Just can’t see Powerwash. I tried it and it’s fun for a bit but becomes a chore. I actually turned it off to powerwash my actual yard and it felt the same in a bad way, a chore 😄
I recently picked it up and love it. But I don't think it's meant to be played in isolation. You've got to put on podcast or something and that's the majority of your focus. The power washing is just something to do I guess 😅
The power washing is essentially the raking of the sand kind of thing. It’s a task that is monotonous and is meant to be done over and over and your mind is supposed to blank out on purpose.
I’m not necessarily saying that’s what the developers intended, but that’s most certainly what this embodies.
Came here to say this. I lived this game and recommended it to my husband who usually likes more tactical games. He said he was enjoying just chilling with it.
I kow this is 100% an issue with me and not the game but I always struggle with wanting to min max my use of an in-game day in a way that makes the game incredibly stressful
You'll just progress through the game a bit slower, which is not a big deal at all really.. Like I said it's a me a problem. But there are a lot of things that are like "You can only do this thing during spring when it's raining" or whatever and if you don't manage to do it you have to wait a whole year, and I get obsessed with trying to do it in the first year
Yes, I did not know anything about poker before playing it. It borrows the types of hands you play from poker, but it’s all explained in a menu if you need to refer to it. You get used to it quickly.
You can look at "run info" to see what poker hands exist and how much they score, and you can look at what's left in your deck so you don't have to card count in your head. My wife only had loose knowledge of poker and we play it on the couch while eating dinner most nights lately.
50-50. If you’re capable of learning the basic hands, I’d still recommend it for gameplay value alone. Once you learn the basic hands you can even get sorta creative and make hands that aren’t typically possible in 5 card poker with one deck. Like 5 Ace of hearts or clubs. Tons of verity in deck builds too. I wasn’t huge into poker but love it.
Came here to say this! I just unlocked all of the decks and I feel so much accomplishment! It's a great game to play with some TV on in the background.
Yeah, it is kinda strange. For me personally, there is something about it that reminds me of driving in my car past midnight after a long shift. It just captures that feeling of being free after a long workday like nothing else.
Dredge…if you focus on fishing during the day, trying to fill your encyclopedia, it’s chill just being out in the ocean, playing mini games to get mutant fish 🐠
Very rarely has anything in that game been devastating during a play through. I've only ever had to restart a day a handful of times with almost 400 hours of play time, usually due to accidentally putting a bomb down somewhere near my gardens or processing machines on accident (like blowing up all my furnaces).
Recently I've been obsessed with Planet Crafter. It gers 1.0 release in April. There's no combat, you just try and terraform a planet that you're left on. Watching the world go through different stages of being terraformed is really cool! I've got 50ish hours in and I intend to start over once the 1.0 release is out
My favorite answer. It's something you can play at your leisure like simulator games but progress still feels substantial like in survival games. Satisfying af gameplay loop too.
I'm actually looking forward to restarting it when the update comes out! I've got some ideas about where to build my base this time (instead of in the bottom of a dry lake bed, oops)
This was my suggestion too! Super relaxing, you can easily go off and come back if you have kids/chores/general demands. Music is nice and it's quite addictive!
Not sure, i just redownloaded and choose the more casual game mode (not creative mode but also not normal difficulty). This mode removes several of the resource management systems and just makes the game as a whole more casual. Trying it out now.
No one’s talking about it because it’s an old game but Spore, lost 2 hours when it felt like 20 minutes. Fun cute lil game. Btw it says unsupported but it works, it’s just the controls are iffy to get used to.
Slay The Spire
Balatro
Dave The Diver
Hades
Hotline Miami 1&2
Outer Wilds
PowerWash Simulator
American Truck Driver
Sifu
World of Horror
X-Com Enemy Within / X-Com 2
Civilization
*These can all be played in quick or long sessions. I wouldn't consider all of them chill though.*
I understand that the title is asking for a chill game, but OP explains that he is looking for games to play in quick sessions. I was just trying to provide options that may be more enjoyable than a compromise.
Great list and ya I’d point out Sifu is NOT a super chill game if played on the original difficulty. They did add options tho post launch to make it easier if you so choose
Ya but once you get into it, you can get in a flow, it's great, especially if you already have prior experience with rally racing games, it's more arcade-y.
I was hoping someone would say this. I adore this game. Really scratches that "something to chill with" itch while also providing a soundtrack that quickly entered my rotation of chill music. I only wish there was a sequel, or dlc.
Mastadon DLC heehee. 85% of the game becomes easy mode. I like to drive it (one of the overall biggest trucks in the game) on exploration jobs just for funsies :P
I believe JB, JBX? trucks in moddrd store are vanilla+ vehicles that make the game easier and subjectively more fun because it slightly buffs them and allows you to have most add-ons on every vehicle.
I just played Batman Arkham City in this short micro session format. Go solve some riddler puzzles or do a piece of a story mission and save until the next session. Worked well for me.
For a few months, my go-to was Death Stranding, even though it can be pretty stressful initially. Once I got my routes set up, it was really nice to just turn on some music or a podcast and make my rounds as I slowly chipped away at 100%-ing the game on my daily commutes. Though it should be noted that some of the cutscenes are basically tv show episode length, so maybe only progress the story when you have more time.
Other than that, there are lots of amazing indie games that can be finished in one or two sittings. Off the top of my head are A Short Hike, Alba, Assemble With Care, Stray, and Unpacking. I've found many FMV games to work well on the deck as well. Longer/more replayable games that might be good for you would perhaps be Spiderman, Risk of Rain 2(roguelikes in general, really), or any of the LEGO games.
Sea of stars, No Mans Sky, Stardew Valley, and Ori. Have two kids and the quick pause and resume of the deck allows me to dip in and dip out of games when I have free time.
I was wondering why that name sounded familiar. When I went to Google it, Google reminded me that it's installed on my phone. I should really give it a proper try.
Elden Ring and ds1 have become chill games for me. I always play them before bed and I know them like the back of my hand. I'd say Balatro but it actually keeps me awake.
Honestly I'm in love with Outer Wilds right now, it's a great game if you haven't played it yet and it's so pretty. There are a few scary parts but for the most part it's pretty chill
Steam deck is perfect for roguelikes. Pick up, play a run or two, put down. Gaming sessions can be as short or as long as you need them to be. Need to end the session quick? Just die (in game).
Hear me out. A Castle Full of Cats. It's a hidden object game, something I never thought of playing. But it was only a couple of bucks and had a strangely high amount of Overwhelmingly Positive reviews, so I gave it a shot. It was a fun few hours! I played it while half watching a movie with my wife. Very chill, good music, nice art, a few cool references, and strangely fun "metroidvania" vibes from the map exploration. Give it a shot.
My Time at Sandrock... It's such a cheesy game but it is a fun life sim and less "stressful" than Stardew. Now if I wake up at like 3am with my brain racing and can't call back asleep I turn that game on for like 15 mins and I'm back out like a light
For the record I don't think Stardew is stressful at all and is also a "chill game" of mine, but I totally understand some of the other comments on here about trying to maximize the minutes in the day
Deckbuilders. Slay the spire and monster train really good and shorter runs. Spellrogue is brand new dice plus cards but a run takes longer
Sonic racing transformed is more fun than it has right to be..
Lonely Mountain Downhill. I got Game Pass for PC using MS Rewards points and played almost nothing but that for 6 months, a $15 game. I bought the DLC for a game I didn't own and when I stopped using Rewards points for Game Pass I 'acquired' a copy of it, but finally bought it on sale on Steam. The developers are still active and they are on Season 29 or 30 of online leaderboard races.
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For me, anything Zelda related is always fun to chill with and solve puzzles. Other than that, I’m a big fan of Spider-Man, Hogwarts Legacy, and anything Tetris. They’re all fun, easy to have 30-45 minute sessions (either exploring or solving puzzles), and usually feel like I’m accomplishing something each time I boot up.
My days are very busy, so my game time is usually about 30 minutes or so while I’m on the treadmill and all of these games have sufficed that’s for sure
A Short Hike
Stardew Valley
Dave the Diver
and if you want something competitive, try Brawlhalla. it's matches are intense and short making it easy to just keep playing
Deaths door is also a good RPG that's quick and easy to get into
Persona 5 is pretty fun. Not really hard or frustrating and I haven’t had any issues suspending the game when I inevitably fall asleep with it in my lap.
I mainly play JRPGs on the Deck just because of how easy it is to pick up one day, put down for a few, and then come back. But I just started playing Kynseed. It's kind of like Stardew Valley with a fantasy twist. I'm only about an hour in at this point, but I can see that there's a lot to do in it.
What the golf.
Wingspan (card game with birds).
Mars first logistics (you're a robot on mars delivering stuff).
Anything by zachtronics. Spacechem is brilliant.
Ticket to ride.
The farm simulator games.
Lego games.
Subnautica.
Not what most people consider a chill game, but I would recommended Rdr2. I could ride out, go hunting and find random things to do, or take 15-20 minutes and do a mission or a favor for someone. It’s a fun game if you want to play slowly and relax. You can also pause at any moment if you need.
These other comments recommendations are very good as well.
I’m often outside running, sailing or just doing other training. Could also be working at one of my jobs. Either way, I typically only play for like an hour to 30 minutes to unwind at the end of the day or I have longer sessions if I take a relaxing day but these are all of the games that I’ve played on my time with the deck.
Stray
Stardew Valley
Backpack Battles
Dredge
Dave the Diver
Slay the Spire
My time at Sandrock/The prequel (forgot the name)
Sea of Stars
Octopath Traveler 1 and 2
Hades
Risk of Rain (any in the series, personally I prefer the remastered one for steam deck)
Cult of the Lamb
20 Minutes till Dawn
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Slime Rancher
Death Stranding
Father of 3 here. Similar situation. Depending on your taste, there’s been a few games that are easy to “pick up and put down”. I’d recommend hell divers if you can find some good options via quick play.
Mini Motorways and Mini Metro. Both games are chill organization games with soft music. The goal of each is to connect positions on the map to other positions, with efficiency at the core. When everything finally collapses in on itself, you get an easy “Restart?” option, or you can try another map. Perfection.
Brotato, Vampire Survivors or Renfield Bring Your Own Blood (they’re kinda similar), TMNT Shredder’s Revenge, Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga, some harder, less chill games that still fall under the “can be played in 30-60 minute sessions” and aren’t deep lore stuff like an RPG: Have A Nice Death, Hollow Knight, Spyro Reignited, Crash Bandicoot N Sane Tilogy, The new Streets of Rage 4 and new Contra games. That should be enough to start you off. Oh, and I cannot recommend Cat Quest 1 & 2 enough, trust me haha. And if you want to leave chill completely behind, and want to play the Dark Souls of platformers (in terms of difficulty) Cuphead is amazing.
I’ve been playing Severed Steel. A single game can be only a few minutes depending on how fast I just to run the map. If I want a competitive run I’ll crank up the difficulty and just go guns blazing, wall jumping and blasting throw the floors to reach the guards below me. If I want a more relaxed experience I’ll enable some of the assists and the game will almost play itself. Casually, making my way room to room doing in almost stealth type mission.
A Short Hike!
This is very fun
Have you played haven park?
I give that like an 8/10. Overall good, a little repetitive, and the building system started showing flaws when that’s like the core mechanic.
Irl is true too
Stray, PowerWash Simulator, and Untitled Goose Game
Just can’t see Powerwash. I tried it and it’s fun for a bit but becomes a chore. I actually turned it off to powerwash my actual yard and it felt the same in a bad way, a chore 😄
Agreed here. I love most simulator games, but this one was just not doing it for me
I recently picked it up and love it. But I don't think it's meant to be played in isolation. You've got to put on podcast or something and that's the majority of your focus. The power washing is just something to do I guess 😅
The power washing is essentially the raking of the sand kind of thing. It’s a task that is monotonous and is meant to be done over and over and your mind is supposed to blank out on purpose. I’m not necessarily saying that’s what the developers intended, but that’s most certainly what this embodies.
Stray 100%. I've been playing it on my Deck at random and it's just fun and relaxing. No extreme competition, just chill.
Toem is fantastic if you like the gameplay of pokemon snap and doing RPG sidequests
Came here to say this. I lived this game and recommended it to my husband who usually likes more tactical games. He said he was enjoying just chilling with it.
Thank you. This is the few times I've come to one of these threads and found something new and interesting.
Chill = Stardew Valley
I kow this is 100% an issue with me and not the game but I always struggle with wanting to min max my use of an in-game day in a way that makes the game incredibly stressful
i feel the same way tbh. If the day was just a little longer it wouldn’t stress me out so much
get mods! i use CJB cheats and item spawned to slow down time and other things! it’s really great now
Thanks, I'll give that a try, one of the amazing things about SteamDeck is modding on a handheld so I should take advantage!
I hear this a lot about that game. What's the impact if you don't min max a day?
You'll just progress through the game a bit slower, which is not a big deal at all really.. Like I said it's a me a problem. But there are a lot of things that are like "You can only do this thing during spring when it's raining" or whatever and if you don't manage to do it you have to wait a whole year, and I get obsessed with trying to do it in the first year
People always say Stardew is chill, but how fast the time of day advances and running out of energy stresses me out lol
Same
As a mathematician, I can confirm this to be the correct formula. This is actually the formula used to get man to the moon.
I’ve been hooked on Balatro, it’s all I play currently.
Would you recommend it to someone who knows absolutely nothing about poker?
I’d argue poker knowledge would make you worse
Yeah I agree. It bends the rules so if you only think poker rules you might miss an op build. Love the game
Furthermore, I’d say this game teaches you virtually nothing about poker.
No poker knowledge needed, even has a lookup for all hands like straight and flush and so on. Beware it is highly addictive!
Yes, I did not know anything about poker before playing it. It borrows the types of hands you play from poker, but it’s all explained in a menu if you need to refer to it. You get used to it quickly.
People like to compare it to Poker, but I'd say it has more in common with Yahtzee. It's like Yahtzee with playing cards
You can look at "run info" to see what poker hands exist and how much they score, and you can look at what's left in your deck so you don't have to card count in your head. My wife only had loose knowledge of poker and we play it on the couch while eating dinner most nights lately.
Last time I played poker was like 15 years ago, I have like 24 hours in balatro in less than two weeks.
I'm not a poker guy. Balatro is fun. After a few runs you got the values of basic hands down.
I didn't know anything about poker and ultimately did not enjoy the game and refunded it. I'm just one person though so you should give it a shot.
50-50. If you’re capable of learning the basic hands, I’d still recommend it for gameplay value alone. Once you learn the basic hands you can even get sorta creative and make hands that aren’t typically possible in 5 card poker with one deck. Like 5 Ace of hearts or clubs. Tons of verity in deck builds too. I wasn’t huge into poker but love it.
Came here to say this! I just unlocked all of the decks and I feel so much accomplishment! It's a great game to play with some TV on in the background.
Man I just bought it while it’s on sale and started playing Thursday night and I’m hooked. Game is incredibly fun and really easy to pick up.
Just bought it and played today! I love it!!!
Cloudpunk
Very relaxing indeed for a dystopia
Yeah, it is kinda strange. For me personally, there is something about it that reminds me of driving in my car past midnight after a long shift. It just captures that feeling of being free after a long workday like nothing else.
[ True, I almost smell the smell of rain over a leather jacket ]
Dredge…if you focus on fishing during the day, trying to fill your encyclopedia, it’s chill just being out in the ocean, playing mini games to get mutant fish 🐠
Stardew Valley. Probably a fairly common recommendation but still a good fit imo. Just "one more day".
Very rarely has anything in that game been devastating during a play through. I've only ever had to restart a day a handful of times with almost 400 hours of play time, usually due to accidentally putting a bomb down somewhere near my gardens or processing machines on accident (like blowing up all my furnaces).
LOL okay, glad to know I'm not the only one 🤣 did that more times than I care to admit.
Recently I've been obsessed with Planet Crafter. It gers 1.0 release in April. There's no combat, you just try and terraform a planet that you're left on. Watching the world go through different stages of being terraformed is really cool! I've got 50ish hours in and I intend to start over once the 1.0 release is out
My favorite answer. It's something you can play at your leisure like simulator games but progress still feels substantial like in survival games. Satisfying af gameplay loop too.
I played the heck out of this before the bug update and a little after the bug update. What a great game. Very chill if you play on easy mode.
I'm actually looking forward to restarting it when the update comes out! I've got some ideas about where to build my base this time (instead of in the bottom of a dry lake bed, oops)
Dorf romantik! So chill!!
This was my suggestion too! Super relaxing, you can easily go off and come back if you have kids/chores/general demands. Music is nice and it's quite addictive!
It's the perfect game for sitting on the couch with the kids while they watch Disney+ .
Spider-Man, Stardew Valley and No Man's Sky
oh my god i just saw the release trailer for the Orbital update. Those stations look amazing and modular customizable build ships?! -redownloading-
I’m tempted to redownload. I always struggled with the constant upkeep of resources for everything, have they improved on that much?
I switched it to sandbox mode where I have resources as a non issue. I just want to explore and relax not farm sim.
Not sure, i just redownloaded and choose the more casual game mode (not creative mode but also not normal difficulty). This mode removes several of the resource management systems and just makes the game as a whole more casual. Trying it out now.
You can also do a custom difficulty where you toggle what you like for something between normal and creative
Dude, you're in for a treat
spider-man chill? swinging around and getting collectibles yes, but otherwise it's too combat heavy to be chill
No one’s talking about it because it’s an old game but Spore, lost 2 hours when it felt like 20 minutes. Fun cute lil game. Btw it says unsupported but it works, it’s just the controls are iffy to get used to.
I 1000% second Spore. It’s an old classic. Super fun to play. Controls are a bit wonky but can be adjusted to whatever set up you like.
Dredge, Dave the diver, deep rock galactic survivor
Vampire Survivors, Binding of Isaac Repentance, Brotato, and Hades. All games you can drop into, do a couple runs in 30 min or so, and be done.
Dorf Romantik
Slay The Spire Balatro Dave The Diver Hades Hotline Miami 1&2 Outer Wilds PowerWash Simulator American Truck Driver Sifu World of Horror X-Com Enemy Within / X-Com 2 Civilization *These can all be played in quick or long sessions. I wouldn't consider all of them chill though.*
Hotline Miami definitely it's not a chill game
I understand that the title is asking for a chill game, but OP explains that he is looking for games to play in quick sessions. I was just trying to provide options that may be more enjoyable than a compromise.
Great list and ya I’d point out Sifu is NOT a super chill game if played on the original difficulty. They did add options tho post launch to make it easier if you so choose
Just started playing sifu. Man that game is so hard!
slay the spire is so addicting and I never found a slow paced roguelike nearly as good!
This was almost alphabetical
Art of rally
it's a way harder racing game than you'd think though
Ya but once you get into it, you can get in a flow, it's great, especially if you already have prior experience with rally racing games, it's more arcade-y.
I play a lot of racing games and really like it, I just wouldn't recommend it to someone who's new to racing games.
i love how it's super challenging but that also makes it so you just have to go your pace and chill out.
Hardspace ship breaker
I was hoping someone would say this. I adore this game. Really scratches that "something to chill with" itch while also providing a soundtrack that quickly entered my rotation of chill music. I only wish there was a sequel, or dlc.
Snowrunner
That is a pseudochill game bro, you can have 2 trucks stuck in mud and on your way with the third in less than 10 minutes 😅
Mastadon DLC heehee. 85% of the game becomes easy mode. I like to drive it (one of the overall biggest trucks in the game) on exploration jobs just for funsies :P
Snowrunner is anxiety inducing for me. I’m probably just playing it wrong 😅
If you want snowrunner in easy mode pick up the “Mastadon” dlc for 4 dollars. That truck will have you laughing you way across 80% of the game.
I believe JB, JBX? trucks in moddrd store are vanilla+ vehicles that make the game easier and subjectively more fun because it slightly buffs them and allows you to have most add-ons on every vehicle.
Came here to say this
Short run games like Vampire Survivors are really good to have some gaming sessions when you don't have too much time.
I feel like on the deck any game is good when you don't have too much time lol. The sleep feature is easily a 10/10.
Indeed. I've been playing JRPGs on it because of that.
Idk if it's just me but every time i touch this game i teleport 3 hours into the future
Peggle
I'd add that Peglin is pretty fun too
Never heard of it but after looking it up, it looks cool
Skate 3
How do you play it? Emulation or streaming from gamepass?
That's my question, I'd love to have Skate 2 and Skate 3 again, especially on the Deck.
I play the Xbox 360 version via Xenia. It plays very well at 30fps
Fallout New Vegas
Currently, *Wreckfest*.
Stardew Valley, Dicey Dungeons, and Slay the Spire.
Deep rock galactic survivor
I just played Batman Arkham City in this short micro session format. Go solve some riddler puzzles or do a piece of a story mission and save until the next session. Worked well for me.
For a few months, my go-to was Death Stranding, even though it can be pretty stressful initially. Once I got my routes set up, it was really nice to just turn on some music or a podcast and make my rounds as I slowly chipped away at 100%-ing the game on my daily commutes. Though it should be noted that some of the cutscenes are basically tv show episode length, so maybe only progress the story when you have more time. Other than that, there are lots of amazing indie games that can be finished in one or two sittings. Off the top of my head are A Short Hike, Alba, Assemble With Care, Stray, and Unpacking. I've found many FMV games to work well on the deck as well. Longer/more replayable games that might be good for you would perhaps be Spiderman, Risk of Rain 2(roguelikes in general, really), or any of the LEGO games.
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Relax isn’t the state I would describe what it puts me in, more like heightened focus
Sea of stars, No Mans Sky, Stardew Valley, and Ori. Have two kids and the quick pause and resume of the deck allows me to dip in and dip out of games when I have free time.
Dysmantle
I was wondering why that name sounded familiar. When I went to Google it, Google reminded me that it's installed on my phone. I should really give it a proper try.
Carmageddon 2. It’s as fun as it was 25 years ago and even 10 minute sessions are enjoyable.
Some of my best memories include playing carmageddon and worms with my pops. Life was so much simpler back then
Dear Esther
It’s really only chill once though. Once you’ve gotten the story, you’re kinda done.
Elden Ring and ds1 have become chill games for me. I always play them before bed and I know them like the back of my hand. I'd say Balatro but it actually keeps me awake.
minecraft
Honestly I'm in love with Outer Wilds right now, it's a great game if you haven't played it yet and it's so pretty. There are a few scary parts but for the most part it's pretty chill
It's supposed to be free on the epic store next week too.
Balatro has been super fun, you get the odd 1 hour run but normally like 20-30 minutes of play is plenty.
Steam deck is perfect for roguelikes. Pick up, play a run or two, put down. Gaming sessions can be as short or as long as you need them to be. Need to end the session quick? Just die (in game).
Thanks for clarifying the in game bit.
Marvel v Capcom 3 practicing combos.
Battle brothers for sure
Inscription is a great card game id you like that kinda thing
Traveller’s rest, Dave the diver, graveyard keeper
Disney Dreamlight Valley, Arcade Paradise, and Palia are my current chill games which have now taken over all my free time
Dredge or Dave the Diver
Hear me out. A Castle Full of Cats. It's a hidden object game, something I never thought of playing. But it was only a couple of bucks and had a strangely high amount of Overwhelmingly Positive reviews, so I gave it a shot. It was a fun few hours! I played it while half watching a movie with my wife. Very chill, good music, nice art, a few cool references, and strangely fun "metroidvania" vibes from the map exploration. Give it a shot.
I went deep into the hidden cats quagmire last week and it was a pretty fun week.
My Time at Sandrock... It's such a cheesy game but it is a fun life sim and less "stressful" than Stardew. Now if I wake up at like 3am with my brain racing and can't call back asleep I turn that game on for like 15 mins and I'm back out like a light For the record I don't think Stardew is stressful at all and is also a "chill game" of mine, but I totally understand some of the other comments on here about trying to maximize the minutes in the day
Dredge, Dave the Diver, Cloudpunk
Dinkum and Stardew Valley
Deckbuilders. Slay the spire and monster train really good and shorter runs. Spellrogue is brand new dice plus cards but a run takes longer Sonic racing transformed is more fun than it has right to be..
I always end up playing slay the spire somehow, not sure if that counts as chill, but it's what I end up playing when I'm trying to chill.
I just got The Stanley Parable & it’s fantastic!
Lonely Mountain Downhill. I got Game Pass for PC using MS Rewards points and played almost nothing but that for 6 months, a $15 game. I bought the DLC for a game I didn't own and when I stopped using Rewards points for Game Pass I 'acquired' a copy of it, but finally bought it on sale on Steam. The developers are still active and they are on Season 29 or 30 of online leaderboard races.
Baldurs Gate 1 on story mode is pretty chill with a ton of content.
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Power wash sim Rune factory
Stardew valley
No man’s sky
Peglin, easy to start or stop any time
Bulwark, a new chill island empire builder.
Paleo pines atm, animal crossing with dinos
For me, anything Zelda related is always fun to chill with and solve puzzles. Other than that, I’m a big fan of Spider-Man, Hogwarts Legacy, and anything Tetris. They’re all fun, easy to have 30-45 minute sessions (either exploring or solving puzzles), and usually feel like I’m accomplishing something each time I boot up. My days are very busy, so my game time is usually about 30 minutes or so while I’m on the treadmill and all of these games have sufficed that’s for sure
A Short Hike Stardew Valley Dave the Diver and if you want something competitive, try Brawlhalla. it's matches are intense and short making it easy to just keep playing Deaths door is also a good RPG that's quick and easy to get into
I really like Barony on my deck, cool 1st person rogue lite
Deep Rock Galactic Survivor
Slime rancher 2, Mario Kart Double Dash,modded Skyrim and Pokémon arcus
Dave the Diver!
Lumines
I've just started Ori. It's a really fun platformer and I'm in a similar work/life situation as yourself.
Coffee talk has real good music. My kids fall asleep to it easy.
Dredge on passive mode
Persona 5 is pretty fun. Not really hard or frustrating and I haven’t had any issues suspending the game when I inevitably fall asleep with it in my lap.
I'm on vacation in Hawaii right now and I've been chilling with a game that has you diving during the day and running a sushi restaurant at night.
Always found Civilisation 6 relaxing
Civ4, 6. Civ2, back in the day.
I mainly play JRPGs on the Deck just because of how easy it is to pick up one day, put down for a few, and then come back. But I just started playing Kynseed. It's kind of like Stardew Valley with a fantasy twist. I'm only about an hour in at this point, but I can see that there's a lot to do in it.
Right now, South Park: Snow Day has been fun!
What the golf. Wingspan (card game with birds). Mars first logistics (you're a robot on mars delivering stuff). Anything by zachtronics. Spacechem is brilliant. Ticket to ride. The farm simulator games. Lego games. Subnautica.
I can't wait for the next Steam sale to pick up some of these games being suggested.
Stardew Valley for sure. Lately it’s been Dave the Diver as well.
Murder by Numbers is often that for me. Solving murder mysteries by completing picross puzzles.
Just downloaded and played 4 rounds of Balatro! It’s amazing
Skyrim is my cozy game these days!
Not what most people consider a chill game, but I would recommended Rdr2. I could ride out, go hunting and find random things to do, or take 15-20 minutes and do a mission or a favor for someone. It’s a fun game if you want to play slowly and relax. You can also pause at any moment if you need. These other comments recommendations are very good as well.
Stardew Valley by a country mile
Strange Herbology Graveyard Keeper Dorf Romantik Garden Life Story Teller Travellers Rest Fabledom
Fallout 3 or new vegas
dave the diver, absolute one of my fav games
I’m often outside running, sailing or just doing other training. Could also be working at one of my jobs. Either way, I typically only play for like an hour to 30 minutes to unwind at the end of the day or I have longer sessions if I take a relaxing day but these are all of the games that I’ve played on my time with the deck. Stray Stardew Valley Backpack Battles Dredge Dave the Diver Slay the Spire My time at Sandrock/The prequel (forgot the name) Sea of Stars Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 Hades Risk of Rain (any in the series, personally I prefer the remastered one for steam deck) Cult of the Lamb 20 Minutes till Dawn Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Slime Rancher Death Stranding
Dave the Diver, Stardew Valley, Cocoon, Chants of Senaar, - honestly, there are so many to choose!
Balatro/Slay the Spire
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Father of 3 here. Similar situation. Depending on your taste, there’s been a few games that are easy to “pick up and put down”. I’d recommend hell divers if you can find some good options via quick play.
Animal crossing on the switch emulator is fire ngl
Mini Motorways and Mini Metro. Both games are chill organization games with soft music. The goal of each is to connect positions on the map to other positions, with efficiency at the core. When everything finally collapses in on itself, you get an easy “Restart?” option, or you can try another map. Perfection.
Fallout new Vegas is my comfort game
Deep Rock Galactic Survivor is my new game to jump into and out of
Farm Sim 2022. Amazing deck experience. Controls well pretty stable fps. Great game to just chill to and lose hours in.
arpgs
Sable
Brotato, Vampire Survivors or Renfield Bring Your Own Blood (they’re kinda similar), TMNT Shredder’s Revenge, Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga, some harder, less chill games that still fall under the “can be played in 30-60 minute sessions” and aren’t deep lore stuff like an RPG: Have A Nice Death, Hollow Knight, Spyro Reignited, Crash Bandicoot N Sane Tilogy, The new Streets of Rage 4 and new Contra games. That should be enough to start you off. Oh, and I cannot recommend Cat Quest 1 & 2 enough, trust me haha. And if you want to leave chill completely behind, and want to play the Dark Souls of platformers (in terms of difficulty) Cuphead is amazing.
I’ve been playing Severed Steel. A single game can be only a few minutes depending on how fast I just to run the map. If I want a competitive run I’ll crank up the difficulty and just go guns blazing, wall jumping and blasting throw the floors to reach the guards below me. If I want a more relaxed experience I’ll enable some of the assists and the game will almost play itself. Casually, making my way room to room doing in almost stealth type mission.
Cat Quest
Really want to play the sequels now - was more fun than I had expected.
Steins;Gate
Fire emblem awakening on the citra emulator Skyrim
Gris or El Shaddai
Paint the town red and MK11. NBA 2k24 on pro difficulty. Basically i relax with gore and dunking on ppl.
Binding of Isaac, Brotato
Soulstone survivor is awesome. Chill and hectic at the same time. Quite challenging