Edit

Sorry I haven’t replied to anyone, life got a little crazy. I did not expect this many replies on lemmy! Thank you everyone, and I will be checking out a bunch of these! Thank you so much. :) I really appreciate it.

So, I hope this allowed, if not, I’ll remove.

I have a small problem, y’all. I’m a filthy casual, and don’t game often. But right now, due to a lot of very stressful things going on, I’m having trouble sleeping. I’d like a game I can play on the deck for an hour or two at night to get sleepy. Here’s where the hard part comes in:

It’s gotta be cheap (25 or less)

It needs to be not-stressful to play, as in, it works well on the deck, with no fiddling, because I am a dumb and don’t understand things

I don’t actually know what kind of game I want. I don’t care for FPS games, I don’t have the time/patience/money for online multiplayer stuff, and I’m not super in super heavy action games.

I like puzzles, platformers, laid back games. Open world is great. Very small games are fun, but I need something that I can play pretty much every night for a while. I loved portal and the Stanley parable, but I’m burnt out on TSP and I’ve played both portal games several times. I need something with a little more longevity.

Can anyone help with this not at all reasonable request?

  • Simulation6@sopuli.xyz
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    11 months ago

    The last thing you want to help you sleep is lights flashing in your face. Buy a book, not too interesting but enough to keep you reading for a bit. My go to book for years was Don Quixote. Lately I switched to David Copperfield. The Count of Monte Cristo would also be a good one.

    • IamSparticles@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I agree. If you’re having trouble sleeping, playing an interactive game at bedtime is likely to make the problem worse, not better. If reading isn’t your thing, consider listening to audio books or podcasts.

  • DosDude👾@retrolemmy.com
    2·
    11 months ago

    Easy to recommend Vampire Survivors. It’s not at all as stressful as it looks. All you basically do is walk around trying not to get hit (or try to get hit if you have the right build) and choose the random items on level up. It’s 5 bucks without sales, so the financial entry is low too.

  • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Here’s where the hard part comes in: It’s gotta be cheap (25 or less)

    That’s not hard. I don’t even buy games above 15 € anymore. And I still get tons of great games that way.

    (Not that I would need any new games with my unplayable backlog.)

      • slowbyrne@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I played a bit on both controller and mouse and keyboard. I prefer m&k but the controller wasn’t bad. I played it on a stationary bike using the controller and it was fine. Its not a game that requires perfect controls unless you do timed challenges or something.