very much at my own pace, with anxiety producing portions which could for the most part be avoided or minimized, and also there was a clear objective to fulfill, get off the planet.

So what games do you play when you just wanna relax?

reverendsteveii,

burnout paradise. I’ll just put on a podcast and drive around. Sometimes I’m seeking out races, or new best times on roads. Sometimes I’m just driving around more or less obeying traffic laws like a reasonable citizen.

Fedizen,

slay the spire

x2XS2L0U,

Brotato

fromaj_debite,

It is a chill drug

AgentGrimstone,

I can’t name a specific game because they all get old, boring, and unsatisfying after a while. However in terms of genre, it tends to be roguelites and poker.

TotallyNotAMurderer, (edited )

BeamNG

Car/truck driving simulator with the best crash physics you’ll ever see. Great to just drive, off-rod, modify cars, race or just smash cars up. The game is only limited by your imagination.

ShitOnABrick, (edited )
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Same here. I’ve got almost 300 hours in beamng

diemartin,

Basically Loopy in Simon Tatham’s Puzzles, available on Linux, Windows, and Android (F-Droid), when I don’t want to be stressed.

Otherwise I just play some retro/old school games like Final Fantasy (started IV a few days ago), (Free)Doom, AssaultCube or Cave Story when on my laptop.

Presi300,
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Warframe, it’s my “no thought, head empty, just shoot things” game

CluelessDude,

As a veteran of the game I keep coming back to it from time to time it’s a really nice way to relax.

Presi300,
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What MR are you?

CluelessDude,

I stopped at L1, I play on and off nowadays.

Presi300,
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Damn, how many hours didit take you to reach LR1?

CluelessDude,

Well I’ve been playing since closed beta so like 10y and something at this point, but you can definitely go over my MR fairly easily, MR is about collecting things not really skill related, of course there’s still some time invested.

Presi300,
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Damn, I’ve been playing semi-consistently since 2021 and just cannot bring myself to rank MR above 16 lol

CluelessDude,

Easiest way would be to go to your codex, select a category, melee for example and make and level up every single weapon there, sentinels, warframes you get the idea, anything you can level up gives mastery, even completing the star chart by unlocking every mission, somethings will be harder or expensive to get or behind multiple days of farm aka most of stuff in open world but that’s how everyone does it.

randombullet,

Since everyone has already said more well known games, here are my Indie/small games

Islanders

Race the Sun

Skye

Superflight

PraiseTheSoup,

Why are there so many suggestions of Zelda BotW over TotK imo this thread? I’ve only played the latter but my understanding is it’s pretty much the same game with more to do. And since Nintendo games rarely go on sale you are probably looking at a very similar price tag.

cjsolx,

Maybe everyone’s a completionist and would rather play the games in order rather than jump into the story halfway through ¯_(ツ)_/¯

PraiseTheSoup,

TotK is literally the only Zelda game I’ve ever completed and I understood the story perfectly fine.

cjsolx,

Well yeah you can understand most stories without reading/hearing the first part and it’s not like Legend of Zelda is exactly Moby Dick.

Outsider9042,

DOTA2 turbo mode, done in 20-30 minutes, and the try bards that take the mode serious are hilarious

flop_leash_973,

Hitman: World of Assassination is what I usually go to when I just want to chill and not think much.

BrianTheeBiscuiteer,

This is probably one of the worst things you can say about a Hitman game.

RandomVideos,

I like playing on the minecraft server “diamondfire”. You can make minigames and play minigames made by other players

kemsat, (edited )

Diablo 4. I usually turn on Futurama when I play.

Daxtron2,

I liked the earlier diablo games but have heard lots of negatives about 4. I know 3 had a lot of issues on launch but I really enjoy it now. Would you recommend it for someone who doesn’t really have an interest in constantly running endgame content?

kemsat,

It’s Diablo. The complaints came from the people that finished the campaign in a day, and got to 100 in a week. It perfectly fine if you’re a normal person that plays less than 10-20 hours a week.

Daxtron2,

Cool, I will try to pick it up on sale then. Thanks

griefreeze,

I believe it’s on sale now actually, if you didn’t know. The latest season (launched mid Oct) added lots of QoL and something like an endgame loop that isn’t terribly mind numbing.

Iamdanno,

Civilization. While it CAN be a stressful game if you crank up the difficulty to Deity, at prince or king, it’s just so much fun.

With the advanced setup options, you can set up a game for however you are feeling at the time, explore a large world (however full or empty you want it), expand and watch your empire cover the map, learn and find all the new stuff in the world, conquer everybody, be a neutral power broker, launch into space.

It just feels nice.

dan1101,

I usually listen to music and play driving games like Forza Horizon, BeamNG, or Dirt.

Also roguelike games like Deadly Days.

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