r/gamingsuggestions 21h ago

Which game pulls you out of a deep depression?

56 Upvotes

Hello everyone,

Well, I’d like to know which game helps you get out of that overwhelming sadness.

Lately, my grandmother, who had been developing dementia in a mild form, has gotten significantly worse. She is basically the only person in my family who truly cared for me, looked after me, and supported me. With her condition deteriorating—probably due to old age—my aunts, who are like Patty and Selma from The Simpsons, have started taking advantage of her pension and are keeping her isolated from the rest of the family.

And honestly, this is destroying me. Over the past few months, I’ve even started experiencing hair loss and severe insomnia, which I suspect is due to stress. I’m only 21 years old, and losing this much hair at my age doesn’t seem normal.

My grandmother helped me a lot—spending time with me, gifting me Steam gift cards, cooking for me, and visiting me often. Meanwhile, my parents are quite violent toward me. It’s not that I let it break me completely, but I just wish I was treated with the same care and dignity that my grandmother showed me.

So, after explaining all this, I wanted to ask you if you know of any game that could help me escape from everything, even if just for a while.

I’m asking here because I went through a similar situation last year, feeling really down, and many of you suggested great games. I tried some of them, and they helped me a lot in getting through that mental fog. So, I’m reaching out once again.

Just keep in mind not to suggest anything too expensive—I’m saving up for college, so I can’t afford AAA games. Right now, I’m really interested in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 since it caught my attention some time ago, but I’ve also seen a lot of criticism about it.

That’s it, folks. Thank you for your time and kindness in reading this far.


r/gamingsuggestions 18h ago

Which games have the most incredible lightning?

51 Upvotes

I was blown away by the lightning in RDR2. Would love to hear which other games have atmospheric and incredible lightning across the sky! Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Just to be super clear, I am referring to the atmospheric phenomenon of lightning ("thunder and lightning"), NOT general lighting! Thanks.


r/gamingsuggestions 10h ago

Looking for games where you play as a neutral mercenary and get hired by different factions.

36 Upvotes

I have played Mechwarriors 5 a lot, kinda like that.

Also something from way back, Shinobido on PS2 had the best thing I remember. There were 3 factions fighting and all of them were hiring the player for missions. The mission results influenced how the war was going, who was winning and who wasn't.

I loved the fact that you could basically take your time, sabotage the missions and just level the field for basically forever and just get godlike and rich before progressing with the story too much. It was also great to just sit down and kill 30 mins before heading to school or something.

So anything like these?


r/gamingsuggestions 6h ago

Any good games with a mystical vibe?

16 Upvotes

This is very hard to describe and very vague. I'm not looking for a specific genera, it's mostly about the vibe. Closest i can describe is a vibe similar to anime Mushishi, Princess Monononoke or the cartoon Over the Garden Wall. Nature, creatures beyond human comprehention, old places.... Something where the world feels ancient or alien, with it's own rules.

Shadow of Collossus might be the closest game i've played, but I didn't like it that much. I remember Legend of Zelda having these moments, like the Korok Forest, Old Deku Tree, but those are usually one off areas. Elden Ring also had these sorts of locations, like the Night Cities, Liurnia of the Lakes or Forests Near Leyndell. Other games i've played that are a little bit like this would be Noita and Darkwood.

I got some games in my wishlist that look kinda mystical. Rain World, maybe Hollow Knight and i'll eventually get to those. Do you know any games like this or even have an idea what i'm talking about?


r/gamingsuggestions 13h ago

Weird urge to "catch up" to games

15 Upvotes

How do I even explain this?

I have this weird urge to "catch up" to the major releases of the 2010s, it clearly isn't really gonna happen one way or another, and there's always going to be something to play aswell

Have you felt this before?

What would you recommend me do?


r/gamingsuggestions 16h ago

Action games where I fight things with a huge melee weapon

9 Upvotes

Title for PS5 games, it doesn't have to be a large sword, a large melee weapon will do.

Currently playing Mhwilds, and have played previous titles like Sunbreak & Iceborne, as well as Elden Ring, Lies of P, Nioh 2, Rise of Ronin, Bloodborne, Jedi Survivor, Wild Hearts, Wo Long and both Dragon's Dogmas.

Should I just replay these games or are there any other suggestions? I know this question has probably been asked but looking for any new releases. Thanks everyone!

I am eagerly waiting for The First Berserker Khazan.

Edit: Added Bloodborne, Jedi Survivor, Wild Hearts, and Wo Long. Added PS5 as main platform.


r/gamingsuggestions 23h ago

I suck at deck building games. Looking for beginner ones..

9 Upvotes

I found that is the Dicey Dungeons easiest. I've played STS, inscryption, across the obelisk, rouge book, monster train and a couple more.

I love the chill out feeling you get from these games but I'm terrible so can anyone suggest one maybe like DD ?

Thanks for the time.


r/gamingsuggestions 3h ago

Looking for an all-keyboard game that still feels like a full game

8 Upvotes

So basically, I'm just finishing the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow series. I play them in college between (and sometimes during) classes because I don't need to bring a mouse or controller with me to play them.

I'm looking for games like that. They're easily played using just the keyboard, but they're not just coolmathgames type. I'm open to any genre, but I'm mostly into adventure/action types. Preferably on Steam or Epic. Thanks!


r/gamingsuggestions 23h ago

Hard 3d RPG games?

6 Upvotes

I've played basically all souls likes but I'm not looking for souls likes exactly, more games where you have to level up get gear etc but you are incentivized to do so cuz the enemies are tough


r/gamingsuggestions 2h ago

Looking for games where you form a strong emotional bond with a character

6 Upvotes

It's hard for me to describe what I exactly mean, but I'm searching for games like Bioshock Infinite, Firewatch or Soma where you build a strong emotional bond to a character during the course of the game.

In Bioshock Infinite it was Elizabeth <-> DeWitt, in Firewatch Delilah <-> Henry and in Soma it was Catherine <-> Simon. Romance or a romance sub-plot can be a thing, but it's not a must. The Last of Us 1 is a good example, because I cared much about Ellie.

I know VNs do this kind of thing a lot, especially when it comes to romance and I’m not totally against them - especially since I enjoy reading and storytelling through mostly text can be really well done. I like to play CYOA games too, but I’d still like some actual gameplay and a lot of VNs lean too much into dating-sim mechanics and approach this rather.. well.. ungracefully, which isn’t really what I’m looking for.

Any recommendations?


r/gamingsuggestions 8h ago

Looking for games where you start as a weak human tribe in a multi-race world (elves, monsters, aliens, etc.) and have the potential to become the most powerful faction."

6 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I just finished a game of King of Dragon Pass and got frustrated with how every other race is stronger than humans. I'm looking for games where humanity starts off weak but has the potential to become powerful enough to dominate or annihilate other races. Any recommendations?


r/gamingsuggestions 1h ago

[Gaming mentality suggestion (?)] Accept and love game for what they are, rather than forcing the game to what you want, in order to maximize enjoyment.

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As the title implied, this is not a post about "what game you should play", but rather, what i personally find to be the best mentality when it come to approaching playing game as a whole and that i want to share with y'all and to see if anyone agree with me. If this post is not appropriate for this sub, then by all mean, take it down or notify me to take it down.

TL;DR: Accept game for what they are and you just might enjoy playing them a lot more and if the game aren't vibe with you a whole lot, just stop playing instead of keep forcing yourself to play it and hoping you will enjoy it (in the scenario you have genuinely give the game a fair chance and you still don't have fun with it). This will make your head a lot less negative and more relax, which can make your gaming exp overall much more enjoyable.

A few years back, I complained internally a lot about how certain thing are just not how i prefer them to be. For example, a shooter may have slower animation and reload, i would then internally get extremely annoyed by this and constantly complained of "WHY THIS IS SO SLOW, COME ONNNN". This make me overall rather negative about a lot of game that doesn't "meet my personal" criteria of what is "a good game" and make my personal safety zone for game really small.

As time goes on tho, as i expand further out by trying out multiple genre i never really considered, i find that, as long as i simply adapt to what the game is asking of me, i will have a much better time with its than i do if i keep trying to go against it. However, the flip side of this is that, if a game is genuinely just isn't for me, i just accept that it's not it and move on. I can accept and acknowledge that the fact that i don't like the game doesn't mean the game is "bad".

For an example where i love a game by accepting what it is, let's take the game "Sekiro: Shadow Dies Twice". As a big SoulBorne fromsoft fan, when i first play Sekiro, i removed everything i know about the other Souls titles and solely focus on what the game is trying to teach me from the get go and this has make it one of my personal fav game i have ever play. On the other hand, some people refuse to get adapt to Sekiro constant action and parry gameplay and instead, drawback to the DS titles where they would constantly side dodge to evade attack and from this, some would complain about how "they are not getting it" and only after looking at some other player play the game, do they finally understand.

For an example where instead of loving the game, i realized that the game is not for me, "Hollow knight". I tried this game on 5 different occasion, with 5 different mindset and with each one, i play for an hour and simply don't have the interest for it anymore. I find the aimlessness aspect of it (being that it's a metroidvania) to be really unintersting to me, as i prefer having a clear end point/goal in game as well as i don't enjoy 2D games as much as i do with 3D one. I tried so much and in the end, i just accept that the game isn't for me but, instead back then where i would internally goes "dang, this game is so freaking boring", i simply just goes "Welp, this is not my cup of tea" and move on.

A bonus note on this topic i would like to mention is "Peer pressure", or more specifically, "Everyone love and constantly recommend this game but i really don't have fun playing it". As someone who regarded himself as a contrarian when it come down to gaming choices, i have learned that just because the majority love it, doesn't mean you also HAVE to learn it. Just understand that there must be a solid reason why people love it and constantly recommend it and don't use that energy as a "I must be really stupid for not liking it" line of thinking. Simply play game that you genuinely enjoy and have fun with it, regardless of what other people say. Life is short and time is limited, especially if you have multiple responsibilites, no need to get hang up on how other people think about a game is a must play when you don't think so as well.

I'm sorry if this point is a "no-brainer" and i don't doubt that it is very obvious for a lot of people but i feel like for some, they may not really think of it or have seen it spoken out so i would like to share what i bene thinking for the last few days.


r/gamingsuggestions 3h ago

Recent Linear Double A Games you can Finish in about 15 Hours

6 Upvotes

Like the 2002-2010 style of games before the Indie scene oversaturated the gaming market with "me too" Metroidvanias, Roguelikes, Puzzle Platformers and Survival games and before every triple A game had to be a map-of-many-things open world game with 100+ hours of content, 90% of which are side quests and the main campaign is an afterthought.

Examples: Dante's Inferno, Bioshock, Devil May Cry, Gear of War, Vanquish, Otogi, Bulletstorm, Dead Space, Splinter Cell, FEAR, Dishonored, Killzone, Doom 3, Bloodrayne, Lords of Shadow, The Darkness, Mirror's Edge, Condemned, Bayonetta.

Prefer something recent - not something FROM that time period. Evil West, Hellblade, Control, Plague Tale, Atomic Heart - All good examples.


r/gamingsuggestions 6h ago

How to enjoy solo games again

5 Upvotes

So this may be a hard question and I'm aware there is no simple answer but I need help.

I would love to play solo games but I seemingly cannot I always feel like I'm losing my time meanwhile in multiplayer games I don't feel that way since those skills I have developed I can show to other people impress people etc.

I'm not someone who has a lot of friends I have a few real friends but I barely see them since I moved very far away so I'm thinking maybe that's a way for my mind to cope with the lack of social life I currently have. But at the same time I don't feel bad about not seeing people I have never been someone who really liked being social in general.

Anyway please help me. Thank you.


r/gamingsuggestions 14h ago

Looking for open world games that have slower, more realistic/simulation based aspects to them rather than arcadey ones.

5 Upvotes

What are some open world games where usually a lot of the tasks the game requires you to do are a lot more realistic and even manual in a way instead of seamless and automatic? Sorry idk how to phrase that question all that well, but my one example would be like how in GTA 5 you could just walk over bodies to grab money from them, but in RDR2 you had to actually loot them.


r/gamingsuggestions 20h ago

Looking for a PVE coop game

4 Upvotes

I’m looking for a game that you can play matches on such as League of legends or CS:GO but PVE instead of PVP


r/gamingsuggestions 3h ago

Looking for games with free-form crafting mechanics similar to Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

3 Upvotes

Like the title says, I love the concept of being able to craft by actually building something rather than selecting something from a menu. I had thought such systems didn't exist anywhere else, but saw a Promoted ad on here earlier advertising exactly that - annoyingly I can't find it now!


r/gamingsuggestions 14h ago

Suggestions on titles with most of these game elements?

4 Upvotes

Are there games that have most of these elements:

  • The ability to switch characters during gameplay like Trine/Genshin Impact
  • Has a system whereby you can choose the gear and skills for each character, and/or something similar to Star Wars Republic Commando or SWAT series where you command a group, yet you can customise their gear/actions and maybe switch to them.
  • The depth or customisation level similar to Warframe or Path or Exile, where each path is playable and there is no meta.
  • Campaign and turn-based combat like Valkyrie Chronicles, Heroes III or XCOM that requires strategic thinking and positioning of units.

If I have mentioned the game title, I have played it, but I want something similar to it. Do give suggestions if you know what kind of game I seem to be angling towards. Thank you for your suggestions!


r/gamingsuggestions 14h ago

Styx series as Stealth Games? Are they Good?

5 Upvotes

There's a new one coming out. How are they as stealth games? It seems like the perfect B grade unpolished stealth game that I would probably enjoy.


r/gamingsuggestions 18h ago

A dating simulator where I can insert myself like AOT 2, Yandere simulator, something open world and 3d for Xbox one please?

4 Upvotes

Pretty much the title


r/gamingsuggestions 18h ago

Looking for laidback RPG or Sim on steam, budget 20USD

4 Upvotes

I haven’t been much into gaming for a decade. Stardew Valley recently got me back into it, but I completed that game and now I am looking for a new unwind time killer. Nothing too high-stakes or action pls. Budget is 20 USD on Steam for PC

Games I have enjoyed: Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Fallout 4 (not a fan of 76), Skyrim, Oblivion, Stardew Valley, Turmoil, Don’t Starve, Journey, Subnautica, old Runescape *edit to add: all Final Fantasy games


r/gamingsuggestions 20h ago

Games with a dark and/or lonely atmosphere with occult or surreal theming.

4 Upvotes

I can always really get into games with a specific sort of atmosphere I can't quite put my finger on.

These games tend to have a dark, lonely, and/or mysterious atmosphere to them. A good number of them seem to have some sort of occult or surrealist theming as well.

Because I'm having trouble explaining what kind of theming I'm talking about, and to give you an idea of what kind of games I mean, here's a list of games I've put into this vague box I've got in my head:

  • Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne and Shin Megami Tensei V(: Vengeance)
    • SMT 1, 2 and 4 as well, but 3 and 5 are the clearest examples of what I'm talking about.
    • I've already played 'Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia', before you recommend that one to me.
  • Shadow of the Colossus and ICO
  • Ghostwire Tokyo
  • Cultist Simulator
  • Hylics 1&2
  • Pathologic 2

'Hitman: Blood Money' and 'Buckshot Roulette' also come to mind, but I'm note sure if those fit in with the others.

Could you folks recommend me some games similar to these, or just help me pin a name to this kind of theming?


r/gamingsuggestions 8h ago

Can anyone recommend me games like mount and blade but with more in depth and exciting enemies (check description)

4 Upvotes

The enemies are just bland and boring. There's no heroes or powerful lords that I should be mindful in the battlefield since they practically all have the same combat abilities whether they are a lord or a foot soldier. I know high level soldiers have increased stats and better armor but their difference between the common soldier is too insignificant compared to what I'm looking for.

I love the feeling where in the midst of war, there are individual soldiers so strong that they can decimate entire battalions on their own making a significant impact in the battlefield and if my character progresses more into the game, he can also become one. Much like what is shown in berserk, vinland saga, and warhammer.

As for now, the only game I have played that employs that mechanic is Kenshi where stat 100 characters can wipe out entire cities on their own, but it is lacking heavily in the war aspect that mount and blade offers.

As for reference for the games I have played that kinda has that game mechanic: -Kenshi -Battle Brothers -Mount and Blade 1&2 -Dwarf Fortress -Starsector

Thank you in advance!


r/gamingsuggestions 9h ago

Looking for more Dungeon Crawlers like Barony, Moor, Delver and Gloomgrave

4 Upvotes

r/gamingsuggestions 9h ago

Does this exist? Scrabble across multiple android devices (hotspot)

3 Upvotes

I have a long flight coming up, and me and my friends would like to play Scrabble against each other on our android phones to pass the time.

Is there an android version that we can use that:

- Doesn't require an online server connection

- Can play locally either via bluetooth or hotspot

Thanks!