I play a lot of windowed games on my PC as I watch less engaging content like TV I’ve seen, Youtube. Lately Balatro, Peglin, a racing game called art of rally, Mini Motorways. Interested to hear other people’s preferences.
I generally want something that runs well windowed because I use a third of my ultrawide to run the video, so no shooters or “big” games usually.
I run games like Balatro or Shotgun King or Dungeon Clawler anymore.
I used to run Stellar Initiative for a short while, but I removed it because I kept getting super pissy about losing a single mission in a run and it wasn’t good for my health. Don’t know why that game in particular made me get all hyper mad, but I am glad that I freed myself from that cursed game (despite the fact it’s a pretty good game all other things aside).
The Cozy series of games on iOS are sick.
- Cozy Solitaire
- Cozy Match-3 (like Candy Crush)
- Cozy Majhong (my favorite of them)
All one time payment of less than $5 (dont even recall paying for Majhong) and no ads or data harvesting
Neat, I will suggest Cozy Solitaire to my girlfriend. I heard Zachtronics makes a good Solitaire iOS game too.
Ooh def try the Cozy solitaire, it has an awesome fireplace and scenery customization if you want it
She was instantly into the Steam version of Solitaire, thank you for the suggestion. I think I’ll try it in the future through the family sharing.
Try the others too. I like to plug them and support their work, can’t wait to see what they turn their attention to next!
Lately I’ve really been enjoying the bazaar. Not even sure how to describe that game. You choose one of 3 heroes and then spend your turns buying items for your board to defeat your opponents in autobattler style fights. The goal is to get to 10 Wins. It’s still in closed beta but the gameplay is in already pretty polished.
Binding of Isaac, Brotato, or Balatro are good once you have enough experience with them to be able to play without much thought
Elite Dangerous is perfect to play with a show on. I used to do window in window in VR whilst flying between sites.
So the show is picture in picture overlaid on the ship interior? Sounds great in VR
Yeah exactly. I had the show in a window floating over part of the ship inside VR. Think about where the centre console would be in a car. It was a really cool experience, flying my space ship whilst watching a program.
None. I prefer to watch movies or TV shows that I enjoy enough that it will keep my attention.
I think there are different levels. I love the office, I’ve watched it through a few times. But sometimes after a long day I like to toss it on and just relax. It’s a comfort show. But having seen it so much, it’s easy to fiddle with a game while I watch. It’s a way to destress after work for me. It’s not that I don’t like the show, I’m just experiencing it a different way. As comfort background viewing, apposed to when I watch a show I really enjoy and am seeing for the first time.
I do this but it’s usually with a Brit murder mystery or classic movie. If I’m watching something I love like Silo or Severance then that gets my full attention.
Oh %100, there are some shows that gets my full attention. If I’m watching, for example right now, The Expanse then it’s the thing I’m doing haha.
Best I can do is listen to an audio book while playing a chill/puzzle game. I would short circuit I’d had to watch TV and play a game. I can’t even really have a conversation and play, I have to pause it.
Anything where it doesn’t matter if I get distracted at any given point, e.g. turn-based or otherwise non-time-sensitive games.
- Incremental games (Chillquarium, Pegidle, Synergism, etc.)
- Powerwash Simulator
- Geotastic (with time limit turned off)
- Slay the Spire, or other deckbuilding roguelites
- Dominion
- FTL: Faster Than Light / Multiverse
- Civilization VI
- Picross/Piczle Cross and similar games
Yt + mc
Ftl, into the breach, Minecraft, darkest dungeon 1 and 2.
FTL… I need to get back into that again. Excellent on work laptops.
I can’t stand extra noice around when I’m gaming, honestly, and I dislike video media in the first place.
Balatro aka the best “Do I Have a Potential Gambling Addiction” simulator currently available.
lol, yep. It just cemented the fact that I don’t have that personality. I figured out Balatro, then it wasn’t as fun anymore and gave it up.
Did you try 100%ing it? At first, I was like, guys just because a game has rng doesn’t mean it’s a gambling simulator
Then I tried gold stickering everything. That’s when the gambling addiction kicks in
I’ve never needed to 100% any game. For me that isn’t fun. What’s fun is the journey. Beyond that I’m not interested.
Usually a disposable MMO or idle game. I like the feeling of progression.
The only “games” I’ll play while watching stuff are flight sims, just to help pass the time on several hour long flights.
I’m in an online ladder for Wordfeud, a mobile scrabble clone that keeps obnoxiousness to a minimum. That means I’ve almost always got 7 or 8 games going against well-matched opponents.
