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?
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Usually play some Doom 1 or 2, a level or an episode, or Minecraft if I have more time, but I’m in a boring replay/comfort phase because work is kicking my ass atm
Lately ive been bouncing between my usual dailies on final fantasy 14 or a few round of battlebit remastered. Battle bit has been really great at capturing that battlefield feel
Right now its stardew valley and mini motorways. Just chill games you can jump into at any time
+1 for mini motorways. it’s such a good casual game you can pick up and pause whenever and a big improvement over mini metro in terms of options and strategy. I’ve been looking for a certain type of city builder game that scratched an itch I couldn’t quite place and this is doing it for me lately.
I’d recommend Pocket City 2 for mobile. Probably the best casual city sim game I’ve ever played. It’s like $5 maybe less and has no monetization stuff after that.
And the game has like the ability to walk around, drive cars and do activities as your avatar inside the city. It’s new so the dev is still adding stuff. But it’s wild to spend an hour setting up a nice district than race through it with an F1 car for money later.
10/10
Super Mario 64 romhacks, but who am I kidding, I never stop working.
Get a break from working, my dude!
I play God of War 2018 to chill out, the scenery is great and you can just vibe around.
Cannot find an artefact or realm tear in Midgard at the moment so the wandering is actually putting me off but I would highly recommend this game for a chill out session.
I haven’t played the new one, maybe some day.
If you like the fighting part I think that’s what Muspelheim is there for, just arcade-like monster killing.
Yeah that was fun, could not pass one of the trials and then I nailed it straight through to getting my ass kicked by the Valkyrie.
Generally things that are easy to pick up and get going again. If I have to try and find a notebook to get back on track I’ll leave it for when I have proper time off. Often I put it down to pick it back up months down the line. Games such as the below are usually on my rotation.
Guild Wars 2
Some ARPG: Grim Dawn, Last Epoch, Diablo
PvE multplayer loot shooter: Deep Rock Galactic, Warframe
I think doing something twice a week makes you a regular anything. Either way, my current games after work are Warframe and The Outer Wilds. Loving both.
I loved Outer Wilds! Very great game!
Just picked it up, excited to try the VR mod!
Zen Koi on mobile https://zenkoigame.com/
It’s chill mindlessness with soothing audio. Excellent for zoning out after a hard day. Calms the soul.
When I saw articles about Team Fortress 2 breaking concurrent player counts, I jumped back into that. I still suck, bad. But I have played it several nights after work just to have some mindless gameplay.
Hotline Miami
Ahh so I see you enjoy some “brainless” (I mean some parts can be brainless, especially if you know the stage pretty well) slaughter after work.
For running around and shooting things - Boltgun.
For running around and stabbing things - Diablo IV
Fro driving around and shooting things - World of Tanks
Diablo 4 and Zelda ToTK
Still playing Diablo 4 pretty much whenever I have downtime for gaming.
Dota.
Love some “turn your brain off” kinda games. BOTW AND TOTK (altho that one is a bit more involved) are perfect for this. Also love an after work session of some Warriors (not nba) game.
