Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren’t filled with microtransactions? For example: easy puzzle games, match-3 games, low-difficulty adventure games, or clicker-style games.

So far, the only good examples I’ve found are Monument Valley, Suika Game, and (sort of) Vampire Survivors.

I’m personally looking for games that have more progression or variety, but any suggestions are welcome.

  • acetanilide@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Stardew Valley and Terraria may both fit your list, although Terraria stresses me out a bit.

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      8 months ago

      Stardew Valley is a good one, but I definately wouldn’t consider Terraria casual or low-stress.

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        8 months ago

        Not to mention using touch controls for it is brutal. At least, for me it is. Might be decent if using a controller with your phone.

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          8 months ago

          I’ve tried it even with the razor kishi. No dice. This game was born for mouse and keyboard.

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        8 months ago

        Terarria can be played as casual or low stress. You choose when to advance the difficulty, and how elaborately you contruct your preparations for the next step. But for a largely stress-free casual playstyle, focus on being a summoner. Also, there isn’t much penalty for dying. So if you can wrap your mind around not being bothered by dying, then any playstyle can feel casual really. It’s certainly a tough mindset to achieve for some of us though, lol.

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        8 months ago

        Stardew Valley can be stress inducing if you are that type of player.

        • “Let me do a bit of fishing on the beach OH FCK it’s already 1 AM. Intense cardio session towards my house before JoJo employees steal 1000G.”
        • “I need to give Demetrius a gift by the end of the day. WHERE TF ARE YOU ROAMING ABOUT? Come take your gift!”
        • “Let me visit the shop for some seeds. WHO THE HELL CLOSES SHOP on a Wednesday? Am I the only one working in this town?”
        • “Marnie TF you closing shop at 3 PM! My chickens need hay and you are frolicking in the bar”
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        8 months ago

        I agree. I only mentioned it because it was recommended to me as low stress, so I thought it was just me that didn’t get it lol

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      8 months ago

      Note with Stardew Valley: it is not unplayable without a controller, but if you have clumsy sausage fingers like me, the poor touch controls really took me out of the game.

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          8 months ago

          Oh I knew that at least. I usually turn that all the way up and play on PC. I was thinking more along the lines of Minecraft passive mode or whatever they call it these days. I suppose it wouldn’t make sense in the context of terraria though. Terraria is about the fights.

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            8 months ago

            That’s true. Maybe I should try it on PC. I know a lot of people really like it so I would like to give it a fair shot.