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Does anyone have gender affirming video games suggestions? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't have a lot of time to play game these days. I usually play games like Cities Skylines where it's easy to pause and exit. I basically have 1-4 hours to game a week - depending on the week. But ever since coming out trans, I've wondered if there was a game that casually was affirming. I realize I could play an RPG where you can design your character, but most of those games have you spend 2 hours designing and then you never really look at the character again. Baldur's Gate was a lot of fun, but it's a little too deep to play casually on the side. I strongly prefer a non-NSFW game. I realize a lot of NSFW games exist on Steam that do explore trans concepts (I assume), but I'm looking for a more positive, gentle, affirmation.

But I don't want to knock down too many ideas! What do you play?

Edit: I realize I made it sound like I've excluded all RPGs which I don't want to be the case since - inherently - anything affirming will have some RPG element to it. I just don't think first-person RPGs really work since I spend most of my time looking at my hands and I don't get to see my character.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

yesss Animal Crossing! 🙌

super gender-affirming, I spend so much time on my outfits in that game

and +1 for SDV, Sims, and Terraria - all great recs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I want Animal Crossing but I don't have a switch 😭

I've definitely given Sims and Terraria a few plays. The Sims is fun for designing and house design which I love.

In general, I struggle with the 2D aesthetic since it's usually 8/16bit and I don't "see" myself as the character usually. But I should give it another try.