Long story short I started watching the Handmaid’s Tale, just finished episode 3 and it’s terribly depressing and too real for me. I’ll keep watching but I need to counter all this negativity.

Hence why I’m looking for some “aftercare” games that will help me cope. Something easy, where I don’t have to think and just follow along good vibes.

I have played the following games, which kind of fit what I’m looking for:

  • a short hike
  • carto
  • frog detective (all 3)
  • islanders
  • helltaker
  • spec ops the line (just kidding)
  • mini metro / motorways
  • dave the diver

Thank you !

  • SwordInStone@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Spiritfarer, it’s the most chill game I’ve ever played.

    Oh, yeah and Dredge, one of my favourite games.

  • coronach@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    spec ops the line (just kidding)

    I’m imagining someone cozying up with a blanket, a lap kitty, some tea, and the horrors of mankind.

  • Telorand@reddthat.com
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    2 months ago
    • Lost in Play - adorable game about two siblings and their imagined adventure…or is it?
    • Tinykin - platform puzzler collectathon with zero enemies. Just cozy vibes.
    • Freshly Frosted - Want to feel personally encouraged by a soothing narrator while making donut machines?
    • Tiny Glade - make cute castles. That’s it!
    • KeyWe - kiwi mail delivery. Literally.
    • The Were Cleaner - werewolf janitor.
    • Little Inferno - silly game where you burn things to get more things to burn. Also, Sugar Plumps!
    • A Hat in Time - puzzle platformer collectathon that’s cute and creative
    • Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate - silly point and click adventure. Looks like I’m gonna have to jump…!
    • Hidden Through Time - Where’s Waldo but more animated.
    • Thomas Was Alone - platformer where Thomas might not be as alone as he thinks (in a good way).
  • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Sayonara Wild Hearts. I love that game and often load it up when I’m feeling out of sorts.

  • monotremata@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I should preface this by saying I don’t actually have a steam deck yet, so I haven’t tested these on there. So I’m only commenting on the games themselves. These are listed as deck “verified” in the steam store, though.

    One I haven’t seen mentioned yet is Yoku’s Island Express. Breezy summer vibes, not much difficulty. It’s kind of a pinball metroidvania.

    Tinykin is another game with a very cozy/low stakes feel. It’s an exploration/collectathon platformer with cute environments made up of household objects.

    Littlewood is a life sim sort of game, kind of like Stardew Valley, but it’s extremely chill. There’s no time limit or anything like that.

    And others have mentioned these, but Toem, Alba, and Donut County are all very good and gentle games too.

    Oh, and Tchia. That one has some dark moments at times, mostly in cutscenes, but when you’re actually playing it’s mostly gentle and island-y.

    Maybe also Wuppo? It’s a strange one. The story and humor and animation are pretty great in that one, but there are some boss fights that can get a little frustrating. It’s mostly a fairly chill platformer, but then it’s got kind of bullet-hell-adjacent bosses. I still really like the game, but it’s not quite as purely relaxing as some of the others here.

    Pikuniku is kind of in the same position as Wuppo, but I liked it a bit less. The humor feels a little more forced or stilted, and the frustrating bits are because the controls are kinda floaty. My niece really liked it when she was 8, though, so it had that going for it.

    Hope this helps! I’ve been looking for this kind of game a lot the past few years

  • blomvik@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    If you like english humor, check out “Thank goodness your here”. Alternatively “Tiny terry’s turbo trip” or “Untitled goose game”.

  • zqwzzle@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Various levels of puzzle/chill:

    • A little to the left

    • Viewfinder

    • Unpacking

    • Bonfire peaks

    • Moncage

    • Chronescher

    • Humanity

    • Superliminal

    • Manifold garden

    • Gridroad

    • Dredge?

    • Far (lone sails and the second one)?

    • Vampire therapist (maybe)

  • Static_Rocket@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago
    • Sable - but you’ll want to use protontricks to install dxvk
    • Stonefly
    • Far - 1 & 2 are both good, but I still prefer the first one
    • Vane
    • Lightmatter
  • Stampela@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Have you considered Snowrunner, Farming Simulator and American/Euro truck simulator? All games capable of unplugging your brain for a while. Just remember to manually set Proton if you play either truck sim, they have a terribly unoptimized Linux native version that runs poorly on the Deck.