Long story short I started watching the Handmaid’s Tale, just finished episode 3 and it’s terribly depressing and too real for me. I’ll keep watching but I need to counter all this negativity.
Hence why I’m looking for some “aftercare” games that will help me cope. Something easy, where I don’t have to think and just follow along good vibes.
I have played the following games, which kind of fit what I’m looking for:
- a short hike
- carto
- frog detective (all 3)
- islanders
- helltaker
- spec ops the line (just kidding)
- mini metro / motorways
- dave the diver
Thank you !
- Sable - but you’ll want to use protontricks to install dxvk
- Stonefly
- Far - 1 & 2 are both good, but I still prefer the first one
- Vane
- Lightmatter
I don’t think that dxvk is a thing that you’re supposed to pull in on its own. Any recent version of Proton (and especially ProtonGE) brings its own up-to-date copy of it.
That’s certainly news to me. I suppose it just really needs the latest version. There was a noticeable improvement to stuttering and fps.
That game is interesting though. Some things the community sees as bugs, like the audio glitches, have been claimed as an artistic choice.
Not sure if this qualifies but I enjoy Catherine: Full Body on the steam deck. It’s kind of a cozy game.
Reus2 has been most of my deck commuting playtime if I’m honest. Great little game with endless replayability.
Never heard of it, sounds fun!
If you like english humor, check out “Thank goodness your here”. Alternatively “Tiny terry’s turbo trip” or “Untitled goose game”.
Oh I remember playing the Goose game, will check out the British one, thanks!
Journey to the Savage Planet is grossly underated: fun, simple game, just challenging enough and extremely well polished.
Oh my gawd the person who did the commercials for that, Davyforce, is one of my favorite creators ever. He made the movie “Not4Sale: TV Sheroff and the Trailbuddies” and it’s one of my favorite movies ever. Every time I trip with someone new for the first time, I put it on without explaining anything. 100% success rate of laughing until we cry.
Do you have a link to this movie?
Coffee talk might be a good one
Fields of Mystria is a Stardew-like that plays excellently on the steam deck!
Ill give you some more fast paced than the other recommendations. Games that really suck me in for hours zoned out.
Nova Drift helped me zone out for hours and is good on the steam deck. It’s an Asteroids style game. It’s just shoot up fun with more upgrades the longer you survive.
Crab Champions is a silly shooter with the same basic recipe. Survive, get upgrades. It’s silly though because you are a crab, fighting other crabs. It’s fun.
Comedy option - Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. Face your life frustrations head on and play a game designed to make you angry.
The rookie
Because you mentioned Islanders, maybe Dorfromantik?
Good idea, I’ll reinstall it, thanks!
A nice aspect of survivor games on the deck is that you can play them single handed (for the most part). I like to clone the left stick onto the right one so I can play with either hand.
Brotato is my current pick for this.
spec ops the line (just kidding)
I’m imagining someone cozying up with a blanket, a lap kitty, some tea, and the horrors of mankind.
Casually dropping white phosphorus to relax
Check out Natsu-Mon: 21st Century Summer Kid. It’s not Deck verified, but it’s platinum on ProtonDB, so it should work. I played it on Linux (albeit not on Deck) with no issue.
You just get to be a kid in the summer in a small Japanese town. I grieved when it was over because I wouldn’t get to see all the friends I had made anymore or go fishing or hunt treasure or catch bugs…
So wholesome!
Cat fishing (maybe it’s called fishing with cat?) glad you already did for detective, cat quest 1-3, trine is pretty laid back, Thomas was alone, undertale,
The Last Campfire is like being read a bedtime story - its delightful
Some great games being listed already! Here are some nobody mentioned yet: Hoa, Abzu, Toem and Donut County.
Take it easy and pace yourself with the depressing stuff. We’re all in this together.
