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Looking for game rec for extended downtime due to illness (piefed.ca)
submitted 2 days ago by Bo7a@piefed.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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Mods - I am not sure how to read the rule against game suggestions. If it means no asking for suggestions please just wipe the post. No harm, no foul.

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Fall is usually my busiest time of year preparing for winter in our little forest home. But I have been given orders from the doctors to basically take bedrest for up to 3 months, but I'm allowed to be sitting up... So books and games are basically all that is on the menu.

I enjoy automation games, tower defense, survival/building games, and exploration games.

I dislike 'souls-like' experiences where combat is tight and requires perfect timing. In fact in most games where combat can be disabled I usually do that.

My top games of all time would be factorio, minecraft, WoW/FFXIV (yeah... i know. But they count as one), Dyson sphere program, vampire survivors (and many of that type), and gemcraft type TD games.

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Some games that have been recommended and tried, but don't work for me right now or I have already finished:
mindustry, satisfactory, valheim, no man's sky, alchemy factory, luanti, terraria.

Thanks in advance for your time. Much appreciated.

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[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Timberborn definitely. Also, Factorio, which has a better balance of simplicity, complexity, and interface automation than Satisfactory or Mindustry, as well as a different goal. Also mods lmao

[–] Bo7a@piefed.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I probably should have been more clear about cracktorio - It is on my list of top games because it is my most played game of all time. Possibly even surpassing the MMOs from my 20s.

Definitely a solid rec - but I'm on a factorio break right now with over 6k hours under my engineer's belt.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Definitely Timberborn then