What games would you guys recommend for a guy near 50, who doesn’t have a gaming pc (my laptop is an i7, 16gb RAM and using onboard graphics) which tend to have an older community? I used to play RPG’s and my least favorite games are those first person war games.

Something that doesn’t require synchronous gaming and doesn’t have a lot of stress would be even nicer.

Thanks for any input!

  • oofinsprouts@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    “Hexcells Infinite” is a great stress-free (and cheap) game. It plays like Minesweeper, but every puzzle is completely solvable with just logic (there is never a need to guess!)

  • JustLookWhoItIs@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Slay the Spire!! It’s all single player but it’s a ton of fun. It’s a single player deck building card battle game. I’ve got nearly 2000 hours in it. Very light weight to run, and that computer can definitely run it.

  • cloudynight88@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Cities Skylines is often the perfect game for me to just zone out and chill, it surely didn’t run on a smooth 60 fps for me on my i7 laptop with no gpu but it performed well enough for me.

    I just like to spend a couple of hours laying new railroads and streets and just expanding my city, be aware though the game can be a timesink if you’re not careful.

  • Nicadimos@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    What do you think of turn based games like XCOM? I’ve found I can enjoy the planning and execution of a plan more when I’m not stressing about actions per minute or micro managing a ton of things.

  • sgtnasty@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You could try StarSector from Fractal Softworks. Its not free but an awesome game for what you may be looking for.

    Starsector (formerly “Starfarer”) is an in-development open-world single-player space-combat, roleplaying, exploration, and economic game. You take the role of a space captain seeking fortune and glory however you choose.