I’m looking for PC games that I can play while listening to podcasts- games that don’t have engaging cut scenes or important dialogue, games that honestly don’t require a lot of skill or thought.

I used to be really into things like Farm Frenzy, Rescue Team, hidden object games, that kind of thing. I got heavily into MMOs and stopped downloading casual games for a decade or so.

Now it almost feels like this sort of game isn’t made anymore? Were they completely nuked by the existence of Gacha games, P2W, and anything that earns the dev a constant income stream? I’m happy to pay for a game once, but I can’t be constantly buying booster packs.

I also don’t want to play on mobile or on a console, PC Master Race here, haha.

  • Bruno Finger@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Celeste can be quite casual and also challenging at the same time.

    You can die as many times and the game doesn’t punish you, you can save at any point and come back exactly where you lef off later.

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      1 year ago

      Celeste’s difficulty scaling is great. First play through, though, be ready to break a sweat maneuvering some rooms. It also has great music, which is at least worth a listen.

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        1 year ago

        Oh the music alone is worth it :) I sometimes find myself listening to it at work, and if you leave the suggestions on after it’s done what follows is also incredible, found a lot of cool indie games based on that, GRIS is a good example.