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Looking for games that feel like a summer adventure (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by Paradigm_shift@sh.itjust.works to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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I have this loosely defined made-up genre I call "Summer Games".

It started a long time ago subconsciously. At some point I realized that during the hottest time of the year I gravitate to certain games that I mostly play on a small device (laptop/switch/steamdeck), laying in bed, late at night, when I have trouble sleeping because it's too hot. A friend of mine once said that the reason she loves super high temperatures so much, is that what you experience leaves more vivid, burned in, memories. I think she has a point.

The criteria aren't super rigid but I hope you get the "vibe" and might know some games that fit:

Low-stakes/chill gameplay. I'm already sweating, I don't need sweaty gameplay right now
a warm aesthetic/color palette and/or setting. My outside experience shouldn't feel too different to the games inside experience aesthetic-wise.
It feels like a road trip, adventure or vacation. I want to get a summery memory out of this.
the game leaves some kind of impact.

Games I played in the past that evoked that vibe perfectly:

Kentucky road zero
oxenfree
road 96
firewatch
sable
rime
steins: gate
life is strange

Games that have fit okay-ish

tunic
journey
citizen sleeper
nightcall
no umbrellas allowed
the talos principle
the solus project
the witness
the vanishing of Ethan Carter

If anyone has a recommendation, I'd be thankful. This year I have started to play chants of Sennaar and it seems to fit the criteria so far.

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[–] Colonel_Panic_@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Brothers a Tale of Two Sons

Seasons After Fall

A Story About my Uncle

Subnautica

Raft

Ori 1 and 2 maybe

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 1 points 1 year ago

Castle Crashers

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here Comes Niko, "the cozy 3D platformer for tired people." You play an adorable sprite leaping around a tropical island chain. I don't think it has failure modes, in general.

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[–] Nemo@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Try Stranded Sails. It's a tight little adventure game.

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)