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I need some suggestions on what to play. Single Player games only. Most of the games make me feel lonely and alone. In most of the games, the protagonist has to deal with the problems on their own, like Control, Crysis, Ghost of Tsushima, God of War (I liked the original 6 more than the new ones, even though the new ones had companions), horror games like Outlast, Echo and Alan Wake, and many others.

I want something that won't give me anxiety. I really enjoyed Guardians of the Galaxy, having those teammates by my side always made me feel "safe". I also liked Spider-Man and Deadpool because the humour makes me feel comfortable. In old Harry Potter games, Ron, Hermione and Harry were usually together, so, I never felt alone while playing those either. In Indika, that one hand man was with me for most of the game.

Open world games also give me less anxiety, like most Assassin's Creed games, Ghost of Tsushima, Just Cause series, etc.

I think you all get my point. So, what do you suggest I should play?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Cult of the lamb - build a cult?
Sky - a cutesy online exploration game that pppl team up in. I know it's not single-player - but it's kinda singlemulti?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Binary Domain" is an option. You are almost all the time accompanied by 1-3 NPCs of your Team. The game also has a, more or less working, voice System to talk to your team through your microphone. That way you can give orders and have some small talk. The game is quite good, give it a try.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kenshi.

The world is brutal, but its possible to pay for some company, buy some slaves, or maybe, juuuuust maybe, find a quirky friend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Damn. First Kenshi recommendation I've seen in the wild.

+1 for Kenshi

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

Hahah, there are dozens of us, dozens!

But no seriously if you can get past the extremely weird ... basically early 00's style mmo control scheme... for what nowadays you'd expect to be third person ARPG controls.... Kenshi is an absolutely incredible game, and it's got a lively modding scene as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

One of my favorite aspects of the Borderlands series (I played all of them single-player) is that they didn't make me feel lonely.

The atmosphere is very lonely, but there's always some radio chatter or cooky interaction that manages to lighten things.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Katamari Damacy. You'll never be alone again.

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

Shitpost level reply: Any of the Gradius games.

One of the power ups you can buy is literally to dispense friends (options) which follow you around and shoot alongside you. You can crank out as many as you want, at least within reason. And in some of the Parodius games they are literally little dudes. Or depending on your character, little octopi, cats, or penguins.

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

Dyson Sphere Project, even without the multiplayer mod you are "connected" to the rest of the player base with the Galaxy View.

Factorio, and Satisfactory scratch a similar itch, but on smaller scales. IIRC, both of those games have multiplayer built in.

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