There was topic like this over 2 years ago, but go closed, and now I need suggestions, and since like bazillion games came out in last 2 years decided to make a new one ;)

Long story short - after over 5 years of service my mouse died (Left Click stopped working), will try to repair it, but for now it's useless for gaming. Will buy new one only if I fail to repair it (because cannot afford as good one atm, so 1st I want to try repairing, if I fail I will buy some mediocre mouse). To make things worse my X360 controller is on warranty repair right now as well - leaving me with only keyboard.

So here comes my question fellow SGers:

What games do you reccomend that can be played with keyboard only and it will still be enjoyable experience?

(preferably some great platformer/metroidvania from my library I missed and never really tried ;p don't look at play-time, I idle a lot while playing something else at the same time ;p)

Couple of things I already know:
Binding of Isaac - it can be played with kb only but I already played a lot of it and looking for something new ;)
Super Meat Boy - same as above
Spelunky - tried it, was fun for few hours, but then I got bored
Super Hexagon - tried it and didn't like it, not a biggest fan of simplistic mega-fast score attacks
Bit.Trip series, Audiosurf and other runners - not in a mood for runner games
Shovel Knight - I know it is awesome, but I don't have it and not willing to pirate ;p
Crypt of Necrodancer - same as above ;p

Edit:
Thanks for all the suggestions guys! I think I'm gonna DL bunch of LEGO games (already tried Force Awakens and it plays great with kb only) and play them together with some Final Fantasy (IV or V) and maybe some platformers ;) It should easilly last me till I repair mouse / get a new one ;) But if any of you got other suggestions, keep em posted - it may help other users with swimilar problem in the future :>

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SpeedRunners, any LEGO game

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SpeedRunners - like I said, not in a mood for a runner game ;)
LEGO - really? No mouse required? (I only played them with controller) - if yes then thanks a lot, it would be awesome, got a few LEGO games DLed atm :>

8 years ago
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Castle Crashers, BattleBlock Theater, GRID 2 (I'm not 100% sure this don't need mouse),

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CastleCrashers afaik is best for coop, and I'm looking for SP games rather, but thanks ;) And Battleblosk seems great, I remember seeing it ran at one GDQ event and it was hillarious, DLing it right now :>

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Inside

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don't own it and not willing to pay that much for 3h long game ;p will wait for 75% sale or some bundle ;p

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To be fair, it is one of the best 3 hour games I've played. I would suggest waiting for a 50% sale. <3

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yup would deff second Inside - maybe wait if it's too much atm for you but damn it's right now my fav game of this year. It sure has been something special.

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GRID 2

Or any other racing game, actually.

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Ohh, yes.. :D

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+1 for Lego

przy tych grach zapominasz, że masz myszkę, sprawdzone :)

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dzięki ;) gram właśnie w LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens i zabawa faktycznie przednia :> A w ttle już się ściągaja Piraci z Karaibów, the Movie i Indiana Jones :>

8 years ago
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Battleblock theater

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seems nice and has cats! thank you :>

8 years ago
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evil kitties

8 years ago
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Another option in case you missed.
I'll think about games after I finish waking up :P

8 years ago
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I did order it, but it didn't arrive (at least not yet ;p)

8 years ago
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Look at my library
Games: 3,577

I'll come back to you in a few hours (if Chrome doesn't crash)...

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I'll keep your word to it :D:

And yeah - while library may be massive, finding something that requires keyboard only nowadays is still not so easy, even platformers require mouse nowadays usually ;p

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Google Chrome ate my RAM, and Windows killed it, so I lost the comment I was writing (>_<)
My tiny potato isn't able to handle the sheer size of your library, and browsers don't help too much with that either...

Turn-based RPGs usually can be played with keyboard only, I'd recommend you Neptunia Re;Birth1 (if you don't mind a mediocre game with a bit lot of fanservice), or Fairy Fencer F (same dev, but a bit more serious), as well as any Final Fantasy.

Bullet Hell games can also be played with keyboard only, although the controls feels a bit... unnatural, for such fast-paced games.

Visual Novels are another good genre that doesn't need elaborate controls, if you're willing to try one, I'd suggest the fault series (I see you have the 1st, not sure about the 2nd).

Platformers... many were already suggested, so I'd just add Munin and Shantae to that list (although I haven't played them yet, so I'm not entirely sure they can be played with keyboard only).

Hidden Object games need a mouse, but you could just invert the right and left click, and play that way.
By the way, inverting the buttons would be helpful anyway, to navigate the desktop.

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You can get around the crashing by looking at steamdb. I had to use this when I was at my mothers house, since every browser would crash.

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VVVVVV!

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didn't think about this one, thanks! :>

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+1!

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Not sure but Epistory maybe?

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Hmm...

One Finger Death Punch
Burnout Paradise
NFS Most Wanted (2005)
Lethal League
Steamworld Dig
Always Sometimes Monsters
bittrip Runner
Risk of Rain
DLC Quest
Love
VVVVVV
Limbo
Transistor
6180 the moon
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Luftrausers
Cook Serve Delicious
Divekick
Faster Than Light
Super Hexagon
Fortix
AudioSurf
Beat Hazard

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Playing Transistor without mouse? Is it even possible? Even if it is it must be highly uncomfortable and tideous.

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One Finger Death Punch - played a lot of it already ;)
Burnout, NFS etc - not really a fan of playing racing games on keyboard, will wait for my pad to come back from repair.
Lethal League - not really my kind of gameplay :>
Steamworld Dig - thanks for that! Even already had it Downloaded so gonna try it out! :>
Bit.Trip - like I mentioned - not in a mood for runners ;p
Risk of Rain - played it before and didn't like it :<
DLC Quest - already finished :>
Love - gotta try it out, thanks :>
VVVVVV - already DLing :>
Limbo - finished 3 times already ;p
Transistor - already finished
6180 - gonna try :>
Crypt of the Necrodancer - not owned :<
Luftrausers - gotta try it out :>
Cook, Serve, Delicious - maybe ;)
Divekick - thanks :>
Faster Than Light - already played a lot of it, and tbh not sure it would be good with kb only, especially in lates maps where you gotta react fast and game becomes really hard.
Super Hexagon - as mentioned in OP - I didn't like it at all :<
Fortix - finished :>
Audiosurf - as mentioned in OP, not in a mood for runners ;p
Beat Hazard - didn't like it a lot

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Most 2D platformers can be played with only keyboard. I can't think of anything else that doesn't require a mouse.

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I guess any platformer would do. You might also enjoy Frederic games.

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Any rts using only keyboard hotkeys, like a pro? :P

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not gonna happen ;p

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Most any Final Fantasy except the MMOs maybe. (Despite popular belief, the XIII trilogy can be played on keyboard only… heck, XIII is a lot more comfortable there.)

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Ohh, really? I only ever played FF games using gamepad. If they can really be easilly played with keyboard then it's an excellent idea! Especially as I have IV, V, VII and Type 0 already DLed (thou I doubt Type 0 can be played kb only, but remaining 3 - it would be great! :>) Gonna try, even one of them would easilly last me for the whole perion of having no-mouse ;p

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VII I can tell for sure… it doesn't even have mouse support. :) Although probably FFV is the shortest of that bunch to pass the time with.

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I can vouch for that, FF XIII is better with keyboard, especially given that controller support is awful...

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Come to my place, I have two Xbox 360 controllers, we gonna play some local coop :D

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Our Darker Purpose, I'm playing this now :P
It's similar to Isaac.

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don't own it ;p

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Więc powinieneś :D
Rozważ przy jakiejś obniżce ;)

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Since I'm a gamepad user I'mm not 100 % sure that the games I suggest are keyboard only. But I think the following do not need a mouse:

  • BroForce
  • Half Minute Hero
  • Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming
  • Blocks that Matter
  • Toki Tori
  • Toki Tori 2+
  • Before the Echo
  • The Typing of the Dead
  • 1001 Spikes
  • Full Bore
  • Bit Trip Runner
  • Squirreltopia
  • Dead Pixels
  • Edge
  • Element4I
  • Castle in the Darkness
  • FEZ
  • Wake

I think that should be enough for the moment. Most of those games can be really fun and most of them have been bundled at one point. So check if you have them and if they are your cup of tea.

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NotGTAV

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DOOM (the original ones)
Adventure in the Tower of Flight
Eversion
Final Fantasy series
Shantea: Risky's Revenge (should be playable with keyboard only)
Dark Forces

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Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Party Hard
will add more if i remember xD

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already finished brothers on gamepad and I cannot imagine playing it on keyboard having just 4/8 directions you can move to... ;p
And sadly not owning Party Hard ;p

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Don't try it on the keyboard. It is so painful.

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Visual Novel games.
Brother Tales of Two Sons. I played it with keyboard.

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Already finished brothers with gamepad and tbh I cannot imagine playing this game on keyboard having only 4/8 directions you can move to ;p

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Does W+A or W+D not work for you?
I remember played it without that kind of problem.
Maybe you have keyboard ghosting or something?

And did you play it with your friend or family? I can't think of a way playing Brother alone with gamepad.

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even with diagonal combinations - like W+A, it gives you only 8 directions you can move, compared to controler which give you infinite directions ;)

And for me the whole gameplay fun from btothers and the way I believe game is intended to play was to play it solo on gameplad - the whole fun was coordinating yourself, with one of your hands doing one thing, while another hand was doing another thing :>

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So that's what you mean with 4/8 directions :D

Oh right, dual analog. So older brother with left analog and younger brother with right analog?
Makes sense...
I thought it'll be multiplayer with 2 gamepads.

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exactly like this, the whole challenge of the game is that very often yooung brother and old brother have to do different things at the same time, so you are challenge to make totally different moves and coordinate your left hand with your right hand in a way you never used them, which is both challenging and fun :>

Also the game doesn't even has 2 players mode, so you would need two people using same gamepad to play actual local coop ;p but like I said - it would destroy any challenge the gameplay offers :>

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Thanks for all the suggestions guys! I think I'm gonna DL bunch of LEGO games (already tried Force Awakens and it plays great with kb only) and play them together with some Final Fantasy (IV or V) and maybe some platformers ;) It should easilly last me till I repair mouse / get a new one ;) But if any of you got other suggestions, keep em posted - it may help other users with swimilar problem in the future :>

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not owning it and not really intrested in buying any new games now - if I had spare monies I'd rather invest it in new mouse than into games I can play without a mouse :>

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how about playing old games like pokemon on emulator? i always use keyboard and love to play it again when i got bored

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sure, it's possiblility, but owning 3.5k games on Steam I'd prefer to get into them ;p

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angband and co.

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Another World, Brothers

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Undertale

BTW i got BL from u? :/

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already finished Undertale twice :>

and you got BLed for horrible ratio :<

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lmao. K but at least i'm not a lvl 0...

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