Gaming

Sims 4 is my comfort game for sure

It's a browser game, not a video game per se, but Flight Rising. I play it when I need to do something with my hands or distract myself.

Tetris 99... somehow

I have had a rough week, so I bought poly bridge 3. In 2 days I have over 6 hours, which for me is a lot!
There is something about this chill guitar music in the background that just keeps me going, trying to build the most efficient bridge.

For me my comfort games are either Satisfactory or Forgotten Hope 2 (WW2 mod for Battlefield 2 which is still maintained)

For Me, Minecraft and Diablo

Minecraft - creative mode is like so therapeutic, you just create and create and create, then also the adventure mode is so fun because you can just roam and roam and be surprised at what you find. there is no goal really aside from staying alive, so there is no stress whatsoever (if you disregard the endgame goal).

Diablo, - like Minecraft adventure mode. If you skip the campaign, there is literally no goal, you can just roam and roam and smash enemies, and you can even lower the difficulty so you can smash those enemies HARD!, It's just so satisfying, and then you get surprise loot as a side benefit.

Warframe is a nice one, at least once you're past the initial learning curve. I'm at the point where I can just zone out and play casually, no need to farm much of anything. There's so much content, so many weapons and frames to unlock, that once you're in the endgame you can really just jump around and passively collect stuff. Plus making your character look cool is something I enjoy doing in games, I can just spend an hour messing with loadouts like that.

Old arcade are always fun too. And Kirby's Pinball Land on my GBC. There's definitely a charm to a lot of them, lots of unique choices being made before things got a little more standardized within each genre.

Lately it's been Session: Skate Sim, with "hardcore" difficulty settings. I'm pretty terrible, but finally landing something reasonably dope is so satisfying, and just skating around the city is quite relaxing.

Otherwise my go-to is whatever GTA game I've got installed, and just driving around, listening to music, and watching the goofy stuff NPCs do.

I also do love me a good open-world survival craftathon, with a nice, exceedingly outrageous recipe family tree. Hunting down whatever resources I need to craft whatever thing I need in order to be able to craft whatever cool new thing, so that I can unlock more crafting recipes to start the cycle all over again, it's all so cathartic and easy to get lost in.

Valheim is very chill and fun. Good playing solo, and good playing with friends casually.

MH Rise (Lance for tank mode) - fighting Melvor - idling Disney Dreamlight Valley - collecting Hardspace Shipbreaker - dismantling

Harvest Moon 64. Impossible to have negative feelings while playing it.

Advance Wars 1+2 Reboot on the Switch?

Trackmania, The Witness, and recently Age of Wonders 4

Gravity Rush 2 for me. I have save I've kept for years now to fly around and explore the city. I already have done everything, but it's still so fun and relaxing to find new landmarks or walk through the different districts. Feels like the kind of game world I'd love to live in (assuming a gravity girl didn't pull me into her orbit and launch me into space)