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I'm looking something to take up the time I'd normally spend scrolling reddit.

Something that's reasonable to play for 2-5 minutes or for over an hour.

My current go-to is Alto's adventure or doing laps in Assetto Corsa Competizione.

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[–] poo@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] stinky@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

dawg i was literally going to take that username but u beat me by like a few minutes that's crazy

[–] poo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Ahahahahah perfect

[–] pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I've understood Lemmy/Fediverse correctly, you could register the same username in a different instance.

[–] kadu@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Vampire Survivor and Brotato.

The Binding of Isaac.

Pixross.

Tetris Effect.

Gunfire Reborn.

Spin Rhythm XD.

Bloons TD 6.

+1 Vampire Survivors

[–] Skooshjones@vlemmy.net 8 points 1 year ago

I second Brotato.

[–] CMGX78@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Brotato and Vampire Survivor are the best time wasters.

[–] FartSmarter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have been playing way too much of Isaac since getting the Deck. A perfect game, my brain is rotting and I want all the unlocks. Please help

[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Instead of Tetris, I've gotten into PolyCube. Definitely my go-to "mindless" game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/798790/PolyCube/

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

Slay the Spire

https://store.steampowered.com/app/646570/Slay_the_Spire/

Also on android and those I phones

[–] Kuma@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

2-5 seems super short for anything haha so I am guessing you want to play something where you don't have to think too much. Very chill games where it is easy to just pause and then get back fast to where you left off.

  • stardeew valley - you can be super efficient or just super chill about it, the game won't punish you
  • I haven't tried bloons td 6 on steam deck because I had finished it before I got my deck (exist as app too) but that would be pretty perfect fit too.
  • Cozy grove is exactly maybe 5-15 min per day. It is a bit too slow for my taste because of that. It is a very chill puzzle like game.
  • Death doors, very easy to just pause mid game and very nice visual and story. The game is maybe 5 h long if you try to get all of the achievements. But it is a great game none the less
  • Moon lighter - rouge like and store management, very chill and all days are pretty much the same so you don't have to be efficient
  • monster sanctuary - pokemon but 2d platformer
  • Pyre - can pause pretty easy before every challenge. I wouldn't pause mid challenge tho. But you can. Great story and great strategy game
  • Ring of pain - rouge like but with cards. Easy to die so one session can be very short if unlucky or maybe that is lucky? 😂
  • Spirit farer - great story and can be paused very easily mid game and you can take your time in everything or do it quick and dirty
  • Vampire survivors - like others have said
  • West of death - rouge like, easy to pause and a pretty brain dead game (not in a bad way)
  • the final station - very very easy to jump in and out of. Most station is pretty short so this can be played easily with weeks going by and still just jump in and play. The story is very easy to follow
  • katana zero - platformer, very cool and easy to jump in and out of. Short missions so if you don't want a perfect score could you do many bellow 5 min maybe even in 2 min. Pretty short game tho story wise
  • legend of keepers - rouge defense. every wave is pretty fast to go through if you have put up your traps and monsters correctly/good enough
  • Nitro kid - rouge like but turned based. This one can be both fast and slow depending on your choices
[–] derbolle@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Here are my go tos if I want to just let my mind wander and not think about what i do:

bullet hells

  • vampire survivors
  • brotato
  • soulstone survivors
  • 20 minutes till dawn
  • bounty of one

emulated:

  • pokemon leaf green/fire red
  • zelda BOTW (small chunks possible. Do one shrine, explore a bit. Search for some koroks.) runs beautifully on yuzu

RPG:

  • Dark souls 1 Remastered(Because the game practically saves every second or two you are not in any way committed to play a long time)
[–] Names@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are you sure about dark souls 1 remastered? I am sure that I played that one (or tried) on Xbox and there it was not really like that ;) or is this on steam/PC only?

Also: this is my first post in the fediverse and I think I am here to stay.

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[–] jimmy@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Brotato is life.

[–] Simoto@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

pokemon yes!

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[–] Fubarberry@lemmy.fmhy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly the beauty of the stream deck imo is that a lot of games become great for short play sessions when you have a convenient sleep function.

[–] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I love the goddamn sleep function I wish PCs had it by default

[–] GiuEliNo@feddit.it 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Actually i'm playing hades on my idle time it's a rogue lite

[–] derbolle@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i thought about adding hades to my personal list in this thread but the story is so good, that I cannot play it and let my mind wander at the same time

[–] GiuEliNo@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah the story is really good, so sometimes i play for longer sessions But when i have a small time frame, just clear some rooms in a run is good enough for me ^^

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[–] zeldis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] lemmyng@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any "survivors" type game - Brotato, Vampire/Soulstone Survivors, Nordic Ashes, etc.

Roguelikes (I like Noita these days).

Card based games - Slay the Spire, Monster Train, Guild of Dungeoneering, ...

Darkest Dungeon.

[–] _lemonpepper@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

I've played noita for probably 6 hours and still have no clue what's happening. Cool game though

[–] Krafty@fedia.io 6 points 1 year ago

@Dj_brown_sugar I'm a big fan of Vampire Survivors. Halls of Torment is also a good game.

[–] Simoto@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

GBA Emulator and the world of retro games is yours

[–] HaoBianTai@partizle.com 6 points 1 year ago

Dead Cells, Vampire Survivor, Loop Hero, Devil Daggers/Hyper Demon (more m+k games though), FTL, Into the Breach, Shovel Knight, VA11HAllA (or whatever, the cyberpunk bartender one), really any rogue like...

[–] FunkyElectro@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

I've been enjoying Peglin for when I only have 5-10 minutes between work meetings. If you have any fond memories of playing Peggle on XBLA then definitely check it out!

[–] TheKracken@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Factorio. Once you get a hand of it you can work in small chunks here and there, or pour in hours and hours of time.

[–] StringPotatoTheory@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I love Factorio so much. I find it's pretty mindless with a few settings changed, like biters not being aggressive. But nuclear energy always makes my head hurt so I avoid it for as long as I can

[–] XanXic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Spider-Man Remastered and Death Stranding are my top ones. Vampire Survivors is an obvious suggestion though.

But Spider-Man and DS hit super different in handheld. I love jumping on Spider-Man swinging around and stopping crime. It's a perfect mindless game imo once you have nothing left to learn. So I just boot up and chill every now and again.

Death Stranding is super unique to me, I have 50 hours in the starting area alone. If you bum rush the story idk if it'd be chill, but when you're in the open world I don't know of another game that's able to just let you feel like running from point to point is engaging. I really enjoy playing this on the SteamDeck while watching TV or a movie. It's like mindless enough but still can be entertaining. And everynow and again you have a BT event that makes you focus up. But it's fun to just do side missions and they are technically never ending in that as soon as you clear out a batch of deliveries you'll get more. I love it.

I have a PS5 and both games on there and I am so much more likely to put a show/movie I want to watch on the tv and boot up either one of those games.

[–] Yutopianist@fedia.io 5 points 1 year ago

I like playing 2048 if I need to kill time, though I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for.

[–] WinterBear@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I definitely recommend Dave the Diver, easy to pick up and play for 5 minutes or for hours.

[–] themean@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

+1 on dave the diver. This game has a comfortable vibe, and great characters. You can either take things easy by diving only in the shallows or go really deep into the dark depths of the ocean, and then to top it off there's a "sushi cooking" game to cook up what you found. It's a fantastic game, and great for steam deck since one "level" is 10-20 minutes.

[–] OzoneThePirate@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Backpack hero and Peglin are ones I do for any amounts of time!

[–] AllonzeeLV@vlemmy.net 4 points 1 year ago

If you want lazy action, I highly recommend a largely ignored gem. Orcs must die 3.

It's nice looking, satisfying as hell, and you can pay as much or as little attention to it as you want.

[–] DefinitelyNotSully@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Katamari Damacy and it's sequel We Love Katamari have pretty good remasters on Steam. I wholeheartedly recommend those. Chill vibes, good tunes and tons of dopamine from rolling everything up.

[–] httpjames@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago
  • American Truck Simulator
  • Coffee Talk: Lo-fi visual novel with a lot of dialogue
[–] peanuts4life@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Honestly solitaire https://github.com/TobiasBielefeld/Simple-Solitaire

Or frozen bubble's https://github.com/videogameboy76/frozenbubbleandroid

Both of these have been my jam for months now.

Cult of the Lamb can kinda fill this, although you would have to pause mid level. And the base building is more indepth and takes thought.

[–] LlamaSutra@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Snow Runner!

Truck through mud and deliver crazy shit

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And get stuck. So you rescue the first truck. But the second truck ran out of fuel so you grab another...

It's so good

[–] LlamaSutra@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

My current strategy is to tether two trucks together and then pull something so that I’ve got two motors pulling things through the mud 😎

[–] kilgore@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I've been enjoying "Everything" for very mindless playing. It even has an "autoplay" feature - let the controls go and it will continue to play for you while you scroll the Fediverse! Not to mention all the amazing Alan Watts quotes that occasionally pop in.

[–] Dutczar@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Chronicon is good but being an ARPG you'll have sit down from time to time to update your build.

It's basically vampire surivors with long-term progression, except more active. My endgame was binding all skills to one button and bumrushing every area at like 6x speed, addictive enough I grinded for 100%

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

For 5 minutes or an hour

Rocket league

[–] zemonofdrako@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I solve sudokus while commuting to work. It's a great feeling after 100 puzzles when you can solve a hard one you couldn't for a long time.

[–] KooMSlayer69@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Any boomer shooter should do the trick, like all of the doom games, dusk, turbo overkill, ultrakill, etc. Their difficulty is flexible too so you can have a challenge or just a vibe with killing whatever is in front of you. Most of these games have an endless mode that works perfectly for small sessions. There's TF2 if you're in a mood for quick online games.

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