Hi guys!

Recently I'm working reaaally hard and after going home I just want to relax. And my favourite way of giving my brain a rest is sitting with my laptop, watching you tube, or easy-going documents from netflix, and playing some kind of video game which is fun but not too much brain-challenging. So I need games that:

1) are totally playable in small window
2) I can turn off the sound without much harm to gameplay
3) Are not too story orientated and doesn't have too many texts I need to focus to read
4) Are not too action orientated - I can stop playing them for a couple of secound to watch particulary interesting part of movie
5) Are easy to learn

A few examples from my library that are perfect for this kind of gameplay:
Gemcraft
Dungeons of Dredmor
HyperRogue
Dungetris
Mini Metro
Pixel Puzzles
Knights

Do you see any more game I own and can play in such way? Or maybe you know cheap games (<5$) I can buy and enjoy?

7 years ago

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You can try LYNE. Not in you inventory but it's quite cheap.

7 years ago
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I have 2 dollars to spare from my cards so maybe I will pick something from here :) . Thanks

7 years ago
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Bejeweled 3
FaeVerse Alchemy
Strata
Faerie Solitaire
& maybe the Zup! games

7 years ago
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I finished Faerie Solitaire - pretty good example of this kind of game.
I also played Bejeweled some time ago, but I didn't like it very much. On the other hand I absolutely adore Puzzle Quest, so a good match three game is something I will always look at.

7 years ago
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Fair enough! :)

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nothing purple?

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There's purple in those games. Besides, if I were to play only games that are completely purple, I'd not be playing games at all.

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I'd say Refunct.
PROS:
1) You can play without a sound all the time.
2) A no-brainer game, no actual story, just relaxing views and some jumping.
3) You can leave it for an hour and nothing will happen, you cannot die, you won't be attacked by anything etc.

CONS:
1) It's rather short game (you can finish it in ~30 minutes).
2) I don't know if you can switch to a windowed mode.

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Looking through what you and haven't played
Epic Battle Fantasy 4
Legend of Grimlock 2
Evoland 2

One that I would recommend more so with the amount of hours you have in Gemcraft (good game btw)
Bloons TD 5 (I know it's not below 5 but still, it's worth it)

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I have played, although didn't finish, Evoland 2 and it's nice. You can play "story mode", wich focus the game on the story telling stuff.

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I played Bloons on Kongregate when it was free. Really fun, but Gemcraft is still my favourite TD game :)
Epic Battle Fantasy can be a good choice, although I played it once and didn't like it so much. I must give it another chance.

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I'd recommend trying this http://www.lorenzostanco.com/lab/steam/u/avantyr
With your library and some filters.

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Mini Metro is not too much brain challenging? Really?

Anyway, what about Obulis? Or League of Mermaids? (bit more than $5 though)

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Well - I unlocked all the levels while watching you tube ;)

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Mini Metro is not too much brain challenging? Really?

Pretty much seems to be the consensus among my friends who have played it. :X
I'm sure a lot depends on what style of puzzle games you're more used to, though.

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I played the basic browser version on their site and found it highly mentally challenging. After about 20 stations or so, IIRC, it starts requiring spending a long time paused, re-laying lots of routes to accommodate a station that just changed from the only square or triangle on its line to a unique. I dunno, maybe the full game is different somehow?

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Do note I haven't played it myself (I wasn't aware there was a browser version, so I'll have to look into that ^.^ ), I'm just going off what others have told me when I discussed it with them. The general impression I got was that it was more relaxing than challenging- but the individuals I asked were also mostly well familiar with more complex puzzle games, so it could just be a matter of genre familiarity.

I apologize if it came across that I was attempting to make an evaluation of the actual game; I was merely attesting that the sentiment is one I'd come across quite a bit, before [which doesn't mean the feedback I received in that regard can't be disproportionate to overall considerations]. The concept of being more zen than challenge was actually one that appealed to me [since a relaxing sim style game is a great way to just chill out when you can't handle something more involving], so I'd been basing my own considerations toward the game off that feedback others have given me.

Now that I know there's a browser version, I'll see to developing a more personal opinion of it. :)

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Well the full game has a Zen mode, so maybe they were playing that? Otherwise, what sort of game would have prepared them for this one? I found it pretty unique, unlike any other game I've ever encountered.

Do share your thoughts if you get around to playing it.

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I'd start looking into board games.
HOARD, Fox&Flock, Warlock(4x)

Alternative something with turn based combat like Chroma Squad

Something like Darkest Dungeon or Ticket to Ride would be great but didn't see them in your library

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  1. Go there: http://www.lorenzostanco.com/lab/steam/
    Type your Steam link for it to load your library.
  2. Choose "Fast-paced" or "Tower Defense" on filter list. Scroll down to see the result.
    You also can try some Clicker games, they're mostly free on Steam, you don't even need to use a neuron when playing these. They were born for people do multi-tasking but still want to play something.
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Steam:

  • Golden Krone Hotel
  • Yankai's Triangle
  • Earthtongue

Free games:

  • Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
  • Infra Arcana
  • Soda Dungeon
  • deeeep.io/

Btw, I LOVE HyperRogue, I play it all the time, it's the only game I have on my phone. That's cool, I've never seen anyone else mention it before. If you like that then you may like my suggestions: rogue games with a twist.

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Zenge
any hexcells game

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Card Hunter is free, and I'm still playing it after about 3 years now (between co-op and the randomized dungeon, there's a lot to come back to, even if you're not at all into PvP elements). Even if it doesn't catch your interest for that long, just a single run through of the campaign should take you a couple of days, so it should help serve you as a good distraction. It's a deck-building tactical RPG with emphasis on positioning. Non-pvp elements don't ever time out, so you can completely take your time playing the matches in between other activities.

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http://store.steampowered.com/app/545590/Button_Tales/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/495780/Hexoscope/

Both can be picked up for a few cents on DailyIndieGame; one from the store, one from the key trading section.

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The binding of isaac
Dungeons of dredmor
Creeper world 3
These are my main ones, although Isaac might have a bit to much action for your purposes. Creeper world 3 I would highly recommend if you like tower defense (with a twist).

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pickaga.me usually works when I can't decide what to play. Also, have you tried Kami?

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Papers, Please

Though to recommend you games, as you played (or idled) most games for some few hours.

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Just took a look at the lower half of your library. But I don't know most of the games there so I can't help you with that. But as for cheap games which may fit the bill:

  • Everyday Genius: SquareLogic - Although I'm not sure if it can be played in window mode but the rest should fit
  • One Way Heroics - Fits the three, the fourth too (it is action orientated but it is a kinda turn based) but it is not necessarily easy to learn ......
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Well'
Alice Madness returns
Contrast
Castle of Illusion
All Lego games seems suitable for this.

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Assuming you're not limited to Steam, here are a couple of non-Steam games. :3

Princess Nom Nom is free and kinda mindless. Nothing bad will happen if you decide to leave it running. Though it could just be a 20-minute game if you're active with it.

Flow Free can last you a lot of hours for free, and then you can choose to buy some more packs to keep playing a bit more. There may the occasional difficult one that needs some brainpower to solve, but I've found that's few and far in between; most of it is easy.

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Isaac

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Hmm... Portal fits IMO, of course you'll lose some of the plot, but it's still good puzzle game, works without sound, nothing rushes you, and you can stop anytime, without dying etc.

Of course Pixel Puzzle and all of this kind of games, but it depends how much do you like that kind of stuff

Limbo allows player to take his time and plot is basically without words, so it wouldn't require much attention to that

I played Stardew Valley when watching some of TV series, because it requires sometimes much grinding without much attention

X-Com is turn-based tactical shooter, so it doesnt necessarily needs fast reaction and you can stop anytim

But out of my experience I would really recommend to play with watching movies or tv series or anything games like Gwent or Hearhstone, if you consider these as casual games without worrying about rankings it's just perfect to keep your hands busy :)

I hope it will help

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