Mundane but Relaxing Games

[Scorpid]

Surprised no one has said Minecraft. That's like the ultimate relaxing game, put on a podcast or audiobook and grab a diamond pick axe, a bucket of water and you are good to go. My personal favorite is Dan Carlin atm.

 

[TheArcaneThinker]

Feeding Frenzy 2


A game from my childhood which still holds up well today as well as Feeding Frenzy 1 .

Others are
Runner 2 : Future Legend Of Rhythm Alien
World of Goo
Audio surf . If you have relaxing music .
Tradewinds .
Superbrothers : sword and sorcery .
Papers Please .

AND THE ONE AND ALL ---> Progress Quest !

 

[beastro]

Romworld between raids.

CK2 and EUIV for games I can relax to, listen to Let's Plays or tab out and read boards at the same time and pause and do more demanding things when I feel like it.

 

[remnant_phoenix]

I like to relax with LEGO Lord of the Rings.

Running around, solving simple puzzles, and collecting things. It's unchallenging, but not mind-numbingly so. Add the fact that it features musical score and voice acting taken from the Jackson films (which I love), it's just a great opportunity to spend time exploring a child's toy box version of Tolkien's world.

I imagine the same could be true for a lot of older gamers if they found a LEGO game with a setting that they really loved.

 

[Dalisclock]

Euro Truck Simulator 2. It's hard to explain what makes it fun, but it is. It's easier to show that it is mundane and relaxing.

Yahtzee did a lets play of it and apparently loves it. I think he gave much the same reasons.

 

[baddude1337]

I poorly cobbled together Brutal Doom and a Mech mod for Doom. It's a huge stress reliever just annihaltating all opposition while being pretty untouchable:


I have a game on my phone called Dungelot that's pretty fun for just chilling out and playing whilst doing something else. I find a lot of puzzle games or old school adventure games quite chillaxing too.