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From time to time, yes, I do enjoy them. It's relaxing to just walk around and enjoy the scenery. Some days I just don't feel like destroying the world.

I want a sim about taking a crap, so I can take a crap on a piece of crap while I take a crap. Call it Poop sim.

Yes cause I play Arma a lot.

no, I like running simulators, like DayZ mod

no, i prefer to go jumping. Double jump is the best thing ever.

It's the only time I can experience walking.

I quite like Proteus. Only clocked 50 minutes in total, but 10 minutes is enough for one session. I've put it on not long before sleep time each time I've tried it and it really relaxes me.

In open world games it's sometimes nice to walk around and explore.

Yes, we do.

if there was a point to them rather than just walking and listening to someone talking on occasion.

I do. It's fun to explore virtual worlds.
Only, I would never call these "games", because they simply are not games, but rather simulators.

yes, its quite relaxing playing something different sometimes

Yeah Dear Esther and The Vanishing of Ethen Carter are good ones.

For me Skyrim is a bit of a walking simulator at times, but that's about it.

It doesn't even need to apply to single player games specifically, I even like things like Second Life. It's cool to just go around looking at the stuff people created, perhaps with some relaxing music for an especially soothing experience. And in an online game, the fact that people CAN be there but aren't just makes it feel even more deserted and peaceful.

In general, yes I do.

I like the qualities which they exhibit in terms of telling a story and connecting on a personal and emotional level.

Dear Esther, for instance, hits the emotions square in the stomach and games almost never do that. Miles ahead of the ability of mainstream gaming, where your total emotional investment is keeping your people all alive because you get an achievement for it.

I also prefer Wes Anderson to Micheal Bay, and have pieces of paper that say that I spent lots of time being smart but still manage to pour boiling water over my hand when making tea.

Really, I like these, which I've played for example Mind: Path to Thalamus. I like it, because these games usually has great graphics and great story. For me the most important in gaming is story, not gameplay or sounds/music or even graphic.

I just loved The Stanley Parable. The narrator does a hell of a nice job.
Damn, he's the only reason to really play the game!

Too bad you can't jump...

I loved Dear esther, the athmosphere was amazing, also Proteus

Eidolon FTW! Just when you think you will die of boredom you find something cool... and then die.

Yes but I'm biased and I know they're not for everyone.

I invite everyone to checkout http://forestambassador.com/ which has a curated list of all kinds of experimental games. You're welcome.

The Walking Dead (?) ;D get it?

I enjoy them the same way I liked just driving around in GTA: Vice City. In many ways, Portal 2 was one if you leave out the testing. I spent more time just exploring the world than I did solving anything, it's what made the game for me.

The Stanley Parable FTW!!!