I am not a regular gamer, but once or twice in the week I am indulging in some after work gaming. Mostly I enjoy games that are either story rich to put different thoughts in my mind or games with a simple, but enjoyable gameplay (not too much micromanagement).
Here are my favorites for an after work gaming spree:
- Football Manager (mainly 2008 and 2014 edition)
- Citizen Sleeper
- Suzerain
- Disco Elysium
- The Long Dark
- Dave the Diver
- Hotline Miami
- System Shock 2
- The Long Drive
What about you, what do you play after work (even occasionally) to get your mind off or do you have any suggestions in general?
Wow… did not expect that many responses! I have strolled through all of them. There are a lot of really nice suggestions of games. I have bookmarked some of them.
Love the Lemmy energy, except those 1-2 hardcore ‘redditiers’ commenting here in their usual way : ).
Thx to all of you!
Right now I’m hard addicted to Remnant 2. Been playing it pretty much every day after work this week. Phenomenal game.
Same, been having a blast with engineer so far
For me, it feels great to do a few laps in a racing sim like Assetto Corsa Competizione after a long day. Even something more arcade-y like Forza feels good to me.
If I don’t feel like like driving at the end of my day though I’d probably hop on Monster Hunter or a story-based single player game.
Against The Storm, still in early access but very regular updates and fantastic team behind it.
Very fresh feeling take on rts/micromanagment game. Feels very unique in its game play loop.
It’s really whatever is new or whatever game I’m interested in for the month. The only staples I cine back to would be battlefield and FFXIV. Although the latest iteration of BF wasn’t that good
Always was, always will be, Sid Meyer and his Civillisations.
I don’t have any specific games to play after work. I just play whatever I’m enjoying most. Currently, that game is baldurs gate 3. I haven’t played anything else since Thursday. Before that, it was Spiritfall. It’s a roguelite with brawlhalla/smashbros type combat fused with hades’ blessings power ups. It’s still in early access but it’s pretty polished, and a lot of fun. I was also playing risk of rain 2 from time to time but boy does it take a while to get good at that game…
Between Xbox and steam deck:
Recently I finished it takes two with my daughter, looking for new couch coops to play with her. For my own gaming time, getting bored of Diablo IV, Dave the diver was fun for a while but I’m ready for something else, maybe will get back into valheim.
DYO is a great free couch coop puzzle game on steam.
If you can play in seperate rooms, the We Were Here series is outstanding. As well as Escape Academy, which is much more child friendly.
Side scroller wise on the same machine. Ibb and Obb or Unravel 1 and 2 are fantastic couch coop games.
Yes, I love coop games. Just wish there were more. Feel I’ve.played them all already.
Awesome, thanks for the suggestions! Unravel (2) was one of the first games we played together, it was the the perfect game to introduce her to because asymmetrical skill doesn’t hurt the game at all, actually it even helps.
I agree with you on the limited local co-op games out there. I feel like I’ve played them all. Online co-op will be an option when I fix my PC, but the couch experience is hard to beat.
