Tag: Chill
Games that are designed to be cozy and help you unwind. They tend to have less in the way of difficult challenges or complicated stories, and are just about getting that dopamine.
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Cocoon
Funky little puzzle game about a moth person doing… Something? Not sure, really, this game is one of those ones with literally zero dialogue, zero setup (other than you pop out of a weird cyber cocoon), and zero answers. You kinda just go through the areas presented to you and figure out puzzles to advance.
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Strange Jigsaws
They’re strange jigsaws, what can I say.
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Fixfox
A cutesy little game about a fox who tinkers with old tech and is sent on a mission to fix up a signal tower at the edge of the galaxy.
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Havendock
A weird little colony settlement management type game with the same sort of vibe as Raft in the early game, and incremental/automation in the mid to late game.
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Tchia
A game from the heart, soul, and spirit of native New Caledonia. Navigate and explore through an open world island and follow the story of Tchia as she tries to find her father.
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A Little To The Left
Another chill relaxing game. I think the heat has been getting to me… This one is about organising and arranging things.
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A Place Full of Cats
Cat spotting. It’s like bird watching. A relaxing activity for when you’re struggling and life is being overwhelming and you just want something to do to take your mind off it.
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Nova Lands
A cute automation incremental game in the same style as Forager but a little smaller in scope.
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Nurikabe World
Nurikabe is a challenging logic puzzle about rivers and islands. The objective is to ensure all islands have exactly 1 number and are the correct size, and all rivers are connected and don’t include any squares.
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Train Station Renovation
A game about renovating train stations, very simple premise, mostly simple (though repetitive gameplay loop), perfect to occupy the time when sick.
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2024 Mosaic Retrospective
Quick one for the start of the year. Mosaic is a type of puzzle similar to a minesweeper, but with all numbers visible from the start. Each number indicates the amount of coloured cells in the 3×3 region centered on the number.
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Shapez 2
A (relatively) recently released factory building game about processing shapes. You get dropped on a platform in a huge empty void, with some patches of squares and circles nearby, and it’s your job to cut, spin, stack, and paint them before delivering these new processed shapes into the giant hub in the center.