Firewatch, the walking simulator.
Truck simulator either the American or European version.
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Factorio. It is as relaxing or as stressful as you want it to be.
Oh god, factorio drives me so crazy. I lose all sense of time from the pressure and get sucked in. It really is like crack.
Especially in no bug mode, and moreso with infinite ore. Time no longer has any meaning
It was a flash game called flOw. You're just a microbe wandering around eating things, and you occasionally evolve, based on what you ate. I can't find an instance that works properly with a flash emulator, but that game would actually lower my heart rate.
Oh, that reminded me of Osmos and also Feeding Frenzy. Makes me wanna play it now...
Damn I forgot about that. I think I had that on the PS3!
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I'm in the Animal Crossing boat. It's the right kind of cozy.
A Short Hike and A Little To The Left were also pretty chill.
Powerwash Simulator is weirdly calming.
I spent all Saturday playing it in VR. When I was done I was like "hold up. Did I just waste a Saturday... Cleaning shit? Shit that wasn't even real?!"
Had to go play some more to calm myself down.
I listen to audiobooks or podcasts while playing so it doesn't feel like I "wasted" all that time cleaning pixels.
I work from home and it's also great for helping me focus during meetings.
I just like wandering around in Skyrim picking flowers and not doing any quests.
Is there any other way to play it?
My partner goes around collecting books and fungi instead, does that count?
Of course, anything is fine, except... God forgive me... doing the main quest.
I agree. To this day I have never yet joined Stormcloaks or Imperials.
I also stopped meeting up with that lady Delphine after it was pointed out to me that it increases the frequency of dragon attacks.
Yeah, me neither. I'm always like... you two can have your stupid war, but if anyone tries to mess with me and my 163 pieces of cheese, you're screwed.
How do you manage to amass that much cheese? #goals, I always eat mine. Bet yours is nicely aged.
I do have a drawer full of jewels because I tell myself one day I will take up jewellery making. That will get my life on track.
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Monument Valley. No rush, no timer, pretty puzzles. I keep replaying it now and then.
Yes! Love that game so much
Beautifully made game
Dorfromantik it's a sort of puzzle game that's deeply relaxing
Played it too, very chill!
Stardew Valley. It can be stressful, but even when it is, the stakes are pretty low.
Minecraft in peaceful mode
Unpacking
Seconded! This is the one I was gonna add, if I didn't see it.
Journey.
Omg yes how did I forget that one. Love it.
Journey on playstation 3. It's now on pc too
Atmospheric and visually pleasing yes. The few moments where you had to sneak around the monsters was a bit stressful.
Osmos.
Osm-- dangit.
Sable
This one right here. It's basically BoTW but no combat, no weapons, no enemies, no health meter. Explore, find stuff, craft stuff. The game intro explains you're on a journey to discover your path and enjoy your youth.
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There are some good games mentioned already but I'd like to pitch in Planet Crafter. No enemies, no time pressure beyond an oxygen/food/water system, just you and the long-term goal of terraforming a planet by yourself.
The award for almost-but-not-quite-relaxing goes to Hardspace: Shipbreaker, where you can fall into a comfortable trot after you figure things out – and then the storyline makes you want to strangle someone with their own necktie. But the gameplay can be very relaxing.
~~League of Legends ranked solo queue~~
I've never been into gaming, mostly due to this stress thing. The suggestions in this thread makes me want to try taking it up.
I have a jailbroken PS3 that was handed down to me few years ago and is lying unused. Can someone suggest me a simple tutorial on how to find and load games onto it. I would prefer to try the games out before I buy them. High seas are familiar to me, but what exactly am I looking for?
Thank you.
Picross 3D and Picross 3D 2 are among my favs for chill games. There is technically a timer, but once you get the flow of the game the timer really doesn't impact anything at all.
It's not 100% pure relaxation, but 1010 Klooni is nice once you get good at it. It's available on f-droid; you should be able to find alternative versions if you search for Tenten.
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Orbit. You're just trying to achieve and maintain a stable orbit. I would play it one-handed while rocking my infants back to sleep. So peaceful.
I play Merge Dragons which is just a game where you endlessly merge and build worlds. It's relaxing.
Anyone play "the longing" ? It looks like it ought to be really chill. I guess I will have to find out.
Going fishing in rdr2
call of duty
Lake. Just driving around delivering mail and parcels and communicating with the residents, whilst listening to the soundtrack is so soothing.
Tetris attack (panel de pon) on easy difficulty, the soundtrack is absolute catharsis,
It gets intense when the screen starts to fill, can give you that jolt of adrenaline (it can be a really intense jolt, that soundtrack gets intense), but you're not in any real danger of losing because it's so very simple. Swapping the blocks gives a very satisfying swish sound, the bubble popping noise as blocks remove themselves, the character noises as the combo counter goes up.
Poochy imo is the best character, but all of them have great backing tracks and unique combo noises.
I always loved Canaster for its chill. But the most relaxing was actually Mers (a Pen and Paper Game).
Boccia is relaxed as well, but you have to remember the balls.
Hexologic. Make sure to play with the music on too.
Bastion was really relaxing for me but I think that had more to do with the context of when I played it vs. the actual game. It's still a very slow and calming game regardless
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