I am not a regular gamer, but once or twice in the week I am indulging in some after work gaming. Mostly I enjoy games that are either story rich to put different thoughts in my mind or games with a simple, but enjoyable gameplay (not too much micromanagement).
Here are my favorites for an after work gaming spree:
- Football Manager (mainly 2008 and 2014 edition)
- Citizen Sleeper
- Suzerain
- Disco Elysium
- The Long Dark
- Dave the Diver
- Hotline Miami
- System Shock 2
- The Long Drive
What about you, what do you play after work (even occasionally) to get your mind off or do you have any suggestions in general?
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Against The Storm, still in early access but very regular updates and fantastic team behind it.
Very fresh feeling take on rts/micromanagment game. Feels very unique in its game play loop.
For me, it feels great to do a few laps in a racing sim like Assetto Corsa Competizione after a long day. Even something more arcade-y like Forza feels good to me.
If I don’t feel like like driving at the end of my day though I’d probably hop on Monster Hunter or a story-based single player game.
Ah, I do agree with your tastes
Wow… did not expect that many responses! I have strolled through all of them. There are a lot of really nice suggestions of games. I have bookmarked some of them.
Love the Lemmy energy, except those 1-2 hardcore ‘redditiers’ commenting here in their usual way : ).
Thx to all of you!
Right now its stardew valley and mini motorways. Just chill games you can jump into at any time
Right now I’m hard addicted to Remnant 2. Been playing it pretty much every day after work this week. Phenomenal game.
Same, been having a blast with engineer so far
Usually play some Doom 1 or 2, a level or an episode, or Minecraft if I have more time, but I’m in a boring replay/comfort phase because work is kicking my ass atm
Currently doing a second playtrhough of Pathfinder WoTR.
Between Xbox and steam deck:
Recently I finished it takes two with my daughter, looking for new couch coops to play with her. For my own gaming time, getting bored of Diablo IV, Dave the diver was fun for a while but I’m ready for something else, maybe will get back into valheim.
DYO is a great free couch coop puzzle game on steam.
If you can play in seperate rooms, the We Were Here series is outstanding. As well as Escape Academy, which is much more child friendly.
Side scroller wise on the same machine. Ibb and Obb or Unravel 1 and 2 are fantastic couch coop games.
Yes, I love coop games. Just wish there were more. Feel I’ve.played them all already.
Awesome, thanks for the suggestions! Unravel (2) was one of the first games we played together, it was the the perfect game to introduce her to because asymmetrical skill doesn’t hurt the game at all, actually it even helps.
I agree with you on the limited local co-op games out there. I feel like I’ve played them all. Online co-op will be an option when I fix my PC, but the couch experience is hard to beat.
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It’s really whatever is new or whatever game I’m interested in for the month. The only staples I cine back to would be battlefield and FFXIV. Although the latest iteration of BF wasn’t that good
Any game really. Currently going through ratchet and clank rift in time since it just came out on pc. Other is legacy of the duelist and ace Attorney trilogy
I play God of War 2018 to chill out, the scenery is great and you can just vibe around.
Cannot find an artefact or realm tear in Midgard at the moment so the wandering is actually putting me off but I would highly recommend this game for a chill out session.
I haven’t played the new one, maybe some day.
If you like the fighting part I think that’s what Muspelheim is there for, just arcade-like monster killing.
Yeah that was fun, could not pass one of the trials and then I nailed it straight through to getting my ass kicked by the Valkyrie.
For me the biggest one is my current “filler MMORPG” of choice, which has been Final Fantasy XIV for the past few years.
The reason this works so well for me is:
- By and large these games allow you to invest however much (hardcore raids) or little (dailies/weeklies) brain and attention into their gameplay as you desire, which is important after work when my brain is all mush from coding.
- Light social interaction helps not completely feel like I’ve “shut down for the night” yet.
- If I want to I can chat about daily things with my friends/guild.
It’s the right combination of ultralight gameplay and light social interaction to allow me to come down from work mode. 😁
Multiplayer:
-Planetside 2
-Runescape
-Minecraft
-Chess.com
-Roblox (don’t judge me, I like lua)
Singleplayer:
-Fallout: New Vegas
-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series
-Skyrim
-Metro series
We’ve acquired the facility!
Always was, always will be, Sid Meyer and his Civillisations.
