Need games that can be played one-handed

[thePyro_13]

Anything turn based should be fine(pokemon, JRPG, civilisation). Most old style adventure games aren't time dependant, so you could get away with those(psst, get Indiana jones and the fate of atlantis or one of the Monkey Island games).

You can play almost all RTS games with one hand to some degree. Could be fun to play though a campaign on an easier difficulty.

 

[Jaeke]

Dragon Age: Origins can be played with just a mouse. It has point and click capability.

I got Ultimate Edition which has all the DLC (originally $114) for $30 on Steam.

Diablo 3 is the same but I'm sure you've heard the stories with Diablo 3 (I liked it though :\).

 

[Jaeke]

how about you challenge him to test himself
complete super meat boy one handed
he will go down in history im sure

There would be golden statues to him for his impossible feat.

I'd actually pay to see someone pull that off.

 

[ungothicdove]

Just gonna jump on the ol' Civ 5 bandwagon here. Seriously addicting. Or Audiosurf. Or Defense Grid: The Awakening.

 

[Dfskelleton]

Well, if he could find an old Point-and-Click adventure game that he would enjoy, those are controlled pretty much entirely with the mouse. The only problem; they usually implement really stupid puzzles that no one would ever be able to figure out without a walkthrough or random guessing, and a lot of them only appeal to a certain audience. If he likes story more than action, then I would reccomend those. Particularly, Beneath a Steel Sky and Sanitarium. Those are both excellent, intriguing, and don't tend to implement puzzles that are TOO stupid.

 

[GamerAddict7796]

Fallout and Fallout 2

Only use a mouse and are pretty good.

 

[TheKaduflyerSystem]

X-COM?
1, 2 and 3 can all be played with the mouse and can be an enormous time sink.

 

[Quijiboh]

Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 can be done with only a mouse and occasional spacebar presses.

 

[woodaba]

Any of the old infinity engine RPGs. Icewind Dale, Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment. In fact, you could throw other games from that era too, like Fallout or Arcanum.

 

[Stormtyrant]

You could probably manage to play minecraft one handed if you tried hard enough (watch out for creepers though) - you could even turn the difficulty down to peaceful to avoid monsters, but where'd the fun be in that?

 

[fenrizz]

Monkey Island Special Edition Bundle on Steam. [http://store.steampowered.com/sub/6183/]
Cheap and very, very enjoyable.

* Jamestown [http://store.steampowered.com/app/94200/?snr=1_7_suggest__13]
* Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition [http://store.steampowered.com/app/24780/]
* Crayon Physics Deluxe [http://store.steampowered.com/app/26900/]
* Atom Zombie Smasher [http://store.steampowered.com/app/55040/]
* Civilization 3 Complete [http://store.steampowered.com/app/3910/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1]

 

[Deadyawn]

I picked up defense grid: the awakening on sale a little while back (it was in the potato sack) and its pretty good. I mean, sure its a tower defense game but I like it better just because it focuses more on strategic placement than spamming a bunch of towers out quickly.

hmm, what else is in my steam catalogue...

Well, there's frozen synapse which is fricken awesome. It's a turn based strategy game where you control a squad of counterstrike players (not really) but instead of actually taking turns both players line up actions for all their units over the next five seconds which are then performed real time. Very good game.

Spacechem is a fun little pseudochemistry puzzle game. Good learning curve.

And X-COM which is about 17(?) years old and is a downright brutal turn based strategy game where you shoot aliens. It's also really good and has a very dedicated fan base almost all of which are freaking out for one reason or another over the new one being made by firaxis.

 

[namhorFnodroG]

Incase you have a mouse with multiple buttons, you could problaby rebind one to the forward key maybe. Then you'd might be able to play a simple FPS incase you get a bit bored out of Point and click games and strategy games. Otherwise, you could try Frozen Synapse. It's a great game which only requires one hand to play, and by the way, it is on Steam, quite cheap.

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[Phisi]

I thought you wanted games you could jack off too >.>
I would go for a turn based such as Civ, I am currently playing Warlock: Master of the Arcane and I would recommend it as a way to waste many hours making some turns, I am on turn 150 I think and have put in 16hrs. I am pretty sure you could play a tower defense like Defense Grid one handed.

 

[Terramax]

DARK SOULS. He'll have a wail of a time!

Just joking.

Beach Life on pc. Very fun and relaxing game.

 

[paislyabmj]

XCOM comes to mind.No hotkeys as far as I am aware of(they may exist but I don't use them)and its younger brother jagged alliance 2 if you are looking for something turnbased and also a little bit different.

FYI jagged alliance 2 is going on sale on gog in about 2 hour's so you could pick it up then if you don't already have it.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

No mention of any adventure games? Disappointing.

 

[Sirron Kcuch]

Give Katawa Shoujo a try. I heard it's pretty good (and also free)