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Have never thought about it so dunno how awkward it'd be, but maybe NES and SNES turn-based RPGs? Quite like Mystic Quest out of them, Final Fantasy on easy mode pretty much but pretty chill and enjoyable imo.

Would recommend also hasicontent, Slipways Classic and Dust Bunny, all for PICO-8 and on Itchio, and those I think that'd be more feasible one-handed. Also Final Fantasy II for the PSP specifically as it's the most feature complete version, and this one iirc is feasible with one hand.

Also more feasible and native to Android if that's your phone system, Chloe Playtime (Google Play), Codemancer (Itchio), Deeper Down Dungeons (Google Play), Quest of Dungeons (Google Play, Humble Bundle, Itchio), REDDEN (dunno if still distributed anywhere) and Tyrant's Blessing (Google Play).

And don't remember any, but if there's any game compatible, maybe also check stuff playable on ScummVM, Joiplay, and other similar projects?

Anyways, hope you get well soon, fellow stranger!

Gooning can be done one handed. If you need to use the other hand, stick with an index or middle finger.

Just about anything that is turn based. Board games ports, Roguelike games like Balatro, Slay the Spire, 9 Kings. Civilization games and Civ-likes. You can even play ttrpg ports like Baldur's Gate and Divinity but it might be a little annoying without an RPG mouse. I played a lot of Civ when my left arm was paralyzed then weirdly Wii tennis after surgery.

Recommend games that can be played with a single cylinder that must be protected, if you know what I'm saying

Lots of game recommendations here, but for hardware, look for a cheap MMO mouse. All the buttons you could ask for, on a single hand. Could unlock more games.

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I'm late, game recommendations are covered, but I can give you advice for healing your thumb. I've had the tips of my thumb and a finger glued back on as well as stitches on my fingers several times.

Blood flow to the tip is important. Squeezing a stress ball or something helps. It'll also keep the skin from healing too... tightly? If that makes sense.

Keep it dry. If you need to bandage it, do it loosely and change it often. Cotton balls work really well to keep it dry as well as protect it from accidental impacts.

If the doctor didn't do a good job, trim the stitches so they don't catch on anything. If you're in America, take the stitches out yourself after 10-14 days or as soon as you can wiggle them freely. Nail clippers work really well to cut the stitch and pull it out.

If you rip a stitch, you can use a careful dab of super glue to close it. Just make sure it's clean and dry first.

If you cut through the nail, it'll grow back kinda fucked up. My nail healed in an M shape and dirt would get trapped in the middle so I put some Vaseline or something under it to keep it clean.

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Welcome to the club! I did the same thing with a meat slicer about 20 years ago. My thumb was flat at the tip of the nail for a long time, but it's grown back since then.

Turn based games are great for one handed, because you can take your time hitting the buttons. Maybe slay the spire, Inscryption or balatro if you haven't tried those yet.

• Anything turn-based, especially mouse-driven titles. Slay the Spire, Chess, Riichi Mahjong, Balatro, etc.

• Puyo Puyo Champions has a one-handed preset in its controller options. Do note that if you want to play online, only Switch is active since that's where Japan is, I can't recommend the game on other platforms.

• Kirby Air Ride uses only one button + analog stick, and any button works, so you can use L. Would have to be left hand for the original, but the sequel coming out later this month has a detailed accessibility menu, which I bet will include right-handed settings.

• Crypt of the Necrodancer is designed to be playable with just four arrows, in case anyone wanted to play it on a DDR mat. Which also means you can play with arrow keys or WASD.

• Rhythm Doctor is actually just one button.

• Rhythm Heaven Fever uses only A and B. Rhythm Heaven DS uses only stylus. The rest of the series uses d-pad as well though, so those are less playable.

• Come to think of it, any DS game that only uses stylus.

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Vampire Survivors really only requires one hand, and if you use steam input to remap some buttons you can play it entirely with one hand.

For instance on the left hand side, since you navigate with the joystick, I set the d-pad to mirror the abxy buttons, and set L2 to be R1 which let's you increase the game speed after you unlock the function in game

Anything on PC with a mouse/keyboard, maybe with the spacebar remapped.

Can't do the steam deck.

You can, as long as the game works based on touch input only.

So games like Civ 5, Shadowrun, Slay The Spire, Mini Metro should be fine.

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Shogun Showdown. Into the Breach. Cobalt Core. Path of Achra.

Point and click?

The android port of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 is amazing! Id recommend turning on all the pause options, it effectively turns it into turn based combat. The gui is incredibly intuitive, and you can perform all of your actions either with a stylus or even a single finger. If you like star wars or dnd, its basically guaranteed to be a fun game. Do note though that you will want to install the Restored Content mod, which will require either a rooted android or a computer to allow you to install the mod. It fixes a massive amount of potentially game breaking bugs and restores a bunch of cut content. Not sure what happened with the development of the game, but im guessing the studio forced it to be released before it was complete.

Like others said, any turn-based game. Currently ~~suffering~~ enjoying SMT III Nocturne, others I've played are Octopath, Fire Emblem, Pokemon (esp Mystery Dungeon), Atlus in general. Balatro sounds nice. Rhythm heaven is WarioWare + Music, and that's definitely doable one-handed, especially the Wii version. My mom said Fortune Street (Monopoly but Mario + Dragon Quest) lol.

Mobile games can be very doable, a cute one I remember is Candies n' Curses, a game where you swipe to direct the character around a haunted mansion and fight bosses. Easily can be played with one hand. If you can tolerate gachas, Cookie Run Kingdom can be put on auto so you don't have to tap much, I just like the story and characters. I think Geometry dash can be doable on low levels with one hand?

Find your inner weeabo and play some Japanese visual novels. Or if you're a normal person then Ace Attorney would be a fantastic choice, and is a long-ass series. Prepare for courtroom bullshit and jokes.

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Point and click visual novels. Or JPRGs.

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The Civ games are great one handed as they are turn based. Civ 5 and 6 are what kept me sane when I broke my hand just before COVID lockdown

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Most visual novels should suffice if you like those. VA-11 Hall-A is great (though best if can hold a drink in the other hand)

Oh, and point-and-click adventure are usually also controllable with just a mouse.

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Edit: Also Syberia is a good game. It's point and click.

Some other options.

If you have a joystick or wheel, flight Sims, space sims, racing games might be possible.

RTS games in single player mode (just play on an easier difficulty). Plenty of decent ones have been released in the last little while. Also, maybe 4x games, total war etc.

Digital Board Games might work too.

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