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C&C Generals World Builder. I just make maps while I'm in discord.
It's stimulating enough that it keeps my mind from wandering from a conversation, but brainless enough to be engaged in the conversation.
I'm also partial to Minecraft. Just decorate a little section then log off until tomorrow
The Hunter: Call of the Wild. I have nothing to do with hunting. I'd never thought a hunting simulation could be my type of game, but putting headphones on and running through the woods is so relaxing.
Honestly, some visual novels like Ace attorney, Katawa shoujo, Steins Gate, Clannad are very chill.
Forza and Rocket League
Age of Empires 2 custom games. Can't beat a classic, and you can save whenever you're done
Outer Wilds
I will always shill for Outer Wilds, simply because it's such a niche that only 2 games have come out in its unnamed genre: Majora's Mask and Outer Wilds.
Yes, Outer Wilds is a spiritual successor to Majora's Mask.
And the worst part is that talking about the game would probably spoil half of it. All I can say that it's an adventure like Majora's Mask.
If you ever were to trust an internet stranger to buy a game blind, now is the time. If you loved MM, you'll at least like OW.
Happy adventuring, stranger ;)
Caves of Qud is something I love to relax with. It's full of stuff to explore and you can take your time since its turn based. I don't even mind so much when I die, because you get to create a completely new weird mutant and try again.
Cities Skylines 2 has been great for this. Just log in and tinker with your city! Very relaxing creative problem solving..
Nethack or DROD
Just starting to get into genshin impact, though, and it seems pretty cool.
Apart from trackmania which was already named it's certainly slay the spire. I often do both TTD and the daily in sts. If I didn't always end up trying to go for sub 35min points it'd actually be relaxing probably.
I only played it to try it out, and it isn't 100% in my range of games I'd care that much for, but I've gathered that Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (especially the first few pairs of games in the series) is the king when it comes to escapism. If someone said a psychologist made the games, I'd believe them.
I play Hades, but I cheat.
It's super fun to see what kind of ridiculous combinations of powers and weapons you can create when you aren't worried about money or resources in any way shape or form.
I had a Hermes Build for Max speed that did bonus damage based on speed bonuses, Ares for Blade rift when dodging, and some Athena for some invulnerability.
Sprinting around the levels like the flash and absolutely nuking everybody with blade rifts is just too much fun.
Slay the spire
I don't play Tetris usually but when I get bored or just wanna relax then I play Tetris[Highest Score: 500k in 8 Hours]
Dwarf Fortress.
Theme Hospital.
The Sims.
Games that I can mostly play hands off.
civ 5 - random everything & just do whatever.
Skyrim was my chill game for years, but now I'd say Elder Scrolls Online. Everyone I know who plays ESO is super non-competitive and chill. It's just got a great vibe.
Stacklands, inscription, forza.
Stacklands was surprisingly addicting
Inscription was fun and challenging but not too crazy if you get creative ;)
Forza - I mean really any game where I can drive around. Fun to try to hit some corners sharp or do some tricks in gta.
Path of exile for a few weeks every league
But I'm enjoying rogue lites / vampire survivors like games. There's a billion of them so you can just chill with one of them. I usually find a new one every other day too, some demo or whatever
Risk of rain 2 is also not something I would call a chill game. But it's definitely something you can just fire up and play for an hour
Not a long or super replayable game like some of these answers but Jusant is super chill.
