Basketball. It's practically the same game as soccer and hockey without the interesting constraints (no hands, or play on skates). I won't deny that it requires athleticism, but then it has the non-skill requirement to be freakishly tall. If you're not biologically tall, well too bad, that's a huge handicap you have basically no hope of overcoming.

And NBA games are the worst, it's always tied like 100-100 until the last 1-2 minutes which is where all the interesting plays happen (between a half dozen fouls) and the actual outcome is decided. The rest of the game you can often just ignore and not really miss anything important.

the one you just lost.

Literally any of the * Simulator games. Was just scrolling my Lemmy feed and "Car Mechanic Simulator" popped up, but there's Farming Simulator, and Truck Driving Simulator, Power Washing Simulator, etc. etc. etc.

I can kinda maybe see the appeal of ONE of these games as a cozy break, but there's like a dozen different ones, and they have like annual releases. Has the Simulated Car Mechanic experience really changed that much from 2015 to 2018 to 2021 to 2026 that you need a whole new game each time? None of them interest me, but the volume confuses me.

To a certain degree I feel similarly about sports games. I do more readily see the appeal of the genre, but do you really need to churn out a new full release each year? I can't fathom why people are paying full price for a game that is 99% the same as last years version - same engine, rules, gameplay, but they updated that one teams away jersey to be the new shade of purple, kicked out the retirees and added the dozen or so notable rookies. That's a $5 DLC, not another $60.

Fortnite.

Battle royale games. Aren’t they stressful? MOBA. Same map, same heroes? Counter-Strike. Hasn’t this been played for decades? Other games exist.

Factorio

Deep rock galactic, tried playing with friends a few times and holy shit I would rather watch grass grow. I have never played a game that made me disassociate to that extent.

Also the endless repetition of a few extremely unfunny lines by the fans reminds of Rick and Morty fans.