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Creaper world. I like putting it on random and listening to audiobooks. It's great for destress.

Minecraft

Rocket League, believe it or not. It's one of the more toxic games out there, and the amount of bugs is staggering at this point, known shit too. But I keep playing, hours every week. Been doing so for ten years now, can't stop.

Half-Life 2 and the Bungie era Halo games. I normally replay them all at least once a year. Steam workshop support for both of them has also been great.

• Minecraft

• Stardew Valley

• Rogue Legacy 2

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Red Dead Redemption 2 story. Every time I go back and play through it provides a month+ of joy and comfort.

American Truck Sim is a good one too.

Any Fromsoft Soulsborne.

Unlike a Jedi, my anger doesn't lead to suffering and death. It leads to a zen-like flow state. Which I suppose does still lead to suffering and death for the enemies in the game... 🤔

Oxygen Not Included is the big one for me. It lets me get inventive, which is something my brain needs sometimes.

Probably LOTRO or Enshrouded.

Hotline Miami, specifically 1 but also 2 every now and then. Not sure if there's been a 6 month period of my life within the past decade where I didn't boot it up at least once

Snowrunner. Similar concept, much slower.

Too much magic can be dangerous. M'aiq once had two spells and burned his sweetroll.

World of Warcraft Classic and Stardew Valley.

I don't think I really do comfort games...I'm very much a "I'm done with this, on to the next thing" person when it comes to games. But maybe vampire survivors or FTL. Or JRPGs as a comfort genre.

Helldivers 2, difficultly 4. Gonna roam around and shoot some bugs.

3rd gen Pokémon, but it only works in the spring

Splatoon

Dark Souls 3.

Stellaris

Steam World Dig 2 and The Wandering Village

The Binding of Isaac. I've been playing it off and on for about a decade. Something about it just lets me zone out and forget the world while I play.

Pretty much any rouge like..... But only for a few months at a time...... Maybe I have ADHD.....

Monkey Island 1 to 4.

Rimworld with the difficulty turned way down. And lately, running shipping missions in Endless Sky.

For a while it was ets2/ats, but now it's usually BeamNG because I can just go around doing nothing and stop whenever I want instead of feeling like I have to finish the job

Victoria 3. Start as a small nation, out-compete your neighbours. Sell cars to the french. Profit.

Slay the Spire, on ascension 20, I lose most runs... I think I enjoy torturing myself

Elden Ring. Somehow failing my way forward helps. Also, going back and slaughtering creatures that used to one shot me

Contra, Mario 3, and Planetary Annihilation.

The common thread seems to be one you have the basics and have gotten past the ego-based need to "accomplish" something like beating the game, it becomes more about enjoying the process, regardless of outcome.

Maybe not a bad idea in general.

Elite Dangerous on a calibrated OLED TV, using a mod to get Native HDR. Just flying around aimlessly and taking pretty screenshots.

Skullgirls, Slay the Spire, Puyo Puyo 20th Anniversary

Not sure what a comfort game is. I love TES, but when I just want something easy on the mind I'll pick an AARPG. Path of Exile is a good one. Clear a map, loot, repeat. No complicated moves or exploration required. Etc.

It used to be Astroneer, but now I think I'm on Peglin or Vampire Survivors (or Spell Brigade if I have friends online).

They're both just so mindless and relaxed for the most part. Also typically short and sweet with a definite end so it feels wrapped up.

Mining on a planet/moon in Star Citizen. Very chill, you get some beautiful views and monkey brain can see balance go up.

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Ditto for ETS2 / ATS. I don't play them enough. With the Road Trip update coming out soon, it'll be even better. I've been craving a solid driving sim that's not racing. A leisurely drive through the Nordic landscape would be great.

Other than that, if I have the energy and wherewithal to stand, Skyrim VR, sometimes it's nice to wander without worry.

Am I allowed to have more than one?

The games I go back to when I want to just have some peace of mind would be Rimworld and Crusader Kings 2 (specifically the Game of Thrones mod).

Warframe, doing low-mid level stuff and chill stuff like syndicate quests, fishing, mining etc. And then it's my non-comfort game too, with many of the other things. And then it's everything else too...

I play it too much, but I'm having a great time so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Ridge Racer Type 4 for the Original PlayStation

Animal Crossing Wild World! I like New Horizons a lot too, but there's just something about Wild World that's cosy in a way no other game has been able to replicate for me

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Echochrome or any of the Trials games.

These days? Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns

It's the best RTS game I've every played for my level of care about units and willingness to invest myself in tech trees (which is very little). I hate min/maxing stats so let's get some units and brawl instead of tuning upgrades just right, or being forced to place buildings instead of paying attention to the overall strategic situation.